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MINUTES OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
AND STATISTICS
OF THE Presbyterian Church in Ireland
BELFAST, 2017 CONTENTS
MINUTES OF ASSEMBLY, JUNE, 2017 Monday ...... 1 Tuesday...... 18 Wednesday...... 29 Thursday...... 47 Friday...... 53 Changes in the Code...... 71
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STATISTICS OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN IRELAND Presbytery and Congregational Statistics...... 85 Ecclesiastical Changes...... 131 Form of Bequest...... 131 Index of Minutes and Statistics...... 133
Registered Charity in Northern Ireland (NIC104483) Registered Charity in Republic of Ireland (20015695) BELFAST, 2017 BELFAST, 2017 1
MINUTES OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE General Assembly OF THE Presbyterian Church in Ireland Held at Belfast, June, 2017
FIRST SESSION
Monday, 5th June, 2017 7.00 pm
Within Church House
The Right Rev Dr FP Sellar, Moderator of the General Assembly, welcomed, on behalf of the Assembly, the Lord Lieutenant of Belfast, representatives of sister Churches, of educational and community organisations, and other special guests present. The Moderator led in public worship, expressing thanks for the help he had received during his year in office. After delivering an address he constituted the Assembly with prayer. The Rev TD Gribben, Clerk of Assembly, announced that the names of 579 ministers being ex officio members and 442 elders on whose behalf commissions had been received, had been entered on the Roll of the Assembly, together with 41 Assembly Elders, Conveners and nominees of the General Assembly Nominations Committee. In addition 248 people in various categories, not 2 MINUTES members of the court, have been invited to sit and deliberate, 17 of whom are from other Churches. The following Ministers and Ruling Elders were present at the Annual Meeting:-
BELFAST ASSEMBLY
1. ARDS PRESBYTERY
Ministers Ruling Elders Congregations
Dr. W.P. Addley...... Theological Professor W.T. Cordner ...... First Bangor Dr. D.J. Watts...... Clerk of Assembly Dr. S.N. Williams...... +Mrs. J. Mann...... Theological Professor R.J. Montgomery...... Trinity, Bangor T.W.D. Johnston...... Miss V. Steele...... Hamilton Rd., Bangor Dr. R.A. Patton...... J. Adamson...... Ballygilbert S.A. Little...... Shore Street, Donaghadee C.W. Megaw...... W. Pollock...... Helen’s Bay ...... C. Graham...... First Newtownards N.W. McAuley...... Greenwell St., Newtownards C.J.C. McMullen...... West Church, Bangor W.G. Cameron...... Glastry -do-...... Kirkcubbin J.M. Wade...... G. Mawhinney...... Portavogie D. Stanfield...... +S. Dalzell...... First Bangor Associate ...... Miss A. Lang...... First Bangor J.H. Flaherty...... T. Jenkins...... Millisle and Ballycopeland P.C. Lyle...... J. Luke...... Ballyholme Dr. W.J.P. Bailie...... +B. Knox...... Mission Africa R.J. Stevenson...... J. Brown...... Carrowdore and Ballyfrenis M. Henderson...... Chaplain to the Forces G.J. Kennedy...... Ballygrainey J.M. Browne...... J. Gibson...... First Donaghadee L. Wilson...... Ms. F. Blair...... Ballycrochan T.J. McConaghie...... Mrs. E.M. Savage...... Conlig N.D.H. Stewart...... R. Walker...... Greyabbey A.J. Galbraith...... +Ms. V. Scott...... West Church, Bangor Associate A Ditty...... Mrs. A. McCullough...... Scrabo G.J. Simpson...... A. Boyd...... Ballywalter M.A. Johnston...... A. Briggs...... St. Andrew’s, Bangor J.P. McWatters...... J. Black...... Strean, Newtownards R. Hamilton...... B. Turtle...... Movilla ...... J. Crawford...... Regent St., Newtownards ...... D. Carson...... Trinity, Bangor ...... Cloughey
+ = Elders appointed by Presbytery * - Representative Elders from another Congregation BELFAST, 2017 3
2. ARMAGH PRESBYTERY
Ministers Ruling Elders Congregations
Dr. J. Thompson...... The Mall, Armagh T.A. Moore...... Hill Street, Lurgan J. Gordon...... Second Keady; Drumhillery D.R. Byers...... Cladymore; Tassagh Dr. J.S. Carson...... +G. Kennedy...... Theological Principal A.D. Davidson...... L. Crowe...... First Armagh ...... M. Graham...... Armagh Road, Portadown R.L. Brown...... R. Dowey...... First Portadown R.I.A. Allely...... Craigavon; Vinecash T.A. McNeely...... Richhill E.P. Gamble...... W.H. Scott...... The Mall, Armagh D.J. Hutchinson...... Moy; Benburb N.J. McCullough...... K. Belshaw...... Hill Street, Lurgan P.D. Thompson...... M. Hamilton...... Waringstown S.D. Finlay...... T. Edgar...... Druminnis -do-...... Redrock ...... T. Canning...... First Lurgan P.L. McKelvey...... J. MacQueen...... Loughgall -do-...... N. Cornett...... Tartaraghan B. Reid...... Caledon -do-...... Minterburn I. Thompson...... H. Dunwoody ...... Lislooney -do-...... Knappagh L.W. Webster...... Craigavon S.M. Hamilton...... Cladymore -do-...... Tassagh Dr. M.C. Cowan...... Theological Lecturer ...... J. Whittle...... Vinecash ...... J.M. Woolsey...... Ahorey ...... J. Mason...... Clare ...... D. Riddell...... Moy
3. BALLYMENA PRESBYTERY
Ministers Ruling Elders Congregations
Dr. R.E.H. Uprichard...... Trinity, Ahoghill Dr. J.M. Finlay...... Harryville, Ballymena J.J. Andrews...... J. Lamont...... Ballee W.F. Dickey...... First Broughshane A.A.P. Baxter...... W. Bristow...... First Portglenone ...... R. Simpson...... Cloughwater A.L. Kirk...... First Ahoghill J.A. Beattie...... C. Ross...... Second Broughshane D.J. Kane...... T. Bloomer...... West Church, B’mena ...... R. Carson...... Kells ...... J. Todd...... Eskylane 4 MINUTES Dr. D.A. Murphy...... E. Douglas...... Cuningham Memorial W. Sinclair...... D. Hanna...... First Ballymena N.A.L. Cameron...... T. McIlroy...... High Kirk, Ballymena N.G. McDowell...... Chaplain to Forces J.D. McGaughey...... Cuningham Memorial Assoc. M.J.R. Neilly...... First Ahoghill A.M. Bates...... J.H. McKeown...... Wellington, Ballymena W.J.A. Moody...... J. Craig ...... Brookside, Ahoghill D.B. McCorriston...... T. Kerr...... Ballyloughan ...... M. McCosh...... Ballykeel T.P. McCullough...... S. Connolly...... Third Portglenone R.S. Agnew...... A. McRobert...... First Broughshane W.E. Chestnutt...... Harryville, Ballymena D.C. Millar...... D. Montgomery...... Grange with Craigmore N.G. Mulholland...... Glenwherry B.A. Smyth...... A.G. Hoy...... Trinity, Ahoghill M.J.O. Currie...... H. Armstrong...... Churchtown R.J. Watt...... D. Strange...... Killymurris J.T. Blue...... Rasharkin D.A. McMillan...... Clough ...... A. Davison...... Cairnalbana ...... W. Smyth...... Buckna
4. NORTH BELFAST PRESBYTERY
Ministers Ruling Elders Congregations
J.S. Dallas...... Whiteabbey R. Allen...... Rathcoole Dr. J. Dunlop...... Rosemary Dr. R.J.T. McMullan...... Overseas Board Sec. Dr. J.P. Taylor...... Theological Professor T.V. Patterson...... Immanuel J.N. Seawright...... Abbey, Monkstown J.K. Doherty...... Woodvale R.S. Hetherington...... Director of Min. Studies G.F. McKeown...... Rathcoole J.R. Dickinson...... Carnmoney T.C. Morrison...... Mrs. J. Kerr...... Eglinton D.W. Brice...... J. Lindsay...... Glengormley Dr. T.N. Hamilton...... Ballysillan Dr. I.D. Neish...... G. Weatherall...... Abbot’s Cross W.A. Abernethy...... Sinclair Seamen’s I.K. McDonald...... New Mossley Dr. S.E. Hughes...... A. McBride...... Whitehouse P.G. McCrea...... R. Eakin...... Rosemary R.N. Agnew...... West Kirk B. McMillen...... W. McCreedy...... Ballygomartin D.H. Thompson...... C.C.L.W. Secretary E.J. Hyndman...... A. Gillespie...... Seaview A.W. Carson...... D. Ross...... Abbey, Monkstown C.J. Gamble...... E. Beck...... Immanuel C.A. Meban...... Chaplain U.U. J’stown & Belfast ...... R. McChesney...... Whiteabbey BELFAST, 2017 5 N.S.R. Lockhart...... M. Lutton...... Ballyhenry D.J. McIlwaine...... J. Lynass...... Newington D.F. Leal...... Cliftonville Road (Church Plant) D. Clawson...... R.A. Thompson...... West Kirk ...... F. Ashe...... Crumlin Road ...... R. Dalzell...... Woodvale ...... Mrs. S. McIvor...... Fortwilliam & Macrory ...... T. Wilson...... Alexandra
5. SOUTH BELFAST PRESBYTERY
Ministers Ruling Elders Congregations
Dr. D.C. Irwin...... McCracken Memorial Dr. J.C. McCullough...... Theological Professor Dr. K.N.E. Newell...... Fitzroy Avenue Dr. D.J. McKelvey...... Fisherwick W.P.H. Erskine...... Windsor W.J. Orr...... Newtownbreda Dr. M.R. Patterson...... +Miss J.P. Gamble...... Restoration Ministries M.S. Gault...... Cooke Centenary A.R. Bill...... J. Bell...... Saintfield Road J.T. Lamb...... Mrs. E. Browne...... Townsend Street Dr. R.M. Crooks...... Belvoir B.R. Hughes...... +Miss M. Angus...... Chaplain City Hospital ...... +D. McCleery...... Theological Professor ...... Miss R. Stirling...... Fitzroy Avenue R.W. Love...... +Mrs. J. Greenlee...... Taughmonagh (Ch. Ext.) N.S. Harrison...... +Miss M. Cromie...... Chaplain R.V.H. J.R. Burnett...... J. Glasgow...... Lowe Memorial (Finaghy) A.E. Tolland...... B. Ferguson...... Newtownbreda Dr. P.G. McDowell...... +J.B. Milligan...... Mission Supp. Officer (Partnerships) B.J. McCroskery...... Mrs. E. Simpson...... McCracken Memorial ...... T. Griffiths...... Fisherwick ...... +D. Guiler...... QUB Chaplain, Dean of Residence, Derryvolgie G. Fowles...... Kilmakee (Seymour Hill) I. Steen...... Windsor K.H. Viner...... M. Morrow...... Malone C.E. Heron...... Miss E. Henderson...... Dunmurry ...... B. Elliott...... Gt. Victoria Street ...... Mrs. H.R. McKelvey...... Ballycairn
6. EAST BELFAST PRESBYTERY
Ministers Ruling Elders Congregations
R.D. Drysdale...... Belmont Dr. S.J. Campbell...... Cooke Centenary Dr. J.R. Savage...... Stormont Dr. H.A. Dunlop...... Knock 6 MINUTES W. McKeown...... Ravenhill ...... J. Dowd...... Orangefield J. Scott...... Missionary T.J. Stothers...... +M. Hampton...... Deputy Clerk of Assembly G. Moffett...... Tullycarnet H.R. Quinn...... Missionary ...... +S. Miskelly...... Theological Professor Dr. J.N.I. McNeely...... Mrs. A. White...... First Holywood R.D. Maxwell...... D. Getty...... St. Andrew’s ...... +T. Busby...... Chaplain Marie Curie ...... K. Shilliday...... Bloomfield W.S. Marrs...... +P. Gilpin...... C.G.M. Secretary A.C. Rankin...... Mrs. E. Millar...... Stormont R. Hornby...... Mersey Street M.R. Burnside...... Castlereagh S.P. Moore...... Mrs. R. Toland...... Gilnahirk D.T. Moore...... Knock R.J. Beggs...... B. Erskine...... McQuiston Mem. J.R. Lambe...... Mrs. M. Grayson...... Mountpottinger W.M. Brown...... Granshaw D. Rankin...... Strand ...... I. Lowry...... Dundonald C. Burcombe...... G. Dunbar ...... Mersey Street C. Ebbinghaus...... Ms. R. Aiken...... Kirkpatrick Mem. W.G. Hamilton...... Tullycarnet Dr. M.J. Welsh...... +M. Chapman...... Mission Dev. Officer N.D. Craig...... Mrs. M.R. Gibson...... Belmont R.S.J. McIlhatton...... Ms. P. Cummings...... Christ Church, Dundonald J.W. Frazer...... Mrs. M. Anderson...... Garnerville G.J. Ball...... Orangefield Assoc. D. Burke...... Moderator’s Asst. S.D. Currie...... +Miss H. Reid...... Knock Assoc. J.M. Warburton...... T. Bromley...... High Street, Holywood S.J. Lowry...... Moderator’s Asst...... T.D. Mahood...... Cregagh ...... J. Patterson...... Ravenhill
7. CARRICKFERGUS PRESBYTERY
Ministers Ruling Elders Congregations
D. Armstrong...... Greenisland ...... R. Downie...... Downshire, Carrickfergus R.J.A. Bell...... A.D. McLorie...... Ballyclare D. Chapman...... Second Islandmagee T.D. Gribben...... +N. Carmichael...... Clerk of Assembly T.R. Graham...... Joymount Dr. C.D. McClure...... Mrs. B. Moore...... First Larne G.A.J. Farquhar...... Mrs. A. Cowan...... Ballycarry G.W.M. Glasgow...... I. Thompson...... Gardenmore R.I. Carton...... W. Heggan...... Whitehead Dr. C.A. Grant...... R. Leeman...... First Carrickfergus BELFAST, 2017 7 J.W.D. Rogers...... G. Gilchrist...... Ballynure J.E. McDowell...... J. Mann...... Ballylinney ...... R.J. McAlister...... Magheramorne P.A. Bovill...... R. Nelson...... First Islandmagee F.M.A. Forbes...... Cairncastle D.R. Cromie...... A. Bell...... Greenisland B.S. Preston...... B. Clenaghan...... Craigy Hill ...... Mrs. I. Crawford...... Second Islandmagee ...... J. Stewart...... Woodburn
8. COLERAINE & LIMAVADY PRESBYTERY
Ministers Ruling Elders Congregations
Dr. W.W. Porter...... Moneydig Dr. D. Clarke...... Terrace Row, Coleraine N. Ward...... Banagher W.I. Hunter...... Ballywatt J.A. McCaughan...... J. Conn...... First Dunboe Dr. T.J. McCormick...... B. Irwin...... First Kilrea J.A. Kirkpatrick...... A. Warke...... Portrush T.P. Fleming...... J.A. Cassells...... First Coleraine R. Kelly...... W. Campbell...... Main St., Garvagh -do-...... Killaig ...... A. Cochrane...... New Row, Coleraine M. Goudy...... Macosquin Dr. C. Glass...... Dungiven -do-...... Largy Dr T.D. Allen...... Dean of Min. Studies & Dev. Dr. R.A. Kane...... Miss M. Wilson...... Aghadowey -do-...... I. Scott...... Crossgar A.W.T. Brown...... Prof. R. Anderson...... Terrace Row, Coleraine J.A. Noble...... Balteagh -do-...... Bovevagh Dr. S.D.H. Williamson...... Dr. R. McCartney...... Ballywillan T.J. Laverty...... N. Lyttle...... Portstewart J.G. Jones...... Second Limavady -do-...... J. Hawthorne...... Myroe R.D. Gregg...... J. Nevin...... Burnside ...... S. McGregor...... Drumachose ...... B. Rankin...... Derramore C.W.A. Martin...... H.C. Millen...... Second Dunboe -do-...... Miss E. Smyth...... Ringsend ...... S.J. McKee...... First Garvagh A. McConnell...... W. Deehan...... First Limavady -do-...... Magilligan T.A.S. Graham...... D. Hood...... Banagher S.A. Morrow...... Moneydig R.J. Collins...... Ballywatt ...... J. Gilmore ...... Boveedy ...... Second Kilrea 8 MINUTES 9. DERRY & DONEGAL PRESBYTERY
Ministers Ruling Elders Congregations
S.J. Gray...... Faughanvale; Gortnessy Dr. J. Fell...... Ebrington; Inch G.P. Young...... Moville; Greenbank ...... W. Lynch...... Glendermott Dr. R.L. Craig...... W. Doran...... Kilfennan Dr. D. Latimer...... J.K. Reid...... First Derry & Claremont -do-...... I. McCracken ...... Monreagh Dr. B. Brown...... Ms. S. Cole...... Raphoe & Ballindrait Dr. T.R. Buick...... J. Burke...... Carlisle Road -do-...... Crossroads W.A. Watson...... Carrigart -do-...... Dunfanaghy J.L. Blair...... Faughanvale A.J.A. Rosborough...... M. Cole...... Ballyarnett -do-...... D. Smith...... Knowhead ...... O. Perry...... Donegal P.E. Linkens...... S. Harvey...... Ebrington K.A. Jones...... Waterside -do-...... M. Ferguson...... Fahan A.C. Wilson...... Ballykelly A. Best...... J. McDonald...... Ramelton -do-...... R. Patterson...... Kilmacrennan D.M. Shaw...... N. Darragh...... Strabane C.M. Wilson...... M. McKean...... Ballylennon -do-...... Miss A. Moody...... St. Johnston M.F. Russell...... Mrs. G. Heywood...... Leckpatrick -do-...... Donagheady T.J. Bruce...... M. Wray...... Letterkenny, Trinity -do-...... Trenta S.W.K. Glendinning...... Carndonagh -do-...... Ms. B. Smyth...... Malin -do-...... C. Armstrong...... Greenbank -do-...... J. McNeely...... Moville K.H. Hibbert...... S. Galbraith...... Cumber -do-...... Upper Cumber G. Orr...... Mrs. C. Kincaid...... Magheramason J.S. McCrea...... T. Allen...... Donemana ...... J. Buchanan...... Burt ...... Mrs. D. Lecky...... Ray ...... Mrs. R. McClean...... Newtowncunningham
