Better together – towards Methodist – C of I interchangeability of ministers
Reflecting on the impact of the Church of Ireland and Methodist Covenant of 2002, I am filled with much satisfaction with what has been achieved and grateful expectation of how much more there is to come. What has been achieved? Well, recent work should result in legislation to enable interchangeability of Methodist and C of I ministries at the General Synod and the Methodist Conference this year. The following reflections on the Covenant process and its future are sorted according to the three “hats” I wear – hats that seem to frame my relationship as an Anglican with the Methodist Church and the people who worship within it.
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Barry Forde
The Church of Ireland chaplain to Queens’s University Belfast.