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Rev Richard Kerr was speaking on behalf of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland on planned cuts in aid spending by the UK government.

Presbyterians urge Starmer not to cut £6bn from UK aid

The next Presbyterian moderator, Rev Trevor Gribben, says the Secretary of State has a 'fatal flaw' in his logic when he claims Northern Ireland has all the funding it needs to deal with the crisis in public services. Photo: Press Eye

Next moderator critiques Benn’s logic on Northern Ireland funding

Rev Trevor Gribben, the Clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland (PCI), has been elected Moderator-Designate of the Church, and will serve as Moderator.

Moderator elect asks people not to judge Christ by church's faults

The two nominees will be considered by the church's 19 regional presbyteries embracing 550 congregations when they gather separately across Ireland to select one of the ministers as moderator-designate

Presbyterian Church moves to elect a new moderator

Local presbyteries now take instruction from the ‘curia’ at Assembly Buildings in Belfast, writes Steven Smyrl

Letter: Church has become dominated by fundamentalists

From left: the Revd Dr John Alderdice, President of the Methodist Church in Ireland; Archbishops Eamon Martin and John McDowell, Catholic and Church of Ireland Primates of All Ireland; the Rt Revd Sarah Groves, President of the Irish Council of Churches; and the Rt Revd Dr Richard Murray, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland

TUV attacks 'spin' from church leaders welcoming devolved government

The Rev Dr Richard Murray made a poignant journey to Auschwitz, which is not far from Kraków. With a keen personal interest in the history of the Second World War, the moderator said that nothing could really prepare one for the darkness and horror of the place

Planting churches in God's name

Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks at a press conference in Cairo, Oct. 2, 2000. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

Presbyterians slam Dublin academic for Assad comparison

Rev Dr Richard Murray will be hosted by, right, Rev Sashko Nezamutdinov, during his visit to Krakow

Presbyterian moderator in visit to Poland

Dublin Presbyterian Minister Rev Katherine Meyer has resigned from the church.

Resigned cleric was found 'at fault' by peers on LGBT events, says church

Presbyterian moderator the Rev Dr Richard Murray

Church makes appeal for Rwanda

The packed House of Commons today for the debate on assisted dying

NI's main Protestant church reacts to MPs voting in favour of assisted dying

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill will be debated in the House of Commons today. Lord Empey has expressed major concerns that the legislation has not been thought through, with no impact assessment carried out

Lord Empey: Why I'm against the assisted dying bill

Originally the vision of Presbyterian Women (PW), the organisation that supports the development of ministry among women across PCI, Friendship House has a small team with the project leader, a children’s worker, and a deaconess

Presbyterian outreach under the spotlight

Labour MP Kim Leadbeater in her office in the Houses of Parliament, London; she is behind the private member's bill, The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Assisted dying: Presbyterian Church says no safeguards will be enough

Dublin-based Paddy Monaghan, Secretary of the Evangelical Catholic Initiative, backed the Presbyterian decision to rebuke a cleric in the city for taking part in a Pride service on RTE.

Catholic backs Presbyterian rebuke to cleric in Pride service
A lay-Catholic leader from Dublin has backed a Presbyterian church decision to rebuke a cleric who took part in an RTE Pride church service.
Philip Bradfield

Presbytery tours are primarily opportunities for the moderator to see the work congregations do on the ground in their local communities, encouraging their ministers and visiting schools and local businesses, foodbanks, elected representatives and various statutory agencies over the course of a week

Presbyterian church reaches out to 'strangers among us'

Drumhillery Presbyterian church, Middletown, Co Armagh. Picture: Billy Maxwell

Church leaders warn of the dangers in proposed legislation on assisted dying

Rev Kenny Hanna

Farmers struggling with pressure urged to get in touch with 'rural chaplain'

Presbyterian Moderator, Dr Richard Murray, replants the tree originally planted at the 2023 sod-cutting by his predecessor, Dr John Kirkpatrick, during the official opening celebrations of Maynooth Community Church

Ribbon cut on new €4.5m Presbyterian church in Maynooth, Co Kildare

Rev Dr Bill Parker, minister of Sinclair Seamen’s since 2017, said they were incredibly thankful for the money they had received, and for other similar grants

Sinclair Seaman's Presbyterian - a church that commemorates its seafaring roots

John Coulter’s article suggested a relaxation of church dress code. Calling the Bible view of modest appearance a ‘draconian view’ is very dangerous, writes Rev Ivan Foster

Letter: Silly theory for advancing cause of the gospel

Sinclair Seamen's Presbyterian Church is now on the path to being saved thanks to funding

Grants set to help preserve and restore Sinclair Seamen's Presbyterian Church

Belfast Islamic Centre. Photo: Jonathan Porter/PressEye

NI church leaders united in concern at reports of anti-Islamic protests

PARIS, FRANCE - JULY 26: A Light Show takes place as The Olympic Rings on the Eiffel Tower are illuminated during the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Place du Trocadero on July 26, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)

Presbyterian Church dismisses 'sneering mockery' of Olympic ceremony

The service took place in Ridgemount church, Mandeville, and was organised by the denomination itself, the United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands – the second time that the United Church had honoured her

Service for Irish Presbyterian Church missionary Claire Trueman

Rev Anderson Juma, General Secretary of Church of Central Africa Presbyterian’s Blantyre Synod addresses the Assembly, listening behind is the Convenor of PCI’s Council for Global Mission, Rev Stephen McCracken.

