Summer Issue of SEARCH
The summer issue of the Church of Ireland journal, SEARCH, edited by Canon Ginnie Kennerley, is largely devoted to the proceedings of last March’s ‘Developing Ministry’ colloquium hosted by SEARCH. ‘What is the Spirit saying to the Church?’ The question was constantly repeated at the colloquium but less heard were the questions: ‘And are we listening? And if so, what are we doing about it?’
Facing up to facts is not yet spiritual discernment, but it’s a helpful staging post on the way. Among the challenging facts of today: church–going is seriously in decline; unbelief is…