10. DOWN PRESBYTERY
Ministers Ruling Elders Congregations
R.G. Johnston...... First Saintfield T.W. Gordon...... First Comber Dr. G. Connor...... B. Rea...... Second Saintfield BELFAST, 2017 9 R.McM. Mackay...... L. Rowan...... Second Comber A.S. Smyth...... W. Jebb...... Carryduff B.A. Small...... R.J. Martin...... Raffrey Dr. A.F. Nel...... Killinchy D.M. Spratt...... D. Glover...... Kilmore ...... M. Hiles...... Ballygowan R.J. Hyndman...... C. Foreman...... Trinity, Boardmills ...... S.D. Connolly...... First Saintfield R.I. Abraham...... Lissara M.M. Stewart...... Clough; Seaforde W.H. Higgins...... Mrs. A.P. Gilmore...... First Killyleagh -do-...... Miss Z. McAllister...... Second Killyleagh O. Patterson...... R. Shields...... Downpatrick -do-...... Ardglass ...... B. Dumigan...... Clough ...... Seaforde G.R. Connor...... W. Crawford...... First Comber ...... G. Martin...... First Ballynahinch
11. DROMORE PRESBYTERY
Ministers Ruling Elders Congregations
Dr. D.M. Scott...... St. Columba’s, Lisburn Dr. S. Hutchinson...... Clerk of Assembly Dr. W.T.J. Richardson...... Hillhall D.B. Knox...... Harmony Hill, Lambeg J. Brackenridge...... Mrs. M. Craig...... First Lisburn D.J. Bruce...... +Miss. E. McConnell...... C.M.I. Secretary A.S. Thompson...... N. Biggerstaff...... First Dromara D.H. Gilpin...... Moira A.K. Duddy...... First Dromore Dr. W.J.A. Sleith...... Mrs. A. Truesdale...... Hillsborough R.A. McLernon...... Mrs. H. Trimble...... Drumbo W.J. Henry...... Maze ...... J. Hamilton...... Legacurry R.D. Cameron...... Prison Chaplain A.J. Thompson...... D. Jess...... Elmwood M.N. Davidson...... I. Barron...... Railway Street, Lisburn K.W.J. Hanna...... Second Dromara Dr. S.P. Swinn...... Chaplain to Forces P. Jamieson...... Hillhall G. McFadden...... Drumlough -do-...... Anahilt L.A. Patterson...... Cargycreevy -do-...... Mrs. O. Dennison...... Loughaghery A. Faulkner...... K. Irvine...... Sloan Street, Lisburn ...... J. Fulton ...... Harmony Hill, Lambeg ...... A. Addison...... Ballinderry 10 MINUTES 12. DUBLIN & MUNSTER PRESBYTERY
Ministers Ruling Elders Congregations
A.V. Martin...... Abbey, Dublin C. McCurdy...... Drogheda & Ervey R. Cobain...... Galway & Ballinasloe G.D. Campbell...... St. Andrew’s, Blackrock; ...... Bray Dr. T.W.J. Morrow...... Lucan J.G. Faris...... Trinity, Cork; Aghada Dr. J.D. Woodside...... Drogheda Dr. K.P. Meyer...... S. Smyrl...... Christ Church, Sandymount C.M. Hunter...... Christ Church, Rathgar S.W. Rea...... J. Ellis...... Carlow -do-...... Athy Dr. K.D. McCrory...... Maynooth Dr. S. Mawhinney...... K. Gillanders...... Adelaide Road A.J. Boal...... N. Fitzell...... Abbey, Dublin D. Reyes-Martin...... T. Dowling...... Kilkenny L. Kennedy-Ritchie...... H. Borland...... Clontarf & Scots S.J. Lockington...... Corboy -do-...... W. van der Hemel...... Mullingar W.J. Hayes...... Mountmellick -do-...... Tullamore C.W.P. Kennedy...... Dun Laoghaire A. Carroll...... Donabate W. Montgomery...... Fermoy A.J. Dunlop...... Mrs. M. McKenna...... Howth & Malahide R.H. Houston...... Lucan H.M. Freeburn...... Galway M. Proctor...... Naas S.D. Conkey...... Enniscorthy -do-...... Wexford G. McDowell...... Greystones N.W. Duddy...... Arklow ...... Ms. J. Cowle...... Christ Church, Rathgar ...... H. Moreland...... Trinity, Cork ...... Mrs. C. Poynton...... St. Andrew’s, Blackrock ...... St Andrew’s, Bray ...... Cahir
13. IVEAGH PRESBYTERY
Ministers Ruling Elders Congregations
A. Clarke...... Glascar; Donaghmore W.H. Sanderson...... Ballydown; Katesbridge Dr. I.J. Patterson...... Newcastle C.G. Harris...... Scarva St, Banbridge M.G. McClelland...... Tandragee R.A. Moffett...... I. Williams...... Donacloney G.E. Best...... Newmills BELFAST, 2017 11 P.A. McBride...... Ms. A. Moorhead...... Loughbrickland -do-...... Mrs. M. Moorhead...... Scarva Dr. M.C.A. Gray...... Mrs. A. Scott...... Bannside W.B. Martin...... Garvaghy -do-...... Anaghlone K. Nelson...... Castlewellan -do-...... D. Harte...... Leitrim R. McKibbin...... F. Little...... Glascar -do-...... Donaghmore J.L. Rutherford...... F.R. White...... Ballydown S.W. Hibbert...... J. McCullagh...... Tullylish -do-...... Gilford T.T. Boyd...... First Rathfriland S. Burke...... I. Johnston...... Second & Third Rathfriland N.J. Kane...... W. Adams...... Magherally T.A. Conway...... J. McKnight...... Clonduff -do-...... Hilltown A.M. Boreland...... Mrs. B. Barrett...... Newcastle R.J. Edgar...... C. Murray...... Ballyroney -do-...... G. Truesdale...... Drumlee P.G. Cleland...... Dr. J.A.J. Chestnutt...... Drumgooland -do-...... M. Copes...... Kilkinamurry M.T.W. McMaw...... K. Johnston...... Tandragee ...... Katesbridge
14. MONAGHAN PRESBYTERY
Ministers Ruling Elders Congregations
Dr. R.B. Savage...... Kells; Ervey N.S. Millen...... Dundalk & Castlebellingham; ...... Carlingford G.J. Mackarel...... K. Fleming...... Drumkeeran -do-...... Killeshandra -do-...... Cavan -do-...... Bellasis S. Stewart...... Clones -do-...... E. Mackarel...... Stonebridge -do-...... Ballyhobridge -do-...... R.J. McConkey...... Newbliss T.D. Hagan...... D. McElnea...... Middletown -do-...... R. Boyd...... Clontibret M. Deatherage...... Ballina -do-...... Killala -do-...... Ballymote D.T.R. Edwards...... J. Stewart ...... Drum -do-...... R. Sharpe ...... Cootehill -do-...... Kilmount S. McNie...... P. Prior...... Ballyalbany -do-...... Glennan Dr. G.W. Clinton...... R. Hanna...... First Ballybay -do-...... C. Mills...... Second Ballybay -do-...... L. Forster...... Rockcorry -do-...... A. McAdoo...... Drumkeen 12 MINUTES ...... R. Smyth...... First Castleblayney ...... T. McBirney...... Frankford ...... Ms. J. Archibald...... Ervey ...... F. Gilmore...... First Bailieborough ...... Dr. A. Hunter...... Corraneary ...... A. McElwaine...... Trinity, Bailieborough ...... J. Bole Smithborough
15. NEWRY PRESBYTERY
Ministers Ruling Elders Congregations
D.C. Scott...... Cremore; Tyrone’s Ditches Dr. D.J. McGaughey...... Mourne
S.A. Finlay...... K. Hanna...... Annalong Dr. M.A. Barry...... First Newry F.J. Gibson...... First Drumbanagher; J’pass -do-...... R. McCormick...... Kingsmills ...... W. Grills...... Mourne S.S. Johnston...... G. McCullough...... Kilkeel R.K. Graham...... D. Smyth...... Clarkesbridge & ...... First Newtownhamilton -do-...... G. Smyth...... Garmany’s Grove -do-...... K. Dickson...... McKelvey’s Grove J.K.A. McIntyre...... Bessbrook B.D. Colvin...... Dr. H. McDowell...... Downshire Rd., Newry ...... R. Donaghy...... First, Second Markethill N.J.E. Reid...... D.G. Hamilton...... Tullyallen -do-...... Mountnorris ...... +W. Turner...... Mourne Assoc. M.B. Wilson...... Cremore -do-...... B. Reaney...... Poyntzpass -do-...... N. Martin...... Fourtowns E. McKenzie...... Warrenpoint -do-...... Rostrevor ...... S. Bond...... First Newry ...... J. Copeland...... Second N’hamilton ...... C. Feely...... Creggan ...... Tyrone’s Ditches
16. OMAGH PRESBYTERY
Ministers Ruling Elders Congregations
R.S.K. Neill...... First Castlederg; Killeter Dr. J.W. Lockington...... Clogherney I.T. McKee...... Dr. C. Givan...... Aughnacloy -do-...... M. Robinson...... Ballymagrane R. Herron...... Trinity, Omagh -do-...... Gillygooley C.F.D. Clements...... D. Thompson...... Second Castlederg BELFAST, 2017 13 -do-...... N. McMullan...... Urney I. McClean...... Ballygawley; Ballyreagh J.H. Hanson...... Dromore -do-...... Drumquin D.W. Reid...... Ardstraw -do-...... R. McElrea...... Douglas ...... W.J. Baxter...... Newtownstewart R.N. Orr...... R. Rutledge...... First Castlederg -do-...... I. Crilly...... Killeter N.R.A. Cooper...... P. Coote...... Ballygawley -do-...... S. Somerville...... Ballyreagh P.J. Nelson...... D Swan...... First Omagh J. Cowan...... R. Hamill...... Mountjoy -do-...... J. Farren...... Drumlegagh ...... Ms. I. Anderson...... Newtownbutler L.M. Keys...... J.A. Patterson...... Seskinore -do-...... Mrs. M. Good...... Edenderry A.W. Moore...... Dr. C. McKibbin...... Cavanaleck -do-...... Aughentaine ...... W. Liggett...... Fintona ...... D. Tait...... Ballynahatty & Creevan
17. ROUTE PRESBYTERY
Ministers Ruling Elders Congregations
Dr. A.W.G. Brown...... Ballycastle Dr. D.I.J. McNie...... Trinity, Ballymoney M. Barr...... Ballyweaney N. McClean...... First Kilraughts D. Bannerman...... Toberkeigh S.T. Carson...... Dunluce K.D.W. Crowe...... Bushvale H.S.W. Cubitt...... St. James’s, Ballymoney R.M. Murray...... C. Nevin...... Drumreagh -do-...... Dromore R.W. Gaston...... Mrs. M. Campbell...... Finvoy K. Henderson...... A. Brown...... Ballyweaney Dr. M. Jones...... Roseyards Dr. P.B. Wilson...... Chaplain to the Forces P. Turton...... Armoy -do-...... Ramoan Wm. Harkness...... J. McBride...... Mosside -do-...... Toberdoney J.P. Stanbridge...... E. Wilson...... Ballycastle -do-...... Croaghmore R.M. Moody...... J. Young...... Garryduff -do-...... H. Gerrow...... Dunloy P. Douglas...... Toberkeigh G.J. MacLean...... J. Murray...... First Ballymoney A. Buick...... Miss J. Sharpe...... Dunluce S.W. Moore...... Dervock ...... P. Crooks...... Trinity, Ballymoney 14 MINUTES 18. TEMPLEPATRICK PRESBYTERY
Ministers Ruling Elders Congregations
W.D. Weir...... Killead; Loanends Dr. S.J. Dixon...... First Antrim Dr. W.D. Patton...... Randalstown O.C. B. Kennaway...... Crumlin G. Moore...... Kilbride Dr. L.S. Kirkpatrick...... +J. McClurg...... Theological Professor J. Holmes...... First Randalstown; Duneane D.J. Paul...... P. Melville...... Crumlin W.J. Murdock...... P. Patterson...... Killead -do-...... L. Fleming...... Loanends P.E. Dickinson...... Muckamore ...... Dr. R. McMillen...... Second Ballyeaston J.P. Moxen...... Greystone Road, Antrim E.S. McDowell...... R.D.R. Woodside...... First Ballyeaston D.J. Steele...... Ms. H. Gillen...... Dundrod C.K. McDowell...... High Street, Antrim R.C. Kerr...... K. Henderson...... Templepatrick J.E. Sloan...... Dr. S. Rainey...... Randalstown O.C. J. Boyd...... J. McGuinness...... Hydepark -do-...... Lylehill D.T. McNeill...... G. Patton...... First Randalstown -do-...... Duneane ...... S. Gawn...... Second Donegore ...... P. Arrell...... Second Randalstown
19. TYRONE PRESBYTERY
Ministers Ruling Elders Congregations
Dr. A.R. Rodgers...... Dungannon I.F. Smith...... Orritor & Claggan Dr. J.I. Thompson...... Dr. A. Brown...... First Cookstown J.W. Fleck...... Upper; Lower Clonaneese A.S. Thompson...... Dr. H. McNeill...... Dungannon T.J. Conway...... M. McNicholl...... Culnady -do-...... C. Bolton...... Swatragh T.W.A. Greer...... Molesworth, Cookstown Dr. K.O. Patterson...... Castledawson; Curran Dr. J.A. Curry...... J. Smyth...... First Magherafelt G.J. Jordan...... Bellaghy -do-...... Knockloughrim Dr. G.W.D. Stewart...... J. Sloss...... Maghera ...... H. Watt...... Pomeroy ...... M. Davidson ...... Sandholes D.S. Brownlow...... H. Russell...... Newmills -do-...... Carland J.D. Montgomery...... First Moneymore -do-...... Second Moneymore J.M. Gracey...... Mrs. A. Allingham...... Coagh BELFAST, 2017 15 -do-...... *N. Bell...... Ballygoney -do-...... A. Johnston...... Saltersland D.W. Leach...... A. Rowan...... Union Road, M’felt -do-...... W. Badger...... Lecumpher ...... I. Duff...... Upper Clonaneese J.B. Mullan...... Castledawson -do-...... Curran ...... S. Black...... Orritor ...... T. Bell...... Claggan M.W. Dodds...... Castlecaulfield -do-...... W.J. Long...... Eglish ...... I. Millar...... First Stewartstown ...... O. Gibson...... Tobermore
TRUSTEES NOMINATIONS – CODE PAR 97(h)(iv) D. Crowe Mrs. M. Guiler
CLERK OF PRESBYTERY – CODE PAR 97(h)(iii) C.W.L. Graham S. Ferguson T. Long
ELDERS OF ASSEMBLY – CODE PAR 97(i), 107(a) A.J. Rankin
EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS OF ASSEMBLY – CODE PAR 127(2)(a)
Prof. N. Dawson R. Tweed Mrs. E.A. Warden
CONVENERS AND SECRETARIES WHO ARE ELDERS – CODE PAR 97(h)(i)(ii) J. Hunter A. Brown L. Conway Dr. P. Marshall J. Livingstone
NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE NOMINEES – CODE PAR 97(j) G. Nesbitt Mrs. M. Crawford J. Hayes L. Murray Mrs. L. Wray O. McAuley R. McCullagh R. Campton E. Jardine C. Cavan
RETIRED MISSIONARIES WHO ARE ELDERS – CODE PAR 97(c) Miss. L. Wasson 16 MINUTES MISSIONARIES AT HOME WHO ARE NOT ELDERS S. Anderson
CONVENERS AND SECRETARIES WHO ARE NOT ELDERS – CODE PAR 97 (h)(i)(ii) C. Knox
DEACONESSES Mrs. H. McCracken Miss J. Clegg Miss E. Drysdale Miss E. Whyte Mrs. S. McCullough
RETIRED DEACONESSES AND WOMEN WORKERS Mrs. E. Matthews Mrs. R. Henry Miss S. Swindle
LICENTIATES SERVING ASSISTANTSHIPS – CODE PAR 219A J.J. Boyd M.D. Boyd A.D. Burke I. Cahoon D.J. Clarke S.N. Hawthorne C.W. Jackson S.D. Kennedy C.N. Lynn A. Marsh J.A. Martin A.J. McCracken A.S. McQuade Miss S.J. Moore G.R. Mullan J.C. Newell J.J. O’Donnell R.A. Orr R.C. Patton Mrs. J. Smith
MINISTERS EMERITUS (RELEASED) – CODE PAR 98 D. Johnston J.M. Cathcart D. McConaghy
MINISTERS WITHOUT CHARGE – CODE PAR 98 C.H. Deering Dr. L.H. Eagleson W.I. Ferris R.J. Gilkinson Dr. W.J.M. Parker B.J. Walker R. McCullough
OTHERS S. Gowdy
MINISTERS TRANSFERRING FROM ANOTHER CHURCH G.M. Andrich
SPUD DELEGATES L. McKelvey N. Wallace BELFAST, 2017 17 PRESBYTERIAN WOMEN
ARDS PRESBYTERY Mrs. E. Cobain SOUTH BELFAST PRESBYTERY Mrs. M. Campbell EAST BELFAST PRESBYTERY Mrs. M. Cromie Mrs. L. Stothers CARRICKFERGUS PRESBYTERY Ms. C. Bell COLERAINE AND LIMAVADY PRESBYTERY Mrs. V. Millar DERRY AND DONEGAL PRESBYTERY Mrs. I. Harvey Mrs. H. Ferguson Mrs. L. Russell DROMORE PRESBYTERY Miss. H. McConaghy IVEAGH PRESBYTERY Mrs. M. Nelson ROUTE PRESBYTERY Mrs. M. McClean Mrs. A. Montgomery Miss. P. Shirley TEMPLEPATRICK PRESBYTERY Mrs. J. Duncan Mrs. M. Watt Miss. M. Kilpatrick TYRONE PRESBYTERY Mrs. I. Reid
PRESBYTERIAN YOUTH
ARMAGH PRESBYTERY Miss. S. Clarke J. Gamble BALLYMENA PRESBYTERY Miss. L. Jackson P. McClelland EAST BELFAST PRESBYTERY Mrs. L. Hutcheson-Magee R. Bailie P. Brown CARRICKFERGUS PRESBYTERY D. Penney D. Templeton IVEAGH PRESBYTERY Ms. L. Moffett A. Groves NEWRY PRESBYTERY P. Kennedy 18 MINUTES The Moderator asked the Assembly to proceed to the election and appointment of a successor to him in office for the ensuing year. The Clerk submitted the nominations of Presbyteries for the Moderatorship as follows:- The Rev James Noble Irvine McNeely 10 nominations The Rev Charles John Carson McMullen 4 nominations The Rev William Brian Boyd 3 nominations The Rev Anthony Daniel Davidson 2 nominations On the motion of the Rev CJC McMullen, seconded by the Rev AD Davidson, the Rev Dr JNI McNeely was unanimously called to the Chair, welcomed by the retiring Moderator and commended to God in prayer. The Right Rev Dr JNI McNeely addressed the House. The sederunt came to a close at 8.35pm, the Moderator pronouncing the Benediction. ______
SECOND SESSION
Tuesday, 6th June, 2017 9.30am
The Assembly convened, the Moderator leading in prayer.
BUSINESS The Initial Report of the GENERAL ASSEMBLY BUSINESS COMMITTEE COMMITTEE (Reports pp3-4) along with resolutions 1-4 (Reports p179) was submitted by the Very Rev Dr RA Patton, together with the following Supplementary Report:
Additional Resolution That at the 2017 General Assembly, permission be granted, where appropriate, to consolidate resolutions relating to Overtures; and that if a written request from ten or more members of Assembly is lodged with the Clerk before the time scheduled for debate on the consolidated resolution(s) relating to Overtures, then the item(s) specified in the written request will be removed from the consolidated resolution(s) and considered as separate resolution(s). TREVOR D GRIBBEN
Moved by the very Rev Dr RA Patton, seconded by the Rev AJ Thompson and agreed: Resolutions 1. That the Draft Order of Business for the 2017 General Assembly be approved. BELFAST, 2017 19 2. That the ‘Guide to Assembly Procedure’ (yellow pages) be approved with the appropriate General Assembly Standing Orders suspended, when necessary, to facilitate alternative presentations etc. 3. That at the 2017 General Assembly, permission be granted, where appropriate, to consolidate resolutions relating to Overtures; and that if a written request from ten or more members of Assembly is lodged with the Clerk before the time scheduled for debate on the consolidated resolution(s) relating to Overtures, then the item(s) specified in the written request will be removed from the consolidated resolution(s) and considered as separate resolution(s). 4. That a grant of £20,000 be made from the Incidental Fund to the Arrangements Panel of the General Assembly Business Committee. 5. That the Initial Report of the General Assembly Business Committee be received.
The Reports of Presbyteries (Reports pp195-203) was submitted by the Reports of Rev TD Gribben, together with the following Supplementary Report: Presbyteries
ADDENDUM TO THE REPORT OF THE PRESBYTERY OF TYRONE (page 203) The Presbytery of Tyrone further report that under their care is, as a Licentiate, Mr GR Mullan. TREVOR D GRIBBEN
Moved by the Rev TD Gribben, seconded by the Rev TJ Stothers, and agreed: 1. That the Reports of Presbyteries be received. Resolution
Section 1 of the Report of the GENERAL COUNCIL (Reports pp1-3, 12- GENERAL 23) along with resolutions 5-7 (Reports p180) was submitted by the Very Rev Dr COUNCIL RL Craig, together with the following Supplementary Report:
MEMORIAL RECORD Memorial The Rev Helen Steele Boyd, BD, Minister Emeritus, Millisle and Record Ballycopeland, died on 11th April 2017, in the seventy-fifth year of her age and the thirty-third year of her ministry. She was born at Belfast on 20th January 1943, the youngest of a family of five, to Thomas James Watson, a civil servant, and his wife, Margaret, née Young. The family were members of Old Park Presbyterian Church, Cliftonville Road, where, in later years, she became Captain of the Girls’ Brigade Company. Mrs Boyd was educated at the Belfast Model School for Girls, and the Belfast Royal Academy, 1954 -1960. On leaving school, she worked as a Secretary for the Antrim Education Board. Obeying the call of God 20 MINUTES to serve as a Deaconess she trained at St Colm’s College, Edinburgh, from 1966 to 1968. Her first posting was to Bloomfield congregation, East Belfast, where she worked with the minister, the Rev Dr John Orr, assisting in the general life of the congregation including responsibility for visitation of the elderly. In 1971 she moved to take responsibility for the day to day running of a second Friendship House in Templemore Avenue, East Belfast. She developed a busy programme of activities including lunch clubs for the elderly, clubs for unchurched young people, and nursery and pre-school facilities. This was a challenging work, since many had social problems caused by poverty, broken and unstable homes, and involvement with gangs associated with the violence and disorder of the ‘Troubles’. During this time, she developed a strong conviction to study for the ordained ministry, and, on being received by the Church, she entered the Union Theological College, Belfast, in the autumn of 1979, graduating in 1984 with a BD from the Queen’s University, Belfast. She was licensed by the Presbytery of East Belfast in St John’s Church, on 27th June 1984, and served her assistantship with the Rev John Chambers in the congregation of Second Comber, where she was ordained on 6th January 1985. The following year, 1986, she was called to the congregation of Millisle and Ballycopeland and installed by the Presbytery of Ards on 10th April. To her ministry she brought dedication, compassion and grace from which many benefitted, and she was highly regarded by all with whom she worked. She found personal joy and companionship in her marriage to David Boyd on 29th June 1990. Together they served God and His people with gladness. Mrs Boyd retired from full-time ministry on 10th April 2011. To her husband, David, her sisters Peggy, Irene, and Vera, and the wider family circle we extend our sympathy and prayers that the hope we have in the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ will be their strength and comfort in their loss.
The Rev Eric George McAuley BA, BD, BSc, minister without charge, died on 21St April 2017, in the eighty-sixth year of his age. He was born at Belfast on 10th August 1931, the eldest of two children, (brother to Cynthia) to George R McAuley, a confectioner, tobacconist and newsagent, and his wife, Eileen Cynthia, née Ross. The family worshipped in Crescent congregation, University Road, and Mr McAuley was educated at Fullerton House, the preparatory department of Methodist College Grammar School, and then the College, between 1937 and 1949. He was a keen sportsman, playing for the rugby team, and a member of the rowing four and eight, and a water polo player. He entered the Queen’s University, Belfast, graduating BA in 1952, and, feeling called to the ordained ministry, he proceeded to Edinburgh where he studied theology at New College, graduating BD in 1955, and completed his ministry studies at the Assembly’s College, Belfast. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Belfast on 2nd June 1955, and served his assistantship with the Very Rev Dr James Carlyle Breakey, minister of Fortwilliam Park congregation on the Antrim Road, Belfast. After three years, he was called to the newly created joint charge of Newtowncunningham with Crossroads, where he was ordained jointly by the Presbyteries of Raphoe and Derry, on 18th April 1957. Four years later he was called to the congregation of Bannside, Banbridge, where he was installed by the Presbytery of Iveagh on 2nd March 1961. He was distinguished by his compassionate pastoral ministry, warm friendship, and his loyal service to the work of the presbytery. Interested BELFAST, 2017 21 in architecture, he designed the Emerson Memorial front entrance doors to Bannside church, named after a prominent local business family, depicting, in the copper overlay, the ministry of Christ and His presence in our everyday lives. He undertook further study and graduated BSc from the Queen’s University in 1972. He became a chartered architect in 1973 and gained his Master’s degree in 1974. In 1973 he had a career change on taking up an appointment as a lecturer in the Architecture Department of Queen’s, and he resigned from Bannside on 30th September 1973, becoming a minister without charge. He continued to serve the Church as Convener of the General Assembly’s Church Architecture Committee from 1979 to 1986. Mr McAuley married Mildred Patricia Scott on 1st August 1956 who shared with, and supported him, in congregational life and ministry. They had four children, Stephen, Sharon, David and Brian. To them, and to Mr McAuley’s sister, Cynthia, we extend our sympathy and prayers in their loss, as we give thanks to God for Mr McAuley’s ministry and service.
The Rev David William Lapsley, BA, MA, DD, Minister Emeritus, Fisherwick, Belfast, died on 14th May 2017 in the ninety-first year of his age and the sixty-fifth year of his ministry. He was born at Londonderry on 25th March 1927, the eldest of four children, to David William Buchanan Lapsley, a merchant, and his wife, Rebecca (Ruby) Helen Lapsley, née Craig. The congregation of Carlisle Road, where his father was an elder, Sunday School Superintendent and Treasurer of the congregation, nurtured him in the faith, and he was educated at First Derry Primary School and Foyle College. Responding to the call of God to the ordained ministry, he proceeded to Magee University College, Londonderry, in 1945, followed by Trinity College, Dublin, graduating BA in 1948, and MA in 1967. He completed his studies at the Assembly’s College, Belfast, 1948-1950, and was licensed by the Presbytery of Derry on 7th June 1950. From 1948 to 1950 he served as assistant to the Rev Donald Gillies in Agnes Street, Belfast, and, secondly, from 1950 to 1952, to the Rev John Orr, in Bloomfield, Belfast. He was called by the congregation of First Killyleagh and ordained and installed there on 29th January 1953 by the Presbytery of Comber. After a ministry of nine years he was commissioned by the Foreign Missions Board on 24th February 1962 as a missionary to Jamaica. The country had gained its independence from Great Britain in 1962 and chose to become a member of the Commonwealth. It was into this post-colonial context Dr Lapsley and his wife and two children sailed in late March 1963. There he served as minister, firstly, in the three point charge of Bailleston, Mt Olivet and Spaldings, in the centre of the island, and, secondly, from 1967, at Webster Memorial United Church, Kingston, the denomination having united with the Congregational Church to form the United Church of Jamaica and Grand Cayman on 1st December 1965. Unstable family life and relationships, poor housing and poverty in Kingston, posed social and spiritual challenges to Christian witness. Dr Lapsley involved himself with many voluntary organisations addressing these issues and was Chairman of the Church’s Advisory Bureau for social work in West Kingston. He also introduced culturally appropriate liturgy and Jamaican music and hymns to worship Services. Returning home in 1971, he was appointed and installed as Education Officer to Christian Aid, Ireland, on 2nd November. Then, in 1973, he was called to the congregation of Fisherwick, Belfast, where he was installed on 23rd May, 22 MINUTES by the Presbytery of Belfast South. Here he was to remain for twenty years until his retirement on 30th April 1993. The ‘Troubles’ were at their height, and, along with others, he developed cross-community and inter-denominational contacts to promote understanding and good relations, an approach which he had adopted when working with Christian Aid. Under his leadership, Fisherwick formed a close connection with St Brigid’s Catholic Church, in Derryvolgie Avenue. Dr Lapsley was a gifted preacher and communicator, and often contributed to Thought for the Day on BBC Radio Ulster, scripted and presented documentaries and conducted broadcast worship Services for radio and television. He served on the NI Religious Advisory Committees of the BBC in Belfast and London where he also sat on the BBC General Advisory Council. He wrote various articles for secular, church and theological journals. He was Moderator of the Synod of Belfast in 1988. Dr Lapsley’s work for the Church, and in the wider community, was recognised with the award of a DD by the Presbyterian Theological Faculty Ireland, in 1989. He was a keen sportsman in earlier days, enjoying rugby and hockey, and especially cricket which he played for Trinity, and North Down. He married Mary Victoria Mercer on 20th November 1956, who predeceased him in 1994. They had two children, Michael and Sandra. As we return thanks to God for the work and witness of Dr Lapsley, we assure his second wife, Victoria (Vickie) Hamilton, whom he married on 19th October 2000, his children, Michael and Sandra, his brother, Joss, and the wider family circle, of our prayers in their loss.
AMENDMENT – The Rev Robert William Wylie (Bill) Clarke was installed in Dundalk with Carlingford in the Presbytery of Newry (not the Presbytery of Monaghan as printed in the Reports Book page 22). TREVOR D GRIBBEN
Moved by the Very Rev Dr RL Craig, seconded by the Rev GE Best, and agreed: Resolutions 6. That the General Assembly encourage all Congregations to pray for and fully support ‘Everyday Disciples’, the Residential General Assembly being held at the Ulster University, Coleraine from Monday 21st- Thursday 24th August, 2017. 7. That the General Assembly welcome the plans for the celebration of the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation through the ‘FAITH AT THE CROSSROADS - Rediscovering the Reformation’ evenings in October 2017 and commend these to all Congregations. 8. That Section 1 of the Report of the General Council (with the exception of the General Assembly Business Committee) be received.
Miss Catherine Little, General Secretary of the Bible Society in Northern Ireland, addressed the house and presented the Moderator with a Bible. BELFAST, 2017 23 RECEPTION OF CORRESPONDING MEMBERS & DELEGATES
Supplementary Report:
Add Presbyterian Church of Wales: Rev Meirion Morris Irish Council of Churches: Dr Damian Jackson Presbyterian Church of East Africa: Rev Francis Njoroge instead of Rev Alfred Mugendi Kanga TREVOR D GRIBBEN
The Corresponding Members were received from the Church of Scotland. Corresponding These were the Rt Rev Dr Derek Browning, Rev John McMahon and Anne Members Mulligan. The Moderator welcomed the Corresponding Members. The Rt Rev Dr Derek Browning replied and conveyed greetings. The Moderator welcomed the Rev John Proctor of the United Reformed Church of the United Kingdom; and the Rev Meirion Morris of the Presbyterian Church of Wales. The Rev Meirion Morris replied and conveyed greetings. The Moderator welcomed the Rt Rev John McDowell and Dr Elizabeth Leonard, delegates from the Church of Ireland; Mr Stanley Graham from the Methodist Church in Ireland; Mr Daniel H Sinton from the Religious Society of Friends; and Dr Damian Jackson from the Irish Council of Churches. [The Rev Brian Anderson of the Methodist Church in Ireland was unable to be present.] The Rt Rev John McDowell replied and conveyed greetings. The Moderator welcomed other delegates from – The Evangelical Reformed Church of Latvia: Mr Artis Celmiņš – The Reformed Church of Hungary: Rev Dr Zsolt Barta – Presbyterian Church of East Africa: Rev Francis Njoroge – The CCAP, Synod of Nkhoma: the Rev Vasco SK Kachipapa – National Evangelical Synod of Syria and Lebanon: the Rt Rev Fadi Elia Dagher – Presbyterian Church of Pakistan: Rev Maqsood Kamil. [The Rev James Makuei Choul of the Presbyterian Church of South Sudan was unable to be present.] The Rt Rev Fadi Elia Dagher replied and conveyed greetings. At 11.00am the Moderator led the house in observing a minute of silence to honour the recent London Bridge terror attack victims, and then offered prayer.
Intermission
Members of Assembly were joined by others to participate in the Sacrament Lord’s Supper of the Lord’s Supper, conducted by the Moderator. During worship the Memorial Memorial Roll 24 MINUTES Roll of Ministers deceased was submitted by the Very Rev Dr WD Patton, and the Assembly paid their customary tribute.
The sederunt came to a close at 1.00pm, the Moderator leading the house in saying ‘The Grace’. ______
THIRD SESSION
Tuesday, 6th June, 2017 2.00pm
The Assembly again convened, the Moderator leading in prayer.
CCLW ALTERNATIVE PRESENTATION
Fellow workers with God who makes things grow The Council Convener, the Rev Dr Graham Connor, opened the session with a short reflection on 1 Corinthians 3.7, from which the theme of the presentation was drawn. Three particular areas of the Council’s work were highlighted: • Leadership development – the Training Development Officer, Mr Tom Finnegan, interviewed Miss Christine Craig, a younger leader who has been involved in delivering the Emerge programme. He then introduced a new DVD Bible Study resource for congregations called ‘Valuable Leadership’ and members engaged in a short discussion. • The development of Women’s Ministry – this was introduced by Mrs Pauline Kennedy, Women’s Ministry Development Officer and Mrs Valerie Stewart, Convener of the Women’s Strategy and Coordination Committee. It included an interview and the presentation of a short DVD resource aimed at helping congregations begin a conversation about the contribution of women’s ministry to the wider work of congregations. • SPUD – Dr Graeme Thompson, Youth Development Officer introduced this section. Mr Owen Wilson spoke to three issues that had been discussed at the SPUD Youth Assembly: young people and the church; mental health; and social media. He showed a video highlighting the importance of social media in the lives of young people. Mr Nathan Wallace and Mr Conor Patton spoke about the use of social media by young people and how the church can engage with this for the gospel. Miss Helen Hooks illustrated how some congregations are using social media in creative ways. Mr Wilson drew attention to the SPUD resolution (Additional Resolution 2(a)) appended to the Supplementary Report of the Council for Congregational Life and Witness (see below, page 25). BELFAST, 2017 25 The Council Secretary, the Rev David Thompson, drew the presentation to a close by encouraging every congregation to intentionally choose one area in which to develop their life or witness in the church year 2017/18.
The Moderator thanked all the participants and closed the presentation in prayer at 3.00pm.
Intermission
The Report of the COUNCIL FOR CONGREGATIONAL LIFE AND COUNCIL FOR WITNESS (Reports pp204-235) was submitted by the Rev Dr Graham Connor, CONGRE- together with the following Supplementary Report: GATIONAL LIFE AND SPUD WITNESS 1. This year the SPUD Working Group have focused on the 3 distinct areas of: young people and church, mental health and social media. Conversations in the Working Group led to a successful gathering of over 100 young people at our Youth Assembly in January 2017 at which these areas were enthusiastically explored. The Report gives a flavour of some of that conversation and proposes several outcomes flowing from it. 2. Young people and the church: Discussion and feedback at the Youth Assembly displayed a positive attitude among young people towards the church. There was an encouraging desire expressed for inter-generational church - one which includes relationship and mentoring between generations. Delegates also showed a willingness to be involved and included within the life and leadership of their congregations. In response to this we will be hosting a Fringe event at the General Assembly on Wednesday 7th June in the Minor Hall at 5:30pm to explore these issues and share good practice. 3. Mental Health: The discussion of this issue at the Youth Assembly showed great openness and desire to engage with what can still be a difficult area for the church and its members. Young people expressed a need for open, honest and sensitive conversations within our churches regarding mental health. We hope to share some of these inputs in a series of future blogs, as well as engaging, as appropriate, with Councils and Committees of the General Assembly whose remits include work in this field. 4. Social Media: There was a strong sense among delegates at the Youth Assembly that social media is a crucial area in which churches could be better engaged. SPUD identifies that young people have a crucial role to play in helping to stimulate and guide this conversation. SPUD believes that the potential for social media engagement by congregations represents a huge opportunity to reach into today’s world with the gospel. 5. There can be little doubt that technology has transformed the world as we know it, nevertheless, the area of social media remains a new and unknown culture for many in our churches. SPUD recognises the dangers often identified 26 MINUTES with the growth of social media and pay tribute to the valuable work done by the Council for Social Witness and Taking Care in protecting our young people in these areas. SPUD also understand the unhealthy patterns that can be created as individuals engage in social media, constantly checking their social media feeds. 6. While acknowledging those potentially harmful effects and dangers, SPUD wants to focus the conversation positively on the opportunity and huge missional reach social media provides. Facebook was only created in 2004 yet 88% of 18-29 year olds have profiles on it. 90% of Instagram users and 74% of Snapchat users are under 35. Suffice to say that social media is now an integral part of the lives of a generation of young people, many of them accessing it for several hours every day. Healthy or not, this is reality for our world and the context in which we minister as congregations. Ignoring the world of social media and creating a vacuum in this space by our lack of presence cannot be an option. 7. While it should never be used as a replacement for face-to-face engagement, congregations should be engaged in social media to reach people in our communities. The potential reach of social media in a short space of time is nothing short of astounding. Thousands of people can be accessed in just one day. Users view things on Facebook and tell their friends about what they have seen, often by ‘tagging’ them. What is shared has the potential to go well beyond the initial post. 8. A good example is the PCI Young Adults’ Facebook page. It is active with four to five fresh posts placed online every week highlighting key events, pointing to helpful articles or sharing examples of what churches are doing in mission. These posts reach a lot of people each week. One recent post was accessed and viewed by over 7,000 people in the space of forty-eight hours. 9. Jesus called his followers to live godly lives in the world amongst the prevailing culture, rather than to separate ourselves from it. So, what a great way to engage in today’s world with the gospel by using social media, maximising its reach for the glory of God. 10. A congregation’s use of social media need not be limited to outreach. It can also be greatly used to provide a catalyst of engagement between different generations. It offers a contemporary way to communicate announcements and upcoming events, with personal invites helping to draw in others from the congregation. One simple idea already in place in a local PCI congregation that came out of the Youth Assembly was the development of a WhatsApp prayer group. It enabled young people to share their needs, to support each other and bear one another’s burdens through prayer. Youth leaders and the minister being present in the group helped create an environment of awareness, support and nurture. 11. We believe that the potential for social media engagement by congregations is huge and it would be an enormous oversight not to utilise tools God has given us to reach the world for Him. However, SPUD recognises that this is a scary and unknown culture for many in the church and so wish to offer some help to congregations who want to develop their thinking and practice in this area. BELFAST, 2017 27 ADDITIONAL RESOLUTION 2(a) That the General Assembly encourage the formation of a Task Group under the Council for Congregational Life and Witness, comprising membership from the SPUD Working Group and other relevant bodies, to: i. develop and organise a training event in 2018 addressing the area of appropriate and effective use of social media in congregational life and witness; ii. develop appropriate follow up material to enable local congregations to enhance their social media presence; iii. to explore how best to encourage and enable each congregation to appoint a Social Media Co-ordinator. DAVID H THOMPSON
Moved by the Rev Dr Graham Connor, seconded by the Rev DH Thompson and agreed: 1. That the General Assembly welcome the Framework for Partnerships Resolutions for enabling congregations in their Life and Witness. 2. That the General Assembly instruct the Council for Congregational Life and Witness to proactively engage with at least three Presbyteries per year, on a rotational basis, to provide an agreed and accessible programme to envision and equip congregations within their bounds. 3. That the General Assembly encourage the formation of a Task Group under the Council for Congregational Life and Witness, comprising membership from the SPUD Working Group and other relevant bodies, to: (a) develop and organise a training event in 2018 addressing the area of appropriate and effective use of social media in congregational life and witness; (b) develop appropriate follow up material to enable local congregations to enhance their social media presence; (c) explore how best to encourage and enable each congregation to appoint a Social Media Co-ordinator. 4. That the General Assembly encourage the Council for Congregational Life and Witness to engage with the General Council to: (a) reflect on the structure of Committees, Panels, Task Groups and Organising Groups that best ensures appropriate accountability and ability to deliver its remit to envision, equip and enable congregations for their life and witness; (b) identify and take the necessary steps to improve mediums of communication with congregations and facilities for online booking and registration. 5. That the General Assembly encourage the General Council, on its behalf, to appoint a Task Group, involving representation from the 28 MINUTES Council for Congregational Life and Witness and other relevant bodies, to examine streamlined options for providing information for congregational prayer for denominational mission and ministry and bring recommendations to the 2018 General Assembly. 6. That the Report of the Council for Congregational Life and Witness be received.
