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A summary of resolutions on policy issues adopted by General Synod from 1960 onwards.
Read moreThis is the new provisional policy on Adult Safeguarding for the Church of Ireland. This policy is subject to change and will be reviewed by the end of June 2018.
Read moreThis is the new provisional policy on Adult Safeguarding for the Church of Ireland. This policy is subject to change and will be reviewed by the end of June 2018.
Read moreClergy, youth workers, children’s workers, and others who are employed by parishes in Northern Ireland are no longer allowed to drive a minibus for the church without passing a test for a D1 licence. This notice provides information on new guidance from the Department for Infrastructure.
Read moreThese Guidelines – issued by the Central Communications Board of the General Synod – are intended to help clergy and lay employees, office–bearers and representatives of the Church of Ireland use social media in the most effective and appropriate way and to help prevent its misuse.
Read moreIn 2015, the General Synod as governing body of the Church of Ireland adopted the Dignity in Church Life Charter.
Read moreThe Church of Ireland’s Environment Charter, approved by General Synod in 2015, asks all parishes to play their part in the stewardship of God’s creation, locally, nationally and internationally.
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