The Standing Committee of the General Synod met on Tuesday 23rd January 2018 in Church House, Dublin. Mr Ken Gibson opened the meeting with a reading from Mark 3.31–35 and in prayer, including an intercession for the forthcoming political talks in Northern Ireland.
The Archbishop of Armagh referred to a constructive and helpful meeting on the previous day between representatives of the Church of Ireland, the Presbyterian Church in Ireland and the Methodist Church in Ireland, and the Irish Government, represented by An Taoiseach, five Ministers and a Minister of State.
The agenda for the meeting included: migration, direct provision and…