COUNCIL The Report of the COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL WITNESS (Reports pp236- FOR SOCIAL 260) was submitted by the Rev Dr TJ McCormick. WITNESS Moved by the Rev Dr TJ McCormick, seconded by Mr Lindsay Conway, OBE, and agreed: Resolutions 1. That the General Assembly note the rise of the number of residents with dementia, both in the homes run by the Council for Social Witness and by other providers; call on the Governments in both jurisdictions to provide adequate funding and resources for those residents; and instruct the Councils for Social Witness and Public Affairs to pursue this matter in the ensuing year. 2. That the General Assembly approve the ‘Adult Safeguarding Policy and Guidelines’ (Appendix 1 of the Report of the Council for Social Witness). 3. That the General Assembly welcome the ‘Who’s Calling Initiative’ (a scheme to prevent scams and financial abuse of the elderly) launched by the Commissioner for Older People in Northern Ireland. 4. That the General Assembly give thanks to God for the work and witness of Ard Cluan in Londonderry and York House in Portrush and seek the prayers of the Church as residents and staff relocate to Trinity House in Garvagh. 5. That the Report of the Council for Social Witness be received.
The sederunt came to a close at 5.08pm, the Moderator leading in prayer.
______BELFAST, 2017 29 FOURTH SESSION
Wednesday, 7th June 2017 9.30am
The Assembly again convened, the Moderator leading in prayer.
The Report of the COUNCIL FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS (Reports pp261- COUNCIL 272) was submitted by the Very Rev Dr TN Hamilton, OBE, together with the FOR PUBLIC following Supplementary Report: AFFAIRS
NORTHERN IRELAND POLITICAL SITUATION 1. As the Council’s report was being finalised, a snap UK General Election was called for Thursday 8th June and, subsequently, the talks process aimed at restoring Northern Ireland’s devolved institutions was suspended. It is clear that the ongoing political crisis is damaging the very fabric of society: there is no agreed budget; welfare reform lacks ongoing oversight; small but vital community services are under threat; much-talked-about reform of the health service has scarcely / not progressed; and, yet again, victims and survivors are left without much of the support they need. 2, One of the primary functions of government is to provide for the welfare of all the people. Without a well-functioning, locally accountable administration in place, it is the vulnerable who suffer the most. There is, therefore, a clear moral imperative for the current political crisis to be resolved urgently. As the Moderator said in his statement on 16th January, for our institutions to function well, “there must be a commitment to openness, generosity of spirit and cooperation for the common good”. We want to see the establishment of good government as soon as possible, based on good working relationships that are progressively formed through the demonstration of these core values.
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND PANEL The Very Rev Dr Trevor Morrow (Convener) writes: 3. Since the report of the Republic of Ireland Panel was finalised, the Citizens’ Assembly has voted to recommend that Article 40.3.3 (the Eighth Amendment) be replaced with a constitutional provision that explicitly authorises the Oireachtas to legislate to address termination of pregnancy, any rights of the unborn, and any rights of the woman. Such change requires a referendum. The Citizens’ Assembly has further recommended that abortion should be made available through legislation in the following additional circumstances: 30 MINUTES
Circumstance Term Limit Serious risk to the physical health of No restriction as to gestational age the woman Serious risk to the mental health of Up to 22 weeks gestation the woman Serious risk to the health of the Up to 22 weeks gestation woman Risk to the physical health of the Up to 22 weeks gestation woman Risk to the mental health of the Up to 22 weeks gestation woman Risk to the health of the woman Up to 22 weeks gestation Pregnancy as a result of rape Up to 22 weeks gestation The unborn child has a foetal No restriction as to gestational age abnormality that is likely to result in death before or shortly after birth The unborn child has a significant Up to 22 weeks gestation foetal abnormality that is not likely to result in death before or shortly after birth Socio-economic reasons Up to 12 weeks gestation No restriction as to reasons Up to 12 weeks gestation
4. The Citizens’ Assembly subsequently voted to recommend that a distinction should not be drawn between the physical and mental health of the woman. 5. The Chair of the Citizens’ Assembly, Ms Justice Laffoy, will deliver a report to the Oireachtas before the end of June 2017. A Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment is currently being formed to consider the report and its recommendations when they are received. The Committee is expected to report its conclusions and recommendations to both Houses of the Oireachtas within three months of its first public meeting. Some elected representatives have suggested that a referendum on the Eighth Amendment could be held in early 2018. 6. It is clear that the recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly, if implemented, will have very serious consequences in terms of the protection afforded to the unborn. As a referendum may be held before June 2018, it is proposed that a Task Group be set up by the General Assembly to report and make recommendations on the Eighth Amendment to both the Council for Public Affairs and the General Council, with the General Council authorised to act on behalf of the Assembly. The pace of developments suggests that the PCI may be required to make a submission to the Joint Oireachtas Committee before the Task Group can report to the next meeting of the General Council. Therefore, an appended resolution authorises the Task Group to inform the Joint Committee of the direction of the Task Group’s thinking. BELFAST, 2017 31 Additional Resolutions: 5. That the General Assembly express serious disquiet about the damage being done to the fabric of Northern Irish society by the current political crisis, and encourage all involved in upcoming political talks to urgently seek a resolution that establishes good government based on good working relationships, so that confidence can be restored, instability minimised and major challenges (including those involving the Brexit negotiations) faced together. 6. That the General Assembly, recognising the important role and responsibilities of government in respect of so many issues affecting people throughout Ireland, north and south, encourage Presbyterians to participate in the democratic process and vote in each election as and when it is called. 7. That the General Assembly: (a) express their deep concern regarding the recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly to significantly widen access to abortion in the Republic of Ireland; (b) call upon the Irish Government to ensure that the best possible care and support is made available to women experiencing crisis pregnancies; (c) urge Presbyterians, in judging how to vote in the event of any referendum on the Eighth Amendment, to carefully consider the pro-life position of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland upholding the sacredness of human life. 8. That the General Assembly appoint a Task Group under the Council for Public Affairs, consisting of the Moderator and Clerk of the General Assembly, Convener of the Council for Public Affairs, Convener of the Republic of Ireland Panel, Public Affairs Officer, Professor Stephen Williams, Dr Victoria Carroll, with power to co-opt up to 4 others, with the following remit: (a) to draw up a report and recommendations concerning the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution of Ireland – Bunreacht na hÉireann, to be presented to both the Council for Public Affairs and the General Council, with the General Council authorised, if necessary, to act on behalf of the Assembly in connection with any issue arising; (b) to make submissions to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment on behalf of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, following the approval of the General Council or, if time constraints do not permit such approval, as authorised by the Moderator and Clerk of the General Assembly.
Renumbered Resolution: 9. That the Report of the Council for Public Affairs be received. T NORMAN HAMILTON 32 MINUTES Moved by the Very Rev Dr TN Hamilton, OBE, and following a seconding speech by Mr Gavin Norris, formally seconded by the Rev TD Gribben, and agreed: Resolutions 1. That the General Assembly welcome the establishment of the Controlled Schools’ Support Council as a dedicated advocacy and support body for Controlled Schools and strongly encourage the development and maintenance of the Controlled Sector’s warm, open, Christian ethos. 2. That the General Assembly thank those who serve as Transferor Governors in schools as they manage increasing and exceptional demands on their time and energy, and the outworking of budgetary uncertainty and decreasing resources. 3. That the General Assembly recognise the need to address educational underachievement and call for the identification of public policies and practical measures that will raise standards and promote the value of education. 4. That the General Assembly: (a) note the four potential ‘options’ in relation to admissions for denominational schools put forward by the Minister for Education and Skills; (b) recognise the difficulties that Protestant and other minority faith schools would face if any of the four ‘options’ were introduced; (c) call again upon the Irish Government to ensure that its policy protects minority rights and enables ongoing access to, and the sustainability of, schools with a Protestant ethos.
With the leave of the House, Additional Resolution 5 was submitted in amended form, substituting the words ‘and encourage’ by the words ‘and strongly encourage’. 5. That the General Assembly express serious disquiet about the damage being done to the fabric of Northern Irish society by the current political crisis, and strongly encourage all involved in upcoming political talks to urgently seek a resolution that establishes good government based on good working relationships, so that confidence can be restored, instability minimised and major challenges (including those involving the Brexit negotiations) faced together. 6. That the General Assembly, recognising the important role and responsibilities of government in respect of so many issues affecting people throughout Ireland, north and south, encourage Presbyterians to participate in the democratic process and vote in each election as and when it is called. 7. That the General Assembly: (a) express their deep concern regarding the recommendations of the Citizens’ Assembly to significantly widen access to abortion in the Republic of Ireland; BELFAST, 2017 33 (b) call upon the Irish Government to ensure that the best possible care and support is made available to women experiencing crisis pregnancies; (c) urge Presbyterians, in judging how to vote in the event of any referendum on the Eighth Amendment, to carefully consider the pro-life position of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland upholding the sacredness of human life. 8. That the General Assembly appoint a Task Group under the Council for Public Affairs, consisting of the Moderator and Clerk of the General Assembly, Convener of the Council for Public Affairs, Convener of the Republic of Ireland Panel, Public Affairs Officer, Professor Stephen Williams, Dr Victoria Carroll, with power to co-opt up to 4 others, with the following remit: (a) to draw up a report and recommendations concerning the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution of Ireland – Bunreacht na hÉireann, to be presented to both the Council for Public Affairs and the General Council, with the General Council authorised, if necessary, to act on behalf of the Assembly in connection with any issue arising; (b) to make submissions to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment on behalf of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, following the approval of the General Council or, if time constraints do not permit such approval, as authorised by the Moderator and Clerk of the General Assembly. That the Report of the Council for Public Affairs be received.
Intermission
RECEPTION OF RECENTLY RETIRED MINISTERS AND NEW LICENTIATES The Moderator received Ministers recently retired and those recently licensed, who were presented respectively by the Rev NJ McCullough, Convener of the Council for Training in Ministry, and the Rev Dr TD Allen, Dean of Ministerial Studies and Development. The Moderator led in prayer.
The Report of the COUNCIL FOR TRAINING IN MINISTRY (Reports COUNCIL FOR pp273-289), was submitted by the Rev NJ McCullough, together with the TRAINING IN following Supplementary Report: MINISTRY
1. Union Theological College Management Committee Correction In par 38 of the report (page 278) the last sentence should read ‘As Dr Cowan was a licentiate of our Church, the Council issued a Call and he was ordained and inducted as Lecturer in Historical Theology on 9th December, 2016.’ 34 MINUTES 2. Reception of Ministers and Licentiates Committee The following additions are made to the recommendations concerning Licentiates and Ministers without charge in Appendix 2 (pages 286-288).
Derry & Donegal Rev DA Edgar to be retained as Minister without charge Down Rev JM Casement to be retained as Minister without charge. Tyrone Mr JA Dunn not to be retained as Licentiate without charge. By way of update and amendment, the note concerning those no longer recorded as Licentiates or Ministers without charge in Appendix 2 on page 288 of the reports is replaced with the following:
DECEASED Coleraine & Limavady Rev JD Mark Down Rev RN Stewart Iveagh Rev EG McAuley Route Rev WJ Brown
ORDAINED Down (transferred to Armagh after last General Assembly as Licentiate without charge) Dr MC Cowan
No request to retain received from their presbytery Ards Mr Edward Kirwan South Belfast Rev KA Drury East Belfast Rev DR Baker, Messrs SE Cowan and Paul Orr Newry Rev DB Murphy NIGEL J McCULLOUGH BELFAST, 2017 35 Moved by the Rev NJ McCullough, seconded by the Very Rev Dr HA Dunlop and agreed: 1. That the General Assembly express their appreciation of Professor Resolutions Stephen Williams for his work as Professor of Systematic Theology and wish him a long and happy retirement. 2. That the following candidates, their nominations having been sustained by the Council for Training in Ministry, be accepted as students for the Ordained Ministry, and placed under the care of their Presbyteries: Name Congregation Presbytery Philip Boyd Bloomfield East Belfast Richard Hill Richhill Armagh John McCracken Abbey Monkstown North Belfast James O’Neill Ballyrashane Coleraine & Limavady Mark Rodgers Wellington Ballymena
Business lapsed on Standing Orders (see page 46)
The Assembly engaged in worship conducted by the Moderator and others. The Moderator invited the Rev Professor Stephen Williams to address the Assembly.
The sederunt came to a close at 1.02pm, the Moderator pronouncing the Benediction. ______
FIFTH SESSION
Wednesday, 7th June 2016 2.00pm
The Assembly again convened, the Moderator leading in prayer.
LISTENING TO THE GLOBAL CHURCH
Leadership in the Crucible The Rev SE Hughes introduced the presentation with insights from Habakkuk that had been shared with her by a Syrian Pastor. She then interviewed the Rt Rev Fadi Dagher of the National Evangelical Synod of Syria and Lebanon. 36 MINUTES The Revs Dr MJ Welsh and Roy Gaston spoke about the Minsters’ team that visited Jordan in April 2017, incorporating video clips of Dr Imad Shehadeh, Founder and President of the Jordan Evangelical Theological Seminary. The Rev WS Marrs interviewed the Rev Vasco Kachipapa, General Secretary of the Church of Central Africa Presbyterian – Nkhoma Synod, about the challenges faced by church leaders in Malawi. The Rev Dr PG McDowell interviewed the Rev Dr Zsolt Barta, from the Reformed Church in Hungary, about lessons in leadership gleaned from ministering in challenging circumstances in Eastern Europe. Subsequent to each contribution there was a minute of silent reflection. Rev Dr SE Hughes provided a brief wrap-up after which the chorus, ‘Spirit of the living God’ was sung unaccompanied. The Moderator brought the presentation to an end in prayer at 3.03pm.
Intermission
GENERAL Section 2 of the Report of the GENERAL COUNCIL (Reports pp24- COUNCIL 31) along with resolutions 8 & 9 (Reports p180) was submitted by the Rev TD Cont. Gribben, together with the following Supplementary Report:
Professor of Systematic Theology 1. Paragraph 44 of the report of the Council for Training in Ministry (page 279) refers to the retirement of the Rev Prof Stephen Williams and initial steps taken to source a replacement. The General Council, at its meeting on 13th October, appointed a number of its members ‘to advise the Council for Training in Ministry on making appropriate future provision for both the teaching of Systematic Theology in Union Theological College and the wider denominational role.’ 2. This advice was that any replacement be at full professorial level. The Council for Training in Ministry met on 15th December and, in the light of this advice drew of a Job Description and Personnel specification. It appointed an Interview Panel made up as follows: Principal (Very Rev Prof Stafford Carson), Conveners of the Committee and Council (Very Rev Dr Alastair Dunlop and Rev Nigel McCullough), Council Secretary (Rev Jim Stothers), Prof. Norma Dawson, a representative of the General Council (Very Rev Dr Rob Craig); and on a sit and deliberate basis, Ms Laura Kelly (or other member of Personnel department), Dr Joan Rahilly (QUB Institute of Theology), Prof Ivor Davidson (Hon. Professor of Systematic Theology in St Andrews University). It was also agreed that the Principal, Committee Convener and Council Secretary be given authority to co-opt replacements for any not able to serve. 3. The Interview Panel met on 27th February to shortlist and agree interview questions. Four applications had been received. Two of these did not meet the essential criteria. The Panel agreed that a wider field to choose from would be important, and that the Personnel Specification placed too much BELFAST, 2017 37 emphasis on a record of academic publications and not enough on both the particular requirements appropriate for the post in the context of contemporary delivery of teaching in Union Theological College, and experience of ordained ministry. It was intended that this would both increase the number of applicants and make it more likely that those who did apply would more fully meet the requirements of the College and the Church. The previous applicants were invited to reapply. The Principal, Council Secretary and Head of Personnel were tasked with drawing up a new Personnel Specification on this basis. The Job Description and revised Personnel Specification are in Appendices 1 and 2.