Presbyterian general assembly told of plight of those affected by climate change
Some of the world's poorest farmers and those in great poverty are suffering the greatest effects of climate change, the general assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland (PCI) heard last week.
Roderick McMurray

PCI's new moderator Rt Rev Dr Richard Murray. Photo: Jamie Trimble

Presbyterian Church installs new moderator at service in Belfast

First Presbyterian Church in Belfast. Photo by Pacemaker

Presbyterian church objects to plans for gambling arcade

Outgoing Presbyterian moderator Rt Rev Dr Sam Mawhinney. Photo: Jamie Trimble

Presbyterian General Assembly warn of dangers in euthanasia laws

The Assembly will discuss education, thanking those who serve on boards of governors, commending the work of special schools across Ireland

PCI prepares for General Assembly

The new President of the Methodist Church in Ireland, Rev John Alderdice.

Methodist chief welcomes traditional marriage definition

As the Presbyterian Church in Ireland’s annual General Assembly gathers in Belfast next week, senior Presbyterians prepare for the annual meeting. Left to right: PCI’s Moderator, Rt Rev Dr Sam Mawhinney, who will open the General Assembly on Thursday, 20 June, with the Clerk of the General Assembly, Rev Trevor Gribben, and Rev Dr Richard Murray, Moderator-Designate, who will be installed as PCI’s new Moderator for the coming year on the second day of the Assembly.

Presbyterians appointing experts to protect vulnerable from euthanasia

Letters to editor

Letter: Rev takes a pastoral part in Ireland forum yet the event is political

Rt Rev Dr David Bruce

Caring work of Presbyterian Church chaplains team

The 'Minister Taster Day' is set to take place at Union theological college in Belfast on Saturday, March 16

Presbyterian Church in recruitment drive to seek out new ministers

Irish premier Leo Varadkar says the Irish constutution should be updated to include 'other durable relationships' within the definition of family.

Presbyterians query Dublin plan to update definition of family

The 11 ‘'Mission in Ireland' evenings’ are taking place from March 3 to 20 and are designed to shine a spotlight on how the church is active in mission at home in Ireland

Presbyterian church embarks on home mission tour

Moderator-designate of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland said he will show compassion to transgender people and their families

Rev Richard Murray on why he supports the ordination of women

Rev Murray ministers in rural north Antrim

New moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland is chosen

The front pages of UK national newspapers, following the announcment of King Charles III's cancer diagnosis on Monday evening. The King has been diagnosed with a form of cancer and has begun a schedule of regular treatments, and while he has postponed public duties he "remains wholly positive about his treatment", Buckingham Palace said. Picture date: Tuesday February 6, 2024. PA Photo.

Church leaders offer support to King Charles after cancer diagnosis

Last year, the General Assembly agreed significant reforms to proceedings

Presbyterian Church in Ireland makes changes to routine

Cunningham Memorial Presbyterian church, Cullybackey, Co Antrim Picture: Billy Maxwell

Irish Presbyterians to provide meaningful aid in Sierra Leone

Northern Ireland Secretary of State Chris Heaton-Harris has declined to explain why he can intervene on a wide range of issues - but not the pay claims of striking public sector workers. Photo: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

NIO silent on ‘pic-n-mix’ interventions on strikes and other issues

Seamas de Faoite, one of the advocates of the permit scheme, and Bernadette Smyth, a staunch opponent

Anti-abortion group: 'Blatant attack on freedom of speech' in Belfast

Michael Phillips

Curbs on right to preach or protest come amid anti-free speech 'avalanche'

The Presbyterian Church in Ireland has published its submission to the public consultation on the Secretary of State Chris Heaton Harris' plans for compulsory abortion education in NI schools.
Photo: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

PCI publishes submission on Heaton-Harris 'sex ed' plans

Marks & Spencer has written to Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council to request that it be allowed to open for a full day on Christmas Eve - which this year falls on a Sunday. Pictured is Belfast Christmas Market. Photo: Bernie Brown.

M&S asks for relaxed Sunday shopping rules on Christmas Eve

Rev Bill Shaw

Belfast-based Presbyterian minister quizzed over 'river to sea' call

Storm Babet hit the UK this week

Billy Kennedy: Irish Presbyterian Church launches climate change survey

Outside First Presbyterian Church, Bangor on Sunday September 10 2023 are (left to right) the Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, Rt Rev Dr Sam Mawhinney, First Bangor's Minister, Rev Mairisine Stanfield and His Majesty's Lord Lieutenant of County Down, Gawn Rowan-Hamilton

Church marks 400 years of Presbyterian worship in Bangor

Christians in Pakistan can find themselves accused of blasphemy, such as the case of Asia Bibi in 2010. Asia was convicted of blasphemy by a Pakistani court and was sentenced to death by hanging. She was acquitted in October 2018 and left the country for Canada the following year. Violence against Christians and churches erupted in Pakistan earlier this month after two Christians were accused of blasphemy and desecration of the Koran

Ian Ellis: Maintaining a spotlight on plight of Christians in Pakistan

St Matthews parish church Richhill

Presbyterian Church's 'United Appeal' balances the books

Moneymore parish church, Co Londonderry Picture: Billy Maxwell

Billy Kennedy's Churches: Presbyterian witness beyond the boundaries in Ireland

Larne were this season's Danske Bank Irish Premiership champions. Picture: Arthur Allison/Pacemaker.

Presbyterian Church welcomes rejection of Sunday football expansion in NI

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