Press Releases19 Apr 24

‘From Every Nation?’ handbook launched by ICC

At its Annual Meeting in April 2024, the Irish Council of Churches launched a handbook to equip church members with a better understanding of diversity and inclusion, and to support actions at the local church level to improve inclusion and work towards racial justice through faith. 

The ICC hopes that it will offer a means to help congregation members to reflect on diversity, discrimination and the role of Christians in building a unifying world through member churches. 

The handbook can be used to:

• learn about racism, how to recognise it, and how it affects all of us and the society in which we live

• support learning discussions in your church that bring people together in knowledge

• identify actions you can take in your church to transform how you live as a community of faith that rejects racism in all its forms

‘From Every Nation? A Handbook for a congregation’s journey from welcome to belonging’ can be downloaded here

If you would like any hard copies of the handbook please get in touch with Megan Ross at the ICC office: megan@irishchurches.org

Key contacts within member churches:

Please contact the persons below for more information on the handbook for your church:

Presbyterian Church:
Rev Helen Freeburn
hfreeburn@presbyterianireland.org

Church of Ireland:
Lucy Michael
lucy@lucymichael.ie

Methodist Church: 
Rev David Clements
david.clements@irishmethodist.org

Catholic Church:
Gary Carville
gary.carville@iecon.ie

Salvation Army:
Jennifer Laurent–Smart
Jennifer.Laurent-Smart@salvationarmy.org.uk

Moravian:
Rev Dr Livingstone Thompson
Livingstone.thompson@moravian.org.uk

Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Ireland:
office@quakers.ie

Other member churches:
info@irishchurches.org 

Readers might also be interested in the keynote address from Richard Reddie, Director of Justice and Inclusion at Churches Together in Britain and Ireland, at the ICC Annual Meeting, and the Churches of Sanctuary website.