4. The changes made to the Personnel Specification are: (a) Qualifications and Knowledge • An ordained minister of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, or eligible to become an ordained minister of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, understanding that subscription to the Westminster Standards will be required. was reworded for the sake of clarity to: •* An ordained Minister of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland (PCI), or a Licentiate eligible to become such a Minister, **or a Minister of another denomination (or eligible to be ordained as such), and deemed eligible to transfer to PCI. * The essential nature of this post requires that the successful candidate be a Minister of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland as provided for under excepted occupations in the Fair Employment Treatment (NI) Order 1998. ** PCI reserves the right to determine whether a candidate is eligible to transfer from another denomination. and the reference to the Westminster Standards was reworded and moved to Special Circumstances and supplemented with a criterion relating to the doctrinal position and ethos of PCI and willingness to obey the Courts of the Church. • The ability to provide research led teaching in the area of Systematic Theology was added to the Essential Criteria and • A record of research and publications in the area of Systematic Theology was changed from an Essential Criterion to a Desirable Criterion. (b) Relevant Experience • 2 years’ experience as a Minister of a congregation • Experience in the management and delivery of on-line courses or learning experiences • Experience of effective monitoring and evaluation of teaching and learning were made additional Desirable Criteria. 38 MINUTES (c) Special Circumstances • In full sympathy with the doctrinal position and ethos of the PCI and willing “loyally to implement” all decisions of the Courts of the Church • Willing to subscribe to the Westminster Confession of Faith in terms of the General Assembly’s formula; “I believe the Westminster Confession of Faith, as described in the Code (Chapter 1, Pars 12-14), to be founded on and agreeable to the Word of God, and as such I subscribe it as the confession of my faith.” were made additional Essential Criteria. 4. The new Personnel Specification was agreed by the Council for Training in Ministry at its meeting on 27th March. 5. The General Council, at its meeting on 13th April, passed the following resolution: That the General Council gives the Interview Panel, appointed by the Council for Training in Ministry in respect of a new Professor of Systematic Theology at Union Theological College, authority to nominate directly to the General Assembly on behalf of the Council. 6. The Interview Panel met on 27th April to shortlist and agree interview questions. Due to the unavailability of some of the previous members the panel membership on this occasion was: Principal, Conveners of the Committee and Council, Council Secretary, Mrs Rosemary Hamilton; Very Rev Dr Michael Barry (General Council); and on a sit and deliberate basis, Ms Laura Kelly, Dr Joan Rahilly, Dr Stephen Holmes (Senior Lecturer in Theology in St Andrews University). Eight applications had been received. Four of these did not meet the essential criteria. 7. The Interview Panel met on 8th May and interviewed four applicants. It was agreed to nominate the Rev Dr Michael McClenahan for appointment by the General Assembly as Professor of Systematic Theology in Union Theological College from 1st September, 2017. 8. Brief factual descriptions of Dr McClenahan’s Academic Training and Qualifications and Ministry Training and Experience are given at Appendix 3.
Appendix 1: Job Description
JOB DESCRIPTION
Job Title: Professor of Systematic Theology Council/Agency: Council for Training in Ministry, Union Theological College Salary Scale: E6 (£40,125 to £48,884 for 2017) Responsible to: The Principal of Union Theological College BELFAST, 2017 39 Main function of job: To design and develop the curriculum in the area of Systematic Theology as part of the Department of Systematic Theology & Church History, and to provide research-led teaching in keeping with the theological position of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
Under the overall leadership of the Principal of Union Theological College: • to develop and deliver appropriate learning experiences for ministerial training and degree courses as required; • to contribute to the spiritual and ministry formation and related assessment of Students for the Ministry of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland; • to supervise departmental and inter-departmental postgraduate students as required; • to contribute to the life of the College as a community of learning, worship and faith closely related to the Church whose students it seeks to train; • to share in the pastoral care of students and/or residents of the College; • to take part in the management and general administration of the College; • to engage in on-going academic research and publication (sabbatical leave may be granted to facilitate this at the discretion of the Management Committee); • to participate as a member of Committees and Panels of the Council for Training in Ministry, and in other Committees and Councils of PCI as required; • to provide theologically-informed leadership and resources for the work of the Councils and Committees of the General Assembly, as required; • to participate in the Institute of Theology of the Queen’s University of Belfast, as required; • to represent the College, as required; • to adhere to the Equal Opportunity Policy and to promote equality of opportunity where possible; • to work in accordance with other relevant workplace policies and procedures e.g. Health and Safety Policy, Data Protection Policy. Such other duties as are appropriate to the post as may be required by the Principal or the Union Theological College Management Committee. 40 MINUTES Appendix 2: Final Personnel Specification
THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN IRELAND
PERSONNEL SPECIFICATION
Job Title: Professor of Systematic Theology Location: Union Theological College Responsible to: The Principal of Union Theological College Salary: E6 (£40,125 - £48,884)
CRITERIA
1. Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential • A PhD in Systematic Theology from a recognised university or academic institution • * An ordained Minister of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland (PCI), or a Licentiate eligible to become such a Minister, **or a Minister of another denomination (or eligible to be ordained as such), and deemed eligible to transfer to PCI. • The ability to provide research led teaching in the area of Systematic Theology • An informed understanding of the main theological issues affecting the contemporary Christian Church
Desirable • A record of research and publications in the area of Systematic Theology • An understanding of the challenges and opportunities of ministry in Ireland • A postgraduate qualification in education, or the willingness to work towards achieving a Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education Teaching (PGCHET) BELFAST, 2017 41 2. Relevant Experience
Essential • 2 years’ experience of pastoral ministry or of working as part of a ministry team in a Christian congregation • Previous experience of teaching in an academic or educational environment • Proven administrative competence e.g. organisational skills, report writing, etc. • Appropriate IT skills and experience
Desirable • Experience of teaching Theology in a variety of contexts with students from different backgrounds. • 2 years’ experience as a Minister of a congregation • Experience in the management and delivery of on-line courses or learning experiences • Experience of effective monitoring and evaluation of teaching and learning
3. Personal Attributes
Essential • The ability to supervise the academic work of undergraduate and postgraduate level students • A commitment to working with colleagues in achieving and maintaining the expectations of the UK Quality Code for Higher Education • A commitment to undertaking academic research • A commitment to continuous professional development • The ability to contribute to the spiritual and ministry formation of students for the ministry • A commitment to the work of Union Theological College, and the wider ministry of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, which takes precedence over other opportunities and invitations • A commitment to play a full and active part in the life of a congregation of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland • Good communication skills, written and verbal, in both informal and formal settings • Well-developed relational skills in both informal and formal settings • The ability to work co-operatively as part of a team • The ability to inspire, motivate and encourage others 42 MINUTES • The ability to work under pressure • The ability to work creatively and to use initiative
4. Physical Requirements
Essential • Health – such as to allow for attendance reliability and work proficiency (reasonable adjustments will be made for those with a disability) • Dress and appearance – must be acceptable to management within the working environment
5. Special Circumstances
Essential • Respectful of the diversity of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, including theological diversity • In full sympathy with the doctrinal position and ethos of the PCI and willing “loyally to implement” all decisions of the Courts of the Church • Willing to subscribe to the Westminster Confession of Faith in terms of the General Assembly’s formula; I believe the Westminster Confession of Faith, as described in the Code (Chapter 1, Pars 12-14), to be founded on and agreeable to the Word of God, and as such I subscribe it as the confession of my faith • Willing to be flexible in working arrangements and hours to suit the needs of the post
* The essential nature of this post requires that the successful candidate be a Minister of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland as provided for under excepted occupations in the Fair Employment Treatment (NI) Order 1998. ** PCI reserves the right to determine whether a candidate is eligible to transfer from another denomination BELFAST, 2017 43 Appendix 3: Rev Dr Michael McClenahan
A: Academic Training and Qualifications The Friends’ School, Lisburn 1985-1992: 10 GCSEs and 3 ‘A’ levels. St John’s College, the University of Oxford 1992-1996: MA (Hons) Jurisprudence (2.1). Exeter College, The University of Oxford 1999-2006: MA (Hons) Theology (1st class); MST (Ecclesiastical History); DPhil. Union Theological College, Belfast 2006-2007: PG Cert in Ministry, PTFI (Passed).
B: Ministry Training and Experience Union Theological College, Belfast 1998-1999. Union Theological College, Belfast 2006-2007: PG Cert in Ministry, PTFI (Passed). Licensed, West Kirk, North Belfast: 2007. Licentiate Assistant, Greenwell Street (Newtownards), Ards: 2007-2010. Ordained Knappagh & Lislooney, Armagh: 2011. Minister Knappagh & Lislooney, Armagh: 2011-2015. Minister Without Charge, Armagh: 2015-date. Stated Supply, Vinecash, Armagh: 2015-date.
Additional Resolution: 8a. That the Rev Dr Michael McClenahan be appointed Professor of Systematic Theology from 1st September, 2017. TREVOR D GRIBBEN
Moved by the Rev TD Gribben, seconded by the Very Rev Dr RL Craig, and agreed: 9. That the priorities outlined in Priorities Appendix 1 be adopted as the Resolutions priorities for the work of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland at General Assembly level, as delivered though its Councils, Committees and Panels. 10. That the Rev Dr Michael McClenahan be appointed Professor of Systematic Theology from 1st September, 2017.
The Rev Dr Michael McClenahan was duly informed by the Moderator of his election and, having signed the Westminster Confession of Faith, he was declared appointed. 44 MINUTES SUBSCRIPTION in terms of the General Assembly’s Formula: I believe the Westminster Confession of Faith, as described in the Code, Chapter I, paragraphs 12-14, to be founded on and agreeable to the Word of God, and as such I subscribe it as the Confession of my faith. MICHAEL McCLENAHAN Attested by TREVOR D GRIBBEN Clerk of Assembly 7th June 2017
The Moderator, leading in prayer, commended the Rev Dr Michael McClenahan to the care and guidance of God. The Rev Dr Michael McClenahan thanked the Moderator and members of Assembly.
Moved by the Rev Rev TD Gribben, seconded by the Very Rev Dr RL Craig, and agreed: 11. That Section 2 of the Report of the General Council be received.
GENERAL Section 3 of the Report of the GENERAL COUNCIL (Reports pp32-71) COUNCIL along with resolutions 10-18 (Reports pp180-181) was submitted by Mr John Cont. Hunter, CB, together with the following Supplementary Report:
SUPPORT SERVICES COMMITTEE – PROPERTY PANEL 1. Since the report of the Property Panel was finalised, the tendering process for the work on the ground floor of Assembly Buildings has progressed. The Property Panel, with the permission of the Support Services Committee and the General Council, included in the tender documents work relating to a number of practical and beneficial improvements, some of which will be necessary to complete in the foreseeable future. These included: • upgrade of sprinkler system; • upgrade of the ‘Comms Room’; • new gas boilers for the entire Assembly Buildings complex; • necessary repair work on the flat roof above the concourse area, including new drainage system; • ‘flooring over’ the current open space at the concourse level (to greatly increase the usable space on the concourse). At the time of finalising the tender document, the estimated cost of these items was £154,000. Though additional to the amount of approx. £1,126,000 reported to the 2016 General Assembly (based on figures drawn up in late 2015), these items will in a few years’ time mostly fall into the ‘essential’ category, and are much more cost efficient to progress as part of a larger contract at this juncture. BELFAST, 2017 45 2. The tender documents also include some provisional items which can be removed from the contract if necessary: • the fit out of units to facilitate the return of the Presbyterian Historical Society (Ireland) to the ground floor of Assembly Buildings (final inclusion is dependent on grant aid being forthcoming) - £238,000; • the basic preparatory fit out of new lettable office accommodation in space not required by PCI - £76,000; • the AV fit out of the new downstairs meeting and conferencing area. 3. The actual cost of the contract will only be finalised once a tender is accepted, following detailed negotiation and decisions regarding the inclusion or exclusion of certain items. As costs have no doubt increased since the original estimates were drawn up, and in the light of the inclusion of the additional items above, this may necessitate a slight lengthening of period of the annual assessment for the Church House Repair Fund. An appropriate resolution is therefore appended to give retrospective approval for the inclusion of the additional items listed in point 1 above and authorisation to agree the final tender price.
Additional Resolution: 15(a) That the General Assembly give approval to the additional items included in the tender document (as listed in paragraph 1 above) and authorise the Property Panel of the Support Services Committee to agree the final contract price, with the leeway of up to an additional 15% if deemed essential. JOHN HUNTER
Moved by Mr John Hunter, CB, seconded by the Rev DJ Irvine: 12. That for 2017, the Assessment Rates, along with the related allocation Resolutions of funds, be as set out in Support Services Appendix 1 and that the rate of assessment for the Pension Fund be set at 24% of stipend paid in the year. 13. That the 2017 budgeted expenditure of the Incidental Fund be as set out in Support Services Appendix 2. 14. That the amended Rules of the Prolonged Disability Fund, as set out in Support Services Appendix 4, be approved and that those receiving a benefit from the Prolonged Disability Fund (and who were age 56 or over on 1st January 2015) retain entitlement in retirement to an amount equivalent to the former annual bonus, under Code Par 315(5). 15. That approval is given to the pre-65 retirements of the Revs Brian McManus (Cloughwater), Harry Robinson (Downshire) and Alistair Bill (Saintfield Road, Belfast) and that the General Council approval of the pre-65 retirements of Revs David Chapman (Second Islandmagee) and John Hanna (Glendermott) is noted. 16. That the arrangements approved by the General Assembly in June 2010 regarding the appointment of Members Nominated Trustees (MNT) to the Presbyterian Church in Ireland Pension Scheme (2009) be amended to allow for an unfilled position in one of the MNT constituencies to be filled by a nomination to one of the other constituencies. 46 MINUTES 17. That approval be given to the Support Services Committee to explore the merits or otherwise of a change to the financial year end to 31st August and, if appropriate, to engage in a period of consultation with the wider Church and report back to the 2018 General Assembly. 18. That the General Assembly give approval to the additional items included in the tender document (as listed in paragraph 1 above) and authorise the Property Panel of the Support Services Committee to agree the final contract price, with the leeway of up to an additional 15% if deemed essential. 19. That the United Appeal for 2018 be as set out on the Schedules to the report of the United Appeal Committee. 20. That the General Assembly encourage all Congregations to make use of the available United Appeal for Mission promotional materials and to mark the first Sunday in March (or other suitable Sunday) as United Appeal for Mission Sunday. 21. That Section 3 of the Report of the General Council be received.
COUNCIL FOR COUNCIL FOR TRAINING IN MINISTRY – debate resumed (see TRAINING IN page 35) MINISTRY
Moved by the Rev NJ McCullough, seconded by the Very Rev Dr HA Dunlop and agreed: Resolutions 3. That the General Assembly encourage members of the Church to pray concerning applications for the ordained ministry. 4. That the General Assembly note the intention of the Presbyterian Theological Faculty, Ireland, to move its Graduation Service to the end of June from 2018. 5. That the recommendations concerning those whose retention as Licentiates and Ministers without charge has been sought by Presbyteries be adopted.
CONSOLIDATED RESOLUTION 6. (a) That the assessment for the Ministerial Development Programme be set to raise £100,000. (b) That the assessment for the Students’ Bursary Fund be set to raise £380,000. 7. That the Report of the Council for Training in Ministry be received.
The sederunt came to a close at 5.40pm, the Moderator leading in prayer.
On Wednesday evening, 7th June 2017, at 7.45pm, an evening Celebration with the theme ‘Everyday Disciples’ was led by the Moderator. ______BELFAST, 2017 47 SIXTH SESSION
Thursday, 8th June 2016 9.30am
The Assembly again convened, the Moderator leading in prayer.
Miss Helen Johnston (Mission Support Officer for Member Care) presented to the Assembly and the Moderator Council for Global Mission personnel and candidates for overseas service. The Moderator led in prayer.
The Report of the COUNCIL FOR GLOBAL MISSION (Reports pp290- COUNCIL 314) was submitted by the Rev Dr SE Hughes. FOR GLOBAL MISSION Moved by the Rev Dr SE Hughes, seconded by the Rev WS Marrs, and agreed: 1. That the General Assembly encourage the Council for Global Mission Resolutions to continue to develop its church-planting strategy, especially in the Western European context, wherever possible working in partnership with like-minded churches and in ongoing collaboration with the Council for Mission in Ireland. 2. That the General Assembly, in the spirit of Hebrews 13:3, urge all ministers and congregations to stand with and learn from persecuted churches through, listening, biblical reflection, prayer, advocacy, visits, finance and special events. 3. That the General Assembly, recognising the divisive and devastating nature of conflict, including the resulting displacement of people, encourage the Council for Global Mission to facilitate prayerful support of PCI’s partners dealing with the consequences and collaborate with other Councils to ensure PCI’s meaningful engagement with the key issues locally and globally. 4. That the General Assembly receive the Biblical Basis for the Stewardship of Creation Report and commend it to the consideration of the wider church. 5. That the General Assembly give thanks for the remarkable and sustained generosity of the congregations and members of the PCI in supporting both the annual World Development Appeal, and the more short-term but acute needs reflected in each Special Appeal, and commend the World Development Appeal 2017 to all congregations. 6. That the General Assembly acknowledge the dedicated endeavours of PCI’s global mission personnel and agree that the official term to be used when referring to such personnel is ‘Global Mission Worker’, authorising its use until the appropriate changes to the Code are implemented. 7. That the Report of the Council for Global Mission be received. 48 MINUTES Intermission
COUNCIL FOR The Report of the COUNCIL FOR MISSION IN IRELAND (Reports MISSION IN pp315-340) was submitted by the Rev BD Colvin. IRELAND Following a written request signed by ten members of the Assembly, submitted at least one day in advance, the Consolidated Resolution (Reports, page 340, Resolution 3) was separated into three individual resolutions.
Moved by the Rev BD Colvin, seconded by the Rev DJ Bruce, and agreed: Resolutions 1. That the Home Mission Review Report, with its recommendations be received and sent down to Presbyteries with Home/Urban Mission congregations within their bounds, namely Armagh, Ballymena, East Belfast, South Belfast, North Belfast, Derry and Donegal, Dublin and Munster, Dromore, Monaghan and Omagh for specific comment, and to all other Presbyteries for information and comment if desired, by 31st December 2017, to Very Rev Dr Roy Patton (Review Panel Convener), c/o The Mission Department, Assembly Buildings. 2. That the General Assembly affirm the work of the Strategy for Mission Coordination Committee in the development of a pilot scheme for rural chaplaincy.
The Rev Prof. Patton Taylor, MBE, TD, presented to the Assembly and the Moderator Forces Chaplains present in the House.
Moved by the Rev BD Colvin, seconded by the Rev DJ Bruce, and agreed: 3. That the work of PCI Chaplains in Healthcare, Prisons, the Forces, Universities and Colleges be commended to the Church for prayer, both privately and at services of worship.
Moved by the Rev BD Colvin, seconded by the Rev DJ Bruce: 4. That the General Assembly encourage the Universities and Colleges Chaplaincy Committee in its work to develop chaplaincy in the rapidly expanding campus of the Ulster University in Belfast, and in its efforts to develop a chaplaincy presence in the major third level campuses in Dublin.
