The Church of Ireland
Diocesan Press Release

Six hundred delegates from the Church of Ireland Diocese of Down and Dromore will be encouraged to 'look out' for fresh ways to communicate the good news of the Christian Gospel, and serve the community. This will take place at a Diocesan Outreach Conference in the Elim Centre, Bangor on Saturday 24 November.

Among the wide range of interesting speakers will be Nicky Gumbel of Holy Trinity Brompton, who pioneered the 'Alpha' course currently showing on UTV on Sunday nights and through which thousands of people experience life-changing faith in Christ. There will also be three bishops present - Bishop Dan Herzog from the Diocese of Albany in New York State to which Down & Dromore has a Companionship Link; Archbishop Joseph Marona, the archbishop of Southern Sudan and Bishop Justin Badi, bishop of Maridi

This conference is part of the Diocesan Think Again initiative which is designed to renew the church in the first years of the new century.

In commenting, the Bishop of Down and Dromore, Harold Miller said: 'I am keen to see us become a more open, welcome and relevant church, with reconciliation, outreach and young people as our clear priorities. This has to be worked out in action in every parish'.

During the day the delegates will have an opportunity to 'think again' about many different issues in seminars such as urban social outreach, moral issues, being a welcoming church etc.