Moved as an amendment by the Rev EP Gamble, seconded by the Rev WJ Henry: 4. That the General Assembly encourage the Universities and Colleges Chaplaincy Committee in its work to develop chaplaincy in the rapidly expanding campus of the Ulster University in Belfast, and in its efforts to develop a chaplaincy presence in the major third level campuses in Dublin, and that the decision to sell the property at 12-14 Elmwood Avenue (Café Grace) be deferred and that a task group be set up to consult with other interested student ministries and investigate ways in which it may be retained for ministry purposes at no ongoing cost to the church. BELFAST, 2017 49 The Proposer and Seconder accepted the amendment.
On being put to the House, the motion in its amended form was passed.
Moved by the Rev BD Colvin, seconded by the Rev DJ Bruce, and agreed: 5. That the General Assembly affirm the work of the Home Mission, Irish Mission and Deaconess Committee in the support of Irish Mission Workers and Deaconesses, and their deployment in congregations and mission projects in Ireland. 6. That the Report of the Council for Mission in Ireland be received.
The Assembly engaged in worship conducted by the Moderator and others. The Moderator invited the Rev Canon Vaughan Roberts to address the Assembly.
The sederunt came to a close at 1.02pm, the Moderator pronouncing the Benediction. ______
SEVENTH SESSION
Thursday, 9th June 2017 2.00pm
The Assembly again convened, the Moderator leading in prayer.
CMI ALTERNATIVE PRESENTATION
Chaplaincy as Mission The Rev Brian Colvin, Acting Convener, introduced the presentation, which was in six parts. • Chaplaincy in Universities and Colleges – Dr Maureen Bennett introduced this part and interviewed Greg, a student at Queen’s University, Belfast. The Rev Cheryl Meban, Chaplain at Ulster University, interviewed Prof. Robin Clarke, recently retired as a member of staff at Ulster University. • Chaplaincy in Healthcare – the Very Rev Dr Donald Patton interviewed Mrs Joanne Dunlop, a Deaconess. • Chaplaincy in Prisons – the Rev Rodney Cameron interviewed a man who had served a sentence in HM Prison, Maghaberry, and the Rev Graham Stockdale spoke about the use of the Alpha Course in Prison Chaplaincy. 50 MINUTES • Chaplaincy in the Forces – the Rev Prof. Patton Taylor, MBE, TD, interviewed the Rev Norman McDowell and showed a video featuring the Rev Ivan Linton. • Chaplaincy in sports – a video featuring the Rev Robert McMullan was shown. • Chaplaincy in the countryside – the Rev Kenny Hanna spoke on this topic and showed a video clip.
The Rev David Bruce offered concluding remarks. The Moderator closed the presentation by leading in prayer at 3.02pm.
Intermission
GENERAL Section 4 of the Report of the GENERAL COUNCIL (Reports pp72- COUNCIL 119) along with resolutions 19-28 (Reports p181) was submitted by the Rev TD Cont. Gribben, along with the following Supplementary Report:
RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER DENOMINATIONS TASK GROUP Since the report of the Relationships with other Denominations Task Group was finalised, the formal notice has arrived from the Conference of European Churches regarding its 15th General Assembly, which will be held from 31st May – 6th June 2018 in Novi Sad, Serbia. The Presbyterian Church in Ireland will be entitled to send one delegate, with the formal registration process anticipated during the next few months. Therefore, having consulted, the name of the Rev John Brackenridge (Convener of the General Assembly’s Church Relations Committee) is proposed for appointment as PCI’s delegate. An appropriate resolution is appended. TREVOR D GRIBBEN
Additional Resolution: 24a. That the Rev John Brackenridge be appointed to represent the Presbyterian Church in Ireland at the 15th General Assembly of the Conference of European Churches, from 31st May – 6th June 2018 in Novi Sad, Serbia.
Moved by the Rev TD Gribben, seconded by the Very Rev Prof Stafford Carson, and agreed: Resolutions 22. That the recommendations regarding the categories of inter-church relationship used by PCI (see Par 10 of the Report of the Relationships with other Denominations Task Group) be adopted. 23. That the framework and principles contained in the report drafted by the Council for Global Mission (see Appendix 2 of the Report of the Relationships with other Denominations Task Group) be adopted. BELFAST, 2017 51 24. That the recommendations regarding the inter-church bodies to which PCI should belong (see Par 17 of the Report of the Relationships with other Denominations Task Group) be adopted.
Moved by the Rev TD Gribben, seconded by the Very Rev Prof JS Carson: 25. That the recommendations regarding the Church of Scotland (see Par 18 of the Report of the Relationships with other Denominations Task Group), with the exception of recommendation (b), be adopted.
Moved as an amendment by the Very Rev Dr TWJ Morrow, seconded by the Rev Jonathan Boyd: 25. That the recommendations regarding the Church of Scotland (see Par 18 of the Report of the Relationships with other Denominations Task Group), be adopted. A card vote was taken, 139 votes were cast for and 221 votes were cast against. The amendment was declared lost.
On being put to the House, the substantive motion was declared passed.
The following signified dissent to the above decision: JOAN SCOTT
Moved by the Rev TD Gribben, seconded by the Very Rev Prof JS Carson, and agreed: 26. That the recommendations regarding the Free Church of Scotland (see Par 19 of the Report of the Relationships with other Denominations Task Group) be adopted.
Moved by the Rev TD Gribben, seconded by the Very Rev Prof JS Carson: 27. That the delegates to the United Reformed Church 2018 and the Presbyterian Church of Wales 2018 be recommended by the General Council to the 2018 General Assembly; and that the General Council be permitted to appoint delegates to the General Synod of the Church of Ireland 2018 and the Methodist Conference 2018, along with other delegates as required.
Moved as an amendment by the Rev JA Beattie, seconded by the Rev MJR Neilly: 27. That the delegates to the Presbyterian Church of Wales 2018 be recommended by the General Council to the 2018 General Assembly; and that the General Council be permitted to appoint delegates to the General Synod of the Church of Ireland 2018 and the Methodist Conference 2018, along with other delegates as required. 52 MINUTES With the leave of the House, the amendment was withdrawn.
On being put to the House, the original resolution was declared passed.
Moved by the Rev TD Gribben, seconded by the Very Rev Prof Stafford Carson, and agreed: 28. That the Rev John Brackenridge be appointed to represent the Presbyterian Church in Ireland at the 15th General Assembly of the Conference of European Churches, from 31st May – 6th June 2018 in Novi Sad, Serbia. 29. That a Theological Engagement Task Group be appointed to approach the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland for ecumenical discussions on the contemporary understanding of the grace of God in Christ; and that the membership of the group be as follows: Principal JS Carson (Acting Convener), Rev Dr Martyn Cowan, Prof John Gillespie, Rev John Faris, Ms Zoe Hollinger, Rev Dr Michael McClenahan, Dr Patrick Mitchel, Very Rev Dr TWJ Morrow, Rev John Seawright, Rev Joanne Smith. 30. That the General Assembly agree that the 2007 guidelines for multi- faith events continue to be followed, but that further substantial reflection on the theological basis for involvement in multi-faith events be carried out by the Doctrine Committee, through the appointment of a dedicated Task Group of the Committee, with the group including a representative from each of the Councils for Public Affairs and Global Mission. 31. That Section 4 of the Report of the General Council be received.
Business lapsed on Standing Orders (see page 61)
The sederunt came to a close at 5.57pm, the Moderator leading members in saying ‘The Grace’. ______BELFAST, 2017 53 EIGHTH SESSION
Friday, 9th June, 2017 9.30am
In Private
The Assembly again convened, the Moderator leading in prayer.
The Report of the JUDICIAL COMMISSION (Reports pp341-349 together JUDICIAL with the Judicial Commission Confidential Report Booklet) was submitted by the COMMISSION Rev Dr DJ McKelvey.
Moved by the Rev Dr DJ McKelvey, seconded by the Rev TD Gribben, and agreed: 1. That the Report of the Judicial Commission be received. Resolutions 2. That the Judicial Commission be authorised to implement the republishing of the Code as outlined in its report.
OVERTURES: JUDICIAL COMMISSION (Reports pp350-354) The resolutions as moved below, were tabled in the name of the Rev TD Gribben in the Supplementary Reports to the General Assembly, ppS22-S23.
(A) OVERTURES RELATING TO MEMBERSHIP OF A CONGREGATION
The Overtures anent Pars 39(1), 39(3), 41(1), 45, 45 and 195(6) of the Overtures Code (Reports pp350-351) were submitted by Rev TD Gribben.
Moved by Rev TD Gribben, seconded by Rev Dr DJ McKelvey, and agreed: 1. That the Overtures anent Pars 39(1), 39(3), 41(1), 45 and 45 of the Code Resolutions be received and placed on the books. 2. That the Overtures anent Pars 39(1), 39(3), 41(1), 45 and 45 of the Code be made Interim Acts. 3. That the Overture anent Par 195(6) of the Code be received and that, under Par 111 of the Code, it be made the rule of the Church. 54 MINUTES (B) OVERTURES BRINGING CLARITY TO SOME MATTERS RE COMMISSIONS AND APPEALS
Overtures The Overtures anent Pars 161(1)(g), 165(1) and (2) and 166(1) of the Code (Reports pp351-352) were submitted by Rev TD Gribben.
Moved by Rev TD Gribben, seconded by Rev Dr DJ McKelvey, and agreed: Resolution 1. That the Overtures anent Pars 161(1)(g), 165(1) and (2) and 166(1) of the Code be received and that, under Par 111 of the Code, they be made the rule of the Church.
(C) OVERTURES REGARDING TRANSFER OF CONGREGATIONAL PROPERTY TO AN ASSOCIATED BODY
Overtures The Overtures anent Pars 53(a) and 57 of the Code (Reports pp352-353) were submitted by Rev TD Gribben.
Moved by Rev TD Gribben, seconded by Rev Dr DJ McKelvey, and agreed: Resolutions 1. That the Overtures anent Pars 53(a) and 57 of the Code be received and placed on the books. 2. That the Overtures anent Pars 53(a) and 57 of the Code be made Interim Acts.
(D) OVERTURES REGARDING THE RIGHT OF APPEAL IN CASES OF EMPLOYMENT GRIEVANCES
Overtures The Overtures anent Pars 38 and 75 of the Code (Reports p353) were submitted by Rev TD Gribben.
Moved by Rev TD Gribben, seconded by Rev Dr DJ McKelvey, and agreed: Resolutions 1. That the Overtures anent Pars 38 and 75 of the Code be received and placed on the books. 2. That the Overtures anent Pars 38 and 75 of the Code be made Interim Acts. BELFAST, 2017 55 (E) OVERTURE REGARDING THE RIGHT OF APPEAL RELATING TO THE COUNCIL FOR TRAINING IN MINISTRY
The Overture anent Par 146(1)(c) of the Code (Reports pp353-354) was Overtures submitted by Rev TD Gribben.
Moved by Rev TD Gribben, seconded by Rev Dr DJ McKelvey, and agreed: 1. That the Overture anent Par 146(1)(c) of the Code be received and that, Resolution under Par 111 of the Code, it be made the rule of the Church.
The Report of the SPECIAL JUDICIAL COMMISSION (Reports p355) SPECIAL was submitted by the Rev Dr DJ McKelvey. JUDICIAL COMMISSION Moved by the Rev Dr DJ McKelvey, seconded by the Rev TD Gribben, and agreed: 1. That the Report of the Special Judicial Commission be received. Resolution
The Report of the COMMISSION ON APPLICATIONS (Reports p356) COMMISSION was submitted by the Rev TD Gribben. ON APPLICATIONS Moved by the Rev TD Gribben, seconded by the Rev Dr DJ McKelvey, and agreed: 1. That the Report of the Commission on Applications be received. Resolution
In Public
The Memorial of Prof Fred Boal (Reports p357) was submitted by Mr Memorial Cecil Graham.
Moved by Mr Cecil Graham, seconded by the Rev MS Gault: 1. That the Memorial be received and its prayer be granted. Resolution
Moved as an amendment by the Rev NW McAuley, seconded by the Rev AL Kirk and agreed: 1. That the Memorial be received and its prayer be not granted.
On being put to the House as the substantive motion, it was declared passed. 56 MINUTES Memorial The Memorial of the Rev Dr Ivan D Neish (Reports p358) was submitted by the Rev Dr IJ Neish.
Moved by the Rev Dr IJ Neish, seconded by the Rev JR Dickinson: Resolution 1. That the Memorial be received and its prayer be granted.
Moved as an amendment by the Rev Dr DJ McKelvey, seconded by Mr Robin Tweed: 1. That the Memorial be received and its prayer be not granted, but that the Moderator’s Advisory Committee appoint a Task Group to consider the qualifications of voting members and report to the 2018 Assembly.
The Proposer and Seconder accepted the amendment.
On being put to the House as the substantive motion, it was declared passed.
Intermission
LINKAGE The Report of the LINKAGE COMMISSION (Reports pp365-391) COMMISSION was submitted by the Very Rev Dr WD Patton, together with the following Supplementary Report: 1. Amalgamation of Berry Street with Lowe Memorial: Further to the information given in the reports (page 370, par 21), the date of amalgamation agreed by Presbytery was 9th May 2017. 2. Additional Pastoral Personnel and Auxiliary Ministry Panel: Further to the information given in the reports concerning business assigned by the last General Assembly (page 379, par 44), it is anticipated that relevant documentation will be agreed and ready for distribution to Kirk Sessions by September 2017, if not earlier. 3. Amalgamation: Following discussions with the congregations and the Presbytery of Ards, the Commission has agreed to the Presbytery’s request that Cloughey Congregation be amalgamated with Greyabbey Congregation. WILLIAM HENRY
Additional Resolution 4a. That the congregation of Cloughey be amalgamated with the congregation of Greyabbey on 1st July, 2017 or other suitable date, on terms set by the Linkage Commission; and that the Linkage Commission, in consultation with the Presbytery of Ards, bring recommendations to the 2018 General Assembly concerning parish bounds for the amalgamated congregation, and for neighbouring congregations. BELFAST, 2017 57 Moved by the Very Rev Dr WD Patton, seconded by the Rev WJ Henry: 1. That the Guidelines for Interviews at Vacancies, as amended in the Resolutions Linkage Commission Report, Par 14, be adopted.
Moved as an amendment by the Very Rev Dr HA Dunlop, seconded by the Very Rev Prof JS Carson, and agreed: 1. That the Guidelines for Interviews at vacancies, as amended in the Linkage Commission Report, Par 14, be referred back to the Linkage Commission for further consideration.
On being put to the House as the substantive motion, it was declared passed.
Moved by the Very Rev Dr WD Patton, seconded by the Rev WJ Henry and agreed: 2. That Ministers and Kirk Sessions are encouraged to consider whether the Auxiliary Ministry Scheme would be helpful in their context. 3. That Option 4, as outlined in Appendix 1 of the Linkage Commission Report, be adopted as the basis for a two part Ministerial Expenses Scheme and that it be approved for implementation in April, 2018. 4. That a change of order of permissions re Congregational Property to Congregation, Presbytery, Commission, as in the Linkage Commission Report, Pars 33-37, be approved and the Guidelines noted. 5. That the congregation of Cloughey be amalgamated with the congregation of Greyabbey on 1st July, 2017 or other suitable date, on terms set by the Linkage Commission; and that the Linkage Commission, in consultation with the Presbytery of Ards, bring recommendations to the 2018 General Assembly concerning parish bounds for the amalgamated congregation, and for neighbouring congregations. 6. That CMF be authorised to pay inadequate expenses grants towards expenses incurred by Ministers, up to a limit of NI £5,985 or RoI €10,000, within the terms of resolution 3, p.70 General Assembly Minutes, 1988. 7. That the Report of the Linkage Commission be received.
The Second Report of the GENERAL ASSEMBLY BUSINESS BUSINESS COMMITTEE, (Reports pp4-11) along with resolutions 38-41 (Reports COMMITTEE p183) was submitted by the Rev Dr RA Patton, together with the following Supplementary Report:
The Church of Ireland General Synod (2017)
The Very Rev Dr Ian McNie reports: 1. The Church of Ireland Synod began with an impressive Communion Service in Limerick Cathedral, led by the Archbishop of Armagh. The liturgical 58 MINUTES warmth coupled with its Biblical emphasis and theological depth reflected a tradition like our own, which created a bond of unity in respect of the beliefs of our distinctive denominations. At the conclusion of the Sacrament the Synod adjourned to the Southgate Hotel where the business sessions would straddle three days. 2. Much of the routine work of the Synod was a reflection of our own Assembly. Announcements were made and visitors welcomed en bloc with the assurance that some would be given the opportunity to bring greetings and address the Synod at various intervals throughout its duration. 3. The Archbishop of Armagh gave his Presidential Address focusing on the issue of ‘identity’, highlighting the fact that “As Christian disciples, we recognise that we do indeed have a basic identity that we must share with all others, that of being made by God in His image and likeness. This means that others – all others must be treated with a complete dignity and with an utter respect, regardless of who and what they are, what they think or what they do.” 4. He spent some time focusing on refugees, the homeless, victims of abuse and domestic violence, calling the Church to draw alongside those who, “barely know us, or find it hard to believe that we have anything to offer.” He concluded, “can we have the courage and the faith to believe that our identity is not simply among those who resemble us in ways that give us pleasure, but in those whom Christ also loves, who need His love and hence our love?” 5. The main business commenced with the consideration of ‘The Bills’, seeking to amend parts of the Constitution, (Code). These were presented formally with little discussion as the Synod rubber-stamped these amendments. The first sign of enthusiastic debate commenced when the ‘Liturgical Advisory Committee’ sought to deal with a slight adjustment regarding ‘Intercessory prayers’ for the country within the Prayer Book, an adjustment that would more accurately reflect the National arrangements regarding Northern Ireland’s new relationship with the Economic Union in the future. Any move to change the emphasis of the Prayer Book, even with addition of simply adding brackets, was resisted and defeated. 6. The Synod’s Board of Education seeks to keep in touch with all educational developments both North and South, liaising with appropriate statutory bodies, keeping the interests of the Church to the fore and partnering with other Churches in respect of transfer representatives. It seeks to work with other Churches, including our own regarding curriculum support of the RE core syllabus in schools and seeking to uphold a credible relationship with the statutory bodies. 7. Youth and Children’s Ministry seems to follow a similar pattern to our own, with one or two Church wide events during the year and each diocese providing its own individual training and youth events. The Youth Council are currently targeting some dioceses with strategic development programmes. The ‘I believe’ twelve week course launched a year ago for use in Confirmation classes, included elements of the Apostles Creed, ten commandments and Church Catechism has been hailed as an excellent resource explaining the essentials of the faith. BELFAST, 2017 59 8. On Friday morning a breakfast was hosted at which a representative of ‘Open Doors’ spoke of their work in standing shoulder to shoulder with those who are part of the Persecuted Church. This less formal meeting dramatically illustrated the other side of Church life, outside the talking shops of Synods and Assemblies. This theme was also taken up during the Council for Mission report. This report highlighted the relatively poor response to overseas mission conferences organised by the Council, and the Synod was asked to consider what steps might be taken for a better awareness and action in the area of mission within the Church of Ireland. 9. The Church of Ireland, like ourselves, face the problems associated with uniting congregations, but as a denomination, there has been an additional ongoing debate regarding the uniting of two Southern Dioceses, both of which are numerically small, but geographically extensive. The option of appointing a Suffragan Bishop, in keeping with the practice within the Church of England, was given in principle a muted welcome, but this longstanding discussion has remained unsolved. 10. The Commission for Christian Unity and Dialogue highlighted the many ecumenical bodies with which the Church of Ireland is involved, in Ireland, the UK, Europe and the world. This commission dealt with how best to mark the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation, and a Theological lecture on the theme of Martin Luther’s ‘Sola Scriptura’ will be held in Queens University. The Church of Ireland Historical Society and the Irish Catholic Historical Society are planning to hold a joint conference on ‘Reformations’ in October 2017. This Council also reported a deepening relationship between the Church of Ireland and the Moravian Church, and supported the desire to move towards ‘the interchangeability of ministers’. This Council is also looking at the implications of Brexit, with particular concerns expressed in respect of a ‘hard border’. 11. Undoubtedly the most highly charged and well attended debate of the Synod, and exceptionally well handled by the Archbishop, was a Private Members Bill, calling on the House of Bishops, ‘to investigate a means to develop sensitive local pastoral arrangements for public prayer and thanksgiving with same-sex couples at these key moments in their lives and to present their ideas to the General Synod, 2018’. 12. The Church of Ireland continues to officially uphold the Biblical teaching on marriage, ‘that marriage is part of God’s creation and a holy mystery in which one man and one woman become one flesh.’ It was apparent that many within the Synod were concerned for unity within the Church of Ireland, and unity within their relationship with other denominations. 13. Prior to this debate, I was asked to extend greetings from PCI giving me the opportunity to express the view that within our Church we believe that we do not have the luxury of peddling our personal preferences, priorities and prejudices, or accommodating public opinion and social pressure which should not override the fundamental responsibility of the Church. As a Church our responsibility is to articulate the mind of God with conviction and clarity in a spirit of understanding, love and truthfulness as we seek to communicate the truth of what we believe and why we believe it, recognising that obedience to the authority of Scripture is fundamental to our belief and practice. Also it was 60 MINUTES appropriate at this juncture to speak in passing about the painful and fractured relationships that currently exist between PCI and the Church of Scotland in respect of decisions made at recent Church of Scotland General Assemblies over the issue of same-sex marriage. 14. As the debate ensued, many voices within the Synod were heard to speak on both sides of the argument, and the outcome was a rejection of the motion by a slender majority within both houses, the House of Clergy and the House of Laity, voting separately. 15. From the voting pattern replicated by the speeches, it was clear that the division of opinion substantially reflected a North/South divide, but it was also obvious that many wanted to preserve the unity of the Church, both within the Church of Ireland and with its ecumenical partners. 16. All in all, attending the Synod was an interesting and enjoyable experience as Trevor Elliott, an elder from Drogheda, and I interacted with members from all parts of Ireland. This year’s Synod was unusual in so far as it did not meet in Armagh or Dublin, but Limerick, where we were the recipients of a warm welcome, not only by Church but by the City Council, and were hosted to a generous reception on the Thursday evening by the latter. 17. Comparing the Synod to the General Assembly, there were significant similarities, but equally significant differences, the Synod having a wider spectrum of theological opinion. This has its advantages, challenging people to articulate their position with clarity, yet I could see the disadvantages, where at times the Church could be seen by secular society to send out conflicting and confusing messages regarding its understanding of Scripture, leading to a misunderstanding of the Church’s distinctive role and responsibility within the world to be ‘salt and light’ in a society that in itself is confused and generally out of step with God’s will. TREVOR D GRIBBEN
Moved by the Very Rev Dr RA Patton, seconded by the Rev Jonathan Boyd and agreed: Resolutions 1. That from 2018 onwards, the General Assembly shall include additional evening sessions, and consequential adjustments, as outlined in General Assembly Business Committee Appendix 1 – Option 1. 2. That from 2018 onwards each congregation shall be entitled to send one additional communicant member or ruling elder, aged 30 or under, to sit and deliberate alongside the representative elder and that the current arrangements for ‘named additional elders’ shall cease. 3. That the General Assembly authorise the Clerk to make all necessary amendments to the ‘Contents’ and ‘Index’ pages of the Code to reflect changes agreed by the General Assembly; and to make appropriate consequential changes to date numbering and symbols in the Appendices. 4. That the Second Report of the General Assembly Business Committee be received. BELFAST, 2017 61 Intermission
GENERAL COUNCIL – debate resumed (see page 52) GENERAL COUNCIL Cont. Section 5 of the Report of the GENERAL COUNCIL (Reports pp120-179) along with resolutions 29-37 (Reports pp192-183) was submitted by the Rev NAL Cameron, together with the following Supplementary Report:
Since the submission of the General Council’s report the Nominations Committee has had further meetings and is now able to bring nominations for all the vacancies for Convenerships of Councils and Committees. An appropriately amended resolution is appended.
Revised Resolution 31. That the following resignations be accepted (or noted) and appointments made: (a) the resignation of the Rev AV Stewart as Convener of the Discipleship Committee on 3rd August, 2016 be noted, that he be thanked for his services, and that the Rev Mark Goudy be appointed in his place; (b) the resignation of the Rev RJ Hyndman as Convener of the Worship Committee be accepted, that he be thanked for his services, and that the Rev WJ Murdock be appointed in his place; (c) the resignation of the Rev Dr JA Curry as Convener of the Leadership Committee be accepted, that he be thanked for his services, and that The Rev JE McDowell be appointed in his place; (d) the resignation of the Rev TC Morrison as Convener of the Youth, Children’s and Family Strategy Coordination Committee be accepted, that he be thanked for his services, and that the Rev SD Finlay be appointed in his place; (e) the resignation of the Rev Dr Graham Connor as Convener of the Council for Congregational Life and Witness be accepted, that he be thanked for his services, and that the Rev TC Morrison be appointed in his place; (f) the resignation of the Rev BD Colvin as Convener of the Home Mission, Irish Mission and Deaconess Committee be accepted, that he be thanked for his services, and that the Rev RI Carton be appointed in his place; (g) the resignation of the Rev Stephen Simpson as Convener of the Council for Mission in Ireland on 31st December, 2016 be noted, that he be thanked for his services, and that the Very Rev Dr FP Sellar be appointed in his place; (h) the resignation of the Rev Andrew Faulkner as Convener of the Reception of Ministers and Licentiates Committee be accepted, that he 62 MINUTES be thanked for his services, and that the Rev AAP Baxter be appointed in his place; (i) the resignation of the Rev Dr WJM Parker as Convener of the Ministerial Studies and Development Committee be accepted, that he be thanked for his services, and that the Rev Andrew Faulkner be appointed in his place. JONATHAN A CURRY
Licensed Amendment to Resolution 33 (Page 183) That the General Assembly instruct the Guysmere Centre Task Group to further investigate economically viable options for retaining the Guysmere site, consulting with the Presbytery of Coleraine and Limavady (and any other parties the Task Group deems appropriate), and to report to the 2018 General Assembly to enable a decision to be made regarding the sale, or otherwise, of the site. JIM A McCAUGHAN
Moved by the Rev NAL Cameron, seconded by the Very Rev Dr IJ Patterson and agreed: Resolutions 36. That the General Assembly encourage Presbyteries to adopt some of the good practice suggestions outlined in the Report of the Engagement and Consultations Task Group in order to improve engagement in their meetings and also with Congregations. 37. That the General Assembly direct the Engagement and Consultations Task Group to consider and report back on the issue of the role of Presbyteries as agents for missional strategy. 38. That the General Assembly approve the new Consultations Process as in Engagement and Consultations Appendix 1 and direct that it be used by all Presbyteries from 1st January 2018 onwards. 39. That the following resignations be accepted (or noted) and appointments made: (a) the resignation of the Rev AV Stewart as Convener of the Discipleship Committee on 3rd August, 2016 be noted, that he be thanked for his services, and that the Rev Mark Goudy be appointed in his place; (b) the resignation of the Rev RJ Hyndman as Convener of the Worship Committee be accepted, that he be thanked for his services, and that the Rev WJ Murdock be appointed in his place; (c) the resignation of the Rev Dr JA Curry as Convener of the Leadership Committee be accepted, that he be thanked for his services, and that the Rev JE McDowell be appointed in his place; (d) the resignation of the Rev TC Morrison as Convener of the Youth, Children’s and Family Strategy Coordination Committee be accepted, that he be thanked for his services, and that the Rev SD Finlay be appointed in his place; BELFAST, 2017 63 (e) the resignation of the Rev Dr Graham Connor as Convener of the Council for Congregational Life and Witness be accepted, that he be thanked for his services, and that the Rev TC Morrison be appointed in his place; (f) the resignation of the Rev BD Colvin as Convener of the Home Mission, Irish Mission and Deaconess Committee be accepted, that he be thanked for his services, and that the Rev RI Carton be appointed in his place; (g) the resignation of the Rev Stephen Simpson as Convener of the Council for Mission in Ireland on 31st December, 2016 be noted, that he be thanked for his services, and that the Very Rev Dr FP Sellar be appointed in his place; (h) the resignation of the Rev Andrew Faulkner as Convener of the Reception of Ministers and Licentiates Committee be accepted, that he be thanked for his services, and that the Rev AAP Baxter be appointed in his place; (i) the resignation of the Rev Dr WJM Parker as Convener of the Ministerial Studies and Development Committee be accepted, that he be thanked for his services, and that the Rev Andrew Faulkner be appointed in his place. 49. That the nominations to the General Assembly Commissions, Councils and Committees (as tabled by the Nominations Committee) be approved.
Moved by the Rev NAL Cameron, seconded by the Very Rev Dr IJ Patterson: 41. That the General Assembly agree that the Guysmere Centre be sold at the appropriate time.
Moved as an amendment by the Rev JA McCaughan, seconded by the Rev SA Morrow and agreed: 41. That the General Assembly instruct the Guysmere Centre Task Group to further investigate economically viable options for retaining the Guysmere site, consulting with the Presbytery of Coleraine and Limavady (and any other parties the Task Group deems appropriate), and to report to the 2018 General Assembly to enable a decision to be made regarding the sale, or otherwise, of the site.
The Proposer and Seconder accepted the amendment.
On being put to the House as the substantive motion, it was declared passed.
With the leave of the House, Resolutions 34 and 35 (as printed in the Reports, p183) were withdrawn. 64 MINUTES Moved by the Rev NAL Cameron, seconded by the Very Rev Dr IJ Patterson and agreed: 42. That Section 5 of the Report of the General Council be received.
OVERTURES: AD HOC (Reports pp184-194) The resolutions as moved below, were tabled in the name of the Rev TD Gribben in the Supplementary Reports to the General Assembly, ppS21-S22.
(A) OVERTURES ON THE BOOKS FROM THE 2016 GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Overtures The Overtures anent Pars 85, 137, 16(3), 16(4), 47(1), 51(1), 52, 33, 61 and 97, 61, 62, 72, 81(6), 97(h), 97(j), 98, 128(1), 46(h), 46(h), 59(2)(a), 76(e), 137, 72(e), 74, 132(5), 134(3), 36(f), 57(3) and (6), 73(d), 82(3) and (4), 57(5), 76(b), 79(e) and 116(2) of the Code (Reports pp184-188) were submitted by the Rev TD Gribben.
Moved by the Rev TD Gribben, seconded by the Rev TJ Stothers, and agreed: Resolution 1. That the Overtures anent Pars 85, 137, 16(3), 16(4), 47(1), 51(1), 52, 33, 61 and 97, 61, 62, 72, 81(6), 97(h), 97(j), 98, 128(1), 46(h), 46(h), 59(2)(a), 76(e), 137, 72(e), 74, 132(5), 134(3), 36(f), 57(3) and (6), 73(d), 82(3) and (4), 57(5), 76(b), 79(e) and 116(2) of the Code, having lain on the books for one year be enacted as the law of the Church.
(B) NEW OVERTURES
(I) GENERAL
Overtures The Overtures anent Pars 35, 47(2)(f), 65(2), 85(1), 173, 222(3), 239(2), 260(b) and 260(d) of the Code (Reports pp189-190) were submitted by the Rev TD Gribben.
Moved by the Rev TD Gribben, seconded by the Rev TJ Stothers, and agreed: Resolutions 1. That the Overtures anent Pars 35, 47(2)(f), 65(2) and 85(1) of the Code be received and placed on the books. 2. That the Overtures anent Pars 35, 47(2)(f), 65(2) and 85(1) of the Code be made Interim Acts. BELFAST, 2017 65 3. That the Overtures anent Pars 173, 222(3), 239(2), 260(b) and 260(d) of the Code be received and that, under Par 111 of the Code, it be made the rule of the Church.
(II) COUNCIL FOR CONGREGATIONAL LIFE AND WITNESS
The Overture anent Pars 85(5)(6) and (7) of the Code (Reports p191) was Overture submitted by the Rev TD Gribben.
Moved by the Rev TD Gribben, seconded by the Rev TJ Stothers, and agreed: 1. That the Overture anent Par 85(5)(6) and (7) of the Code be received Resolutions and placed on the books. 2. That the Overture anent Par 85(5)(6) and (7) of the Code be made an Interim Act.
(III) COUNCIL FOR MISSION IN IRELAND
The Overtures anent Pars 36(f), 201 and 305(11) of the Code (Reports Overtures pp191-192) were submitted by the Rev TD Gribben.
Moved by the Rev TD Gribben, seconded by the Rev TJ Stothers, and agreed: 1. That the Overture anent Par 36(f) of the Code be received and placed on Resolutions the books. 2. That the Overture anent Par 36(f) of the Code be made an Interim Act. 3. That the Overtures anent Pars 201 and 305(11) of the Code be received and that, under Par 111 of the Code, they be made the rule of the Church.
(IV) COUNCIL FOR GLOBAL MISSION
The Overture anent Par 290(4) of the Code (Reports p192) was submitted Overture by the Rev TD Gribben.
Moved by the Rev TD Gribben, seconded by the Rev TJ Stothers, and agreed:
1. That the Overture anent Par 290(4) of the Code be received and that, Resolution under Par 111 of the Code, it be made the rule of the Church. 66 MINUTES (V) COUNCIL FOR TRAINING IN MINISTRY
Overtures The Overtures anent Pars 190(2)(a), 193(1)(b), 219(5), 219(3), and 219A(i) of the Code (Reports pp192-194) were submitted by the Rev TD Gribben.
Moved by the Rev TD Gribben, seconded by the Rev TJ Stothers, and agreed:
Resolution 1. That the Overtures anent Pars 190(2)(a), 193(1)(b), 219(5), 219(3), and 219A(i) of the Code be received and that, under Par 111 of the Code, they be made the rule of the Church.
(VI) LINKAGE COMMISSION
Overtures The Overtures anent Pars 57(5), 76(b), 198(10) of the Code (Reports p194) were submitted by the Rev TD Gribben.
Moved by the Rev TD Gribben, seconded by the Rev TJ Stothers, and agreed:
Resolutions 1. That the Overtures anent Pars 57(5) and 76(b) of the Code be received and placed on the books. 2. That the Overtures anent Pars 57(5) and 76(b) of the Code be made Interim Acts. 3. That the Overture anent Par 198(10) of the Code be received and that, under Par 111 of the Code, it be made the rule of the Church.
The Report of the TRUSTEES OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN TRUSTEES IRELAND (Reports pp359-364) was submitted by Mr Douglas Crowe, together with the following additional Supplementary Report:
Rule 7(1) of the General Investment Fund provides that; “The Trustees may transfer to the Fund by way of appropriation or otherwise any property immediately prior to the commencement date vested in the Trustees upon the various trusts upon which the same may be held except the property so held by them in trust for or for the purposes of the Commutation Fund, the Fire Insurance Fund, the Belfast Presbyterian College and the Magee Theological College.” At present the Trustees therefore maintain separate Investment Portfolios for the General Investment Fund, The Commutation Fund and the Magee Fund with Newton Investment Management Limited. It is unclear whether Rule 7 restricts the aforementioned Funds from investing in the General Investment Fund or whether it was only the original capital of those funds that cannot be invested. To clarify the position and to BELFAST, 2017 67 simplify the administration of the Funds the Trustees wish to remove Rule 7(1). This would permit the Commutation Fund, Fire Insurance and Magee Fund to invest in the General Investment Fund rather than having separate investment portfolios. These Funds would then have separately identifiable shares in the General Investment Fund. The Rules of the General Investment Fund provides that any changes to the Rules must be approved by resolution of the General Assembly.
ADDITIONAL RESOLUTION: 1(a) That Rule 7(1) of the General Investment Fund be removed and that Rules 7(2), 7(3), 7(4), 7(5) and 7(6) be re-numbered accordingly. DOUGLAS CROWE
Moved by Mr Douglas Crowe, seconded by Mrs Marjorie Guiler and agreed: 1. That in accordance with the Will of the late John Getty the following be constituted as the Committee for the “direction and management of the Resolutions application” of the income from the Getty Bequest: Very Revs Dr David Clarke, Dr Samuel Hutchinson; Revs Dr DJ Watts, TD Gribben; Sir Bruce Robinson, Norman Bennett, Douglas Crowe, Mrs M Guiler. 2. That Rule 7(1) of the General Investment Fund be removed and that Rules 7(2), 7(3), 7(4), 7(5) and 7(6) be re-numbered accordingly.
CONSOLIDATED RESOLUTION 3(a) That the Report of the Trustees be received. 3(b) That the recommendation regarding the Mrs AM Davidson Trust be adopted. 3(c) That the recommendation regarding the Sir Wm V McCleery Trust be adopted. 3(d) That the recommendation regarding the Miss Irene Scott Trust be adopted. 3(e) That the recommendation regarding the Miss Ida Mary McGeown Trust be adopted. 3(f) That the recommendation regarding the Victor Morrow Trust be adopted.
APPOINTMENT OF NEW TRUSTEES NEW The Assembly proceeded to consider the appointment of two new Trustees. TRUSTEES Nominations having been received from the Trustees:
Moved by Mr Douglas Crowe, seconded by Mrs Marjorie Guiler and unanimously resolved: 1. That Mr S Johnston be, and is hereby nominated and appointed by the Resolution General Assembly as a Trustee of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland in room 68 MINUTES of Mr RA Alcorn, resigned, and of the due appointment of Mr S Johnston as a said Trustee attestation is made by the signature of the Moderator of the General Assembly and of the Clerk of the General Assembly in accordance with the provisions of the Irish Presbyterian Church Act, 1871. J NOBLE I McNEELY Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland TREVOR D GRIBBEN Clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland 9th of June, 2017
Moved by Mr Douglas Crowe, seconded by Mrs Marjorie Guiler and unanimously resolved: Resolution 1. That Mr N Morrison be, and is hereby nominated and appointed by the General Assembly as a Trustee of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland in room of Mr L McKeague, resigned, and of the due appointment of Mr N Morrison as a said Trustee attestation is made by the signature of the Moderator of the General Assembly and of the Clerk of the General Assembly in accordance with the provisions of the Irish Presbyterian Church Act, 1871. J NOBLE I McNEELY Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland TREVOR D GRIBBEN Clerk of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland 9th of June, 2017
BUSINESS The Final Report of the GENERAL ASSEMBLY BUSINESS COMMITTEE COMMITTEE, was submitted by the Rev TD Gribben as follows:
The Business Committee met on 3 occasions during the Assembly to review the Order of Business and license additional amendments.
Additional Resolutions 41. That the Clerk be given authority to make corrections to the Daily Minutes as and when required. 42. That the next General Assembly be held in Belfast on Monday, 4th June, 2018. 43. That the Final Report of the General Assembly Business Committee be received. TREVOR D GRIBBEN BELFAST, 2017 69 Moved by the Rev TD Gribben, seconded by the Rev TJ Stothers and agreed: 41. That the Clerk be given authority to make corrections to the Daily Resolutions Minutes as and when required. 42. That the next General Assembly be held in Belfast on Monday, 4th June, 2018. 43. That the Final Report of the General Assembly Business Committee be received.
CLOSE OF ASSEMBLY
The Moderator conducted a closing act of worship and thanked: the Clerk of Assembly and the Deputy Clerk; his Chaplains; Miss Susan Hamilton, Mrs Jenny McClure, Mrs Denise Weir, and Miss Alicia Cotter of the General Secretary’s Department; Mr Ed Connolly (Presentations), IT Staff and those responsible for the sound-desk; Mr Mark Smith with Mr James McCormick, Mrs Sarah Harding, Mrs Elaine Huddleston Dowling, Mrs Suzanne Hamilton and Mrs Lisa Skinner who were responsible for our media relations and the journalists and others who have covered the Assembly; all Assembly Buildings staff who so willingly carried extra responsibilities this year, and thinking especially of Mr Harry Orr during his hospitalisation; Mrs Daphne Patton (Accommodation Coordinator) and Mrs Phyllis Spence (Catering Coordinator); the Caterers – McKees; Mrs Pat Crossley (flower arrangements); the Rev Mark Spratt, organist, the other musicians and the singers; stewards of the Belfast City Mission and others; and the timekeepers; the Rev Andrew Thompson (Arrangements Panel Convener) and the Rev Mervyn Burnside who deputised on Thursday.
Thereafter he declared the Assembly to be dissolved and convened the next Stated General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland to meet in Belfast, on Monday 4th June, 2018.
After a short act of worship, the Moderator closed the Assembly by leading members in saying ‘The Grace’.
The sederunt came to a close at 3.23pm.
Attested by TREVOR D GRIBBEN Clerk of Assembly 70 MINUTES BELFAST, 2017 71 CHANGES IN THE CODE 2017
ASSEMBLY BUILDINGS, BELFAST, BT1 6DW AUGUST, 2017 The following changes have been made in the 1997 edition of the Code, which should be corrected accordingly. Trevor D. Gribben Clerk of Assembly
Par 16(3) of the Code Add to Par 16(3) the following sentence at the end: “This shall include the oversight of the care of those in need and the management of the temporal affairs of the congregation, with the direct responsibility for these two matters delegated to the Congregational Committee.” (I.A. 2016, confirmed 2017)
Par 16(4) of the Code Delete Par 16(4) and substitute the following in its place: “(4) Members of the Congregational Committee are appointed to fulfil the biblical role of deacons by discharging the duties delegated to them of caring for those in need and managing the temporal affairs of the congregation.” (I.A. 2016, confirmed 2017)
Par 33 of the Code In Par 33 add a new sub-paragraph (2) as follows (and renumber subsequent paragraphs): “(2) In the case where a ruling elder fails to complete a Charity Trustee Declaration by a date set by Presbytery, that elder shall be deemed to have resigned from the duties of eldership in their congregation, unless otherwise resolved by Presbytery in exceptional circumstances.” (I.A. 2016, confirmed 2017)
Par 35 of the Code After Par 35(g) add a new paragraph as follows: “(h) act as the employing body concerning all those in remunerated employment in the congregation.” (I.A. 2017)
Par 36(f) of the Code In Par 36(f) insert the words “auxiliary ministers,” after the words “assistant ministers,” (I.A. 2016, confirmed 2017) 72 BELFAST, 2017 Par 36(f) of the Code In Par 36(f) delete the words “auxiliary ministers, deaconesses and lay workers” and substitute the words “and auxiliary ministers”. (I.A. 2017)
Par 38 of the Code In Par 38 add the following new sub-paragraph (e): “(e) notwithstanding the provisions of sub-paragraph (d), not receive a petition of any member or adherent of a congregation who is or has been employed by a congregation under a contract of employment in respect of any grievance relating to such contract of employment where such grievance has been dealt with either under any grievance or disciplinary policy of that congregation relating to its employees, or following any reference of such grievance to a Civil Court or an Industrial Tribunal.” (I.A. 2017)
Par 39(1) of the Code Delete Par 39(1) and substitute the following in its place: “(1) Baptism shall be administered to those who make a profession of faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, and to the infant children of one or both believing parents. It shall be administered in all cases by a minister and, as far as possible, it shall be administered publicly. The Kirk Session shall keep a register of all baptisms in the congregation.” (I.A. 2017)
Par 39(3) of the Code Delete Par 39(3) and substitute the following in its place: “(3) The Kirk Session shall nurture and pastor all baptised persons in the congregation, not yet in full communion; and shall in due time seek to lead them to full confession of their faith by their partaking of the Lord’s Supper.” (I.A. 2017)
Par 41(1) of the Code Delete Par 41(1) and substitute the following in its place: “(1) The Kirk Session shall keep a roll of Communicant Members, and shall revise it at least once every three years. The Session shall report that the revision has been completed to the Presbytery. A List of Adherents shall also be kept and regularly revised.” (I.A. 2017)
Par 45 of the Code Immediately prior to Par 44 delete the title “SECTION I – MEETINGS OF THE CONGREGATION” and substitute the title “SECTION 1(A) - MEMBERSHIP OF THE CONGREGATION”. (I.A. 2017) BELFAST, 2017 73 Par 45 of the Code Immediately prior to Par 45 insert the following: “44A (1) “Communicant Members” are all baptised persons who have been admitted to Communion on profession of their faith by the Kirk Session, together with all those who have been received by the Kirk Session by transfer from other congregations or churches. (2) “Adherents” are all those who attend, contribute or claim connection with the congregation, but who are not Communicant Members. (3) “Voting Members” are Communicant Members who meet the qualifications for voting set out in Rules (see Pars 175-6).
SECTION 1(B) - MEETINGS OF THE CONGREGATION” (I.A. 2017)
Par 45 of the Code In Par 45 add a new sub-paragraph (4) as follows: “(4) Normally both Communicant Members and Adherents have the right to attend and speak at meetings of the congregation but only Communicant Members who are Voting Members may propose or second any resolution and vote thereon. (I.A. 2017)
Par 46(h) of the Code In Par 46(h) insert the words “independent examiners or” before the word “auditors”. (I.A. 2016, confirmed 2017)
Par 46(h) of the Code In Par 46(h) insert the words “in accordance with the requirements of charity law” after the word “accounts”. (I.A. 2016, confirmed 2017)
Par 47(1) of the Code Delete Par 47(1) and substitute the following in its place: “(1) The duties of the Congregational Committee, delegated to it by Kirk Session, shall be to care for those in need and to manage the temporal affairs of the congregation, and be accountable to Kirk Session.” (I.A. 2016, confirmed 2017)
Par 47(2) of the Code Delete Par 47(2)(f) and substitute the following in its place: “(f) subject to the provisions of Par 35(h), be responsible for appointing or dismissing the sexton or caretaker;”. (I.A. 2017) 74 BELFAST, 2017 Par 51(1) of the Code Delete Par 51(1) and substitute the following in its place: “51(1) Any member of the Congregational Committee or any member of the congregation who is dissatisfied with any decision of the Congregational Committee may, after notice in writing to the Congregational Committee, ask the Kirk Session to review that decision. Any member of the Congregational Committee or any member of the congregation dissatisfied with the decision of the Kirk Session following such review may after notice in writing to the Kirk Session petition the Presbytery against that decision.” (I.A. 2016, confirmed 2017)
Par 52 of the Code Delete Par 52. (I.A. 2016, confirmed 2017)
Par 53(a) of the Code Delete Par 53(a) and substitute the following in its place: “(a) congregational trustees are or have been appointed to receive and hold the property of the congregation upon trust for the congregation and subject to its directions so far as those directions comply with the terms of such trust and with this Code save that, but subject to the provisions of paragraph 57(5), congregational property may be transferred to trustees (who shall be not less than three voting members of the congregation) for a separate body set up by, under the jurisdiction of, and accountable to the Kirk Session of the congregation; and”. (I.A. 2017)
Par 57(3)&(6) of the Code In Pars 57(3)&(6) delete the words “Union Commission” and substitute the words “Linkage Commission”. (I.A 2016, confirmed 2017)
Par 57(5) of the Code In Par 57(5) delete the words “Committee on Church Architecture” and substitute the words “Linkage Commission”. (I.A. 2016, confirmed 2017)
Par 57(5) of the Code Delete Par 57(5) and substitute the following in its place: “(5) The site and plans of all new buildings proposed to be erected on congregational property and of all proposed demolition, structural alterations of or structural additions to existing buildings thereon (including all proposals and designs for memorials, windows, artificial lighting and for seating and furnishings requisite for public worship) shall be authorised, successively, by the congregation, the Presbytery and the Linkage Commission, and without such authorisations no such erection or alteration shall be undertaken or made.” (I.A. 2017) BELFAST, 2017 75 Par 57 of the Code In Par 57 insert the following new sub-paragraph (5) and renumber existing sub-paragraphs (5)-(7): “(5) Congregational property may not be transferred to trustees for a separate body pursuant to the saving in paragraph 53(a) except in accordance with Guidelines relating thereto from time to time set by the General Assembly and without the prior consent of both the Presbytery and the Moderator’s Advisory Committee.” (I.A. 2017)
Par 59(2)(a) of the Code In Par 59(2)(a) insert the words “independent examination or” before the word “audit”. (I.A. 2016, confirmed 2017)
Par 61 of the Code In Par 61 delete the words “consent of the Assembly” and substitute the words “consent of the Assembly, apart from those designated Minister Emeritus (Released)”. (I.A. 2016, confirmed 2017)
Par 61 of the Code In Par 61 insert the following sub-paragraph after sub-paragraph (h) and renumber the subsequent sub-paragraph (j): “(i) any ruling elder holding office as Clerk;” (I.A. 2016, confirmed 2017)
Par 62 of the Code In Par 62 delete the words “ministers without charge under their care” and substitute the words “those under their care designated Minister Emeritus (Released) or Minister without Charge”. (I.A. 2016, confirmed 2017)
Par 65(2) of the Code In Par 62(2) delete the words “at the pleasure of the court” and substitute the words “at the pleasure of the court, provided they remain under its jurisdiction”. (I.A. 2017) 76 BELFAST, 2017 Par 72 of the Code In Par 72 insert the following sub-paragraphs after paragraph (g) and renumber the subsequent paragraphs: “(h) subject to Rules (See Pars. 220-223, 225 and 226), accept the retirement of a minister, whom it shall designate as Minister Emeritus; (i) annually review the position of each Minister Emeritus and following each review may release a retired minister from the responsibilities of full membership of Presbytery (and thereby also of the General Assembly), whom it shall then designate as Minister Emeritus (Released). A decision to so release is appropriate when there is: (i) a request from the Minister Emeritus; or (ii) a lack of capacity to fulfil the responsibilities of membership of Presbytery; or (iii) a failure to attend Presbytery for a period of twelve months without appropriate reason.” (I.A. 2016, confirmed 2017)
Par 72(e) of the Code In Par 72(e) delete the word “deaconesses” and substitute it with the words “deaconesses, senior lecturers”. (I.A. 2016, confirmed 2017)
Par 73(d) of the Code In Par 73(d) delete the words “Union Commission” and substitute the words “Linkage Commission”. (I.A. 2016, confirmed 2017)
Par 74 of the Code In Par 74 of delete the word “deaconesses” and substitute it with the words “deaconesses, senior lecturers”. (I.A 2016, confirmed 2017)
Par 75 of the Code In Par 75 add the following new sub-paragraph (e): “(e) notwithstanding the provisions of sub-paragraphs (c) and (d), not receive an appeal from, nor a petition of, any member or adherent of a congregation who is or has been employed by that congregation under a contract of employment in respect of any grievance relating to such contract of employment where such grievance has been dealt with either under any grievance or disciplinary policy of that congregation relating to its employees, or following any reference of such grievance to a Civil Court or an Industrial Tribunal.” (I.A. 2017)
Par 76(b) of the Code In Par76(b) delete the words “Church Architecture Committee” and substitute the words “Linkage Commission”. (I.A. 2016, confirmed 2017) BELFAST, 2017 77 Par 76(b) of the Code Delete Par 76(b) and substitute the following in its place: “(b) subject to the provisions of paragraph Par 57(5) and (6) of the Code, examine and approve of the site and plans of all new Church buildings and of all permanent alterations or additions to Church buildings or property and of furnishings used in the conduct of public worship and of any demolition involved in such projects;”. (I.A. 2017)
Par 76(e) of the Code In Par 76(e) insert the words “independently examined or” before the word “audited”. (I.A. 2016, confirmed 2017)
Par 79(e) of the Code In Par 79(e) delete the words “Church and Government Committee, Forces Committee, Chaplains Committee or Education Board” and substitute the words “Council for Mission in Ireland (or, if necessary, the General Council)”. (I.A. 2016, confirmed 2017)
Par 81(6) of the Code In Par 81(6) delete the words “minister emeritus” and insert the words “Minister Emeritus or Minister Emeritus (Released)”. (I.A. 2016, confirmed 2017)
Par 82(3)&(4) of the Code In Par 82(3)&(4) delete the words “Union Commission” and substitute the words “Linkage Commission”. (I.A. 2016, confirmed 2017)
Par 85 of the Code In Par 85 insert after sub-paragraph (1) new sub-paragraph (2) as follows and renumber subsequent sub-paragraphs: “(2) Marriage under the form and discipline of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland shall include the following statement: “Since the beginning of creation God, in his gracious purpose, provided marriage as the accepted way in which a man and a woman may come together as husband and wife. This is the only basis on which marriage can take place within the Presbyterian Church in Ireland.””(I.A. 2016, confirmed 2017)
Par 85(1) of the Code In Par 85(1) delete the words “minister without charge or licentiate” and substitute the words “minister without charge, minister emeritus (released), or licentiate”. (I.A. 2017) 78 BELFAST, 2017 Par 85(5)(6) and (7) of the Code Delete Par 85(5)(6)and (7) and substitute the following in their place: “(5) Where difficulty arises as to whether a marriage by the Church is advisable, the minister may consult with his Kirk Session or refer the matter to the Re-marriage Panel of the Pastoral Care Committee under the Council for Congregational Life and Witness before agreeing to celebrate the marriage. (6) A minister should not join in marriage a member of the Church with one holding beliefs or having a Church membership incompatible with the Christian witness of the Protestant Reformation, until careful instruction has been given in the doctrines and obligations of our evangelical faith or until other conditions approved by the Re-marriage Panel have been observed. (7) While this Church does not prohibit the marriage of a divorced person or persons, it is strongly recommended that a minister does not join in marriage a person who has been divorced, except in circumstances recognised by the Re-marriage Panel as justifying such action. In the case of a divorced minister wishing to remain in office after re-marriage the approval of Presbytery shall be obtained. (I.A. 2017)
Par 97 of the Code In Par 97 delete the words “consent of the Assembly” and substitute the words “consent of the Assembly, apart from those designated Minister Emeritus (Released)”. (I.A. 2016, confirmed 2017)
Par 97(h) of the Code Delete Par 97(h) of the Code and substitute the following in its place: “(h) ministers or ruling elders who are ex-officio members of the General Assembly in virtue of their appointment as:- (i) Conveners and Secretaries of each of the Assembly’s Standing Commissions, Councils and Committees; (ii) Clerks of Presbytery; (iii) Two of the Trustees of the General Assembly, being ruling elders, appointed annually by the Trustees;” (I.A. 2016, confirmed 2017)
Par 97(j) of the Code In Par 97(j) delete the word “direct”. (I.A. 2016, confirmed 2017)
Par 98 of the Code In Par 98 delete the words “ministers without charge under the care of Presbyteries” and substitute the words “those under the care of Presbyteries designated Minister Emeritus (Released) or Minister without Charge”. (I.A. 2016, confirmed 2017) BELFAST, 2017 79 Par 116(2) of the Code Delete Par 116(2) and renumber the subsequent paragraph. (I.A. 2016, confirmed 2017)
Par 128(1)(b) of the Code Delete Par 128(1)(b) and substitute the following in its place: “(b) One person (being a minister or ruling elder) nominated by each Presbytery.” (I.A. 2016, confirmed 2017)
Par 132(5)) of the Code In Par 132(5) delete the word “deaconesses” and substitute it with the words “deaconesses, senior lecturers”. (I.A. 2016, confirmed 2017)
Par 134(3) of the Code In Par 134(3) delete the word “deaconesses” and substitute it with the words “deaconesses, senior lecturers”. (I.A. 2016, confirmed 2017)
Par 137 of the Code In Par 137, after the words ““bounds” means in relation to a Presbytery or congregation, the bounds assigned by the Assembly to that Presbytery or congregation as the case may be;” insert the following: ““charity trustees” means in relation to the Assembly, a Presbytery, or a Congregation those persons who, within the terms of the relevant legislation from time to time in force in, respectively, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, and in so far as such legislation may apply to such body, are the charity trustees for that body;” (I.A. 2016, confirmed 2017)
Par 137 of the Code In Par 137 delete the words “ “audit” and “auditors”, when used in relation to a congregation, mean respectively the independent inspection of the accounts and financial statements, and the persons appointed to carry out such an inspection;” and insert the following after the words “educational purposes;”: “ “independent examination” or “audit” and “independent examiners” or “auditors”, when used in relation to a congregation, mean respectively the independent inspection of the accounts and financial statements, and the persons appointed to carry out such an inspection;” (I.A. 2016, confirmed 2017) 80 BELFAST, 2017 Par 146(1) of the Code Delete Par 146(1)(c) and substitute the following in its place: “(c) remitted to a council, committee or officer appointed by the court for such purposes as the court shall determine; always provided that their actions shall be subject to review by and may be appealed against to the court appointing them, except in matters relating to the acceptance of students for the ministry, accredited preacher trainees and auxiliary ministry trainees, or the termination of these pathways or the pathway of a licentiate or of a minister transferring from another denomination - in all of these cases the review procedures of the Council for Training in Ministry, as approved by the General Assembly shall apply and shall be deemed equivalent to an appeal, the outcome of which shall be final. (2017)
Par 161(1)(g) of the Code Delete Par 161(1)(g) and substitute the following in its place: “(g) conclude, where possible after consultation with a ruling elder, member of congregational committee or other leader in a congregation, that their usefulness as a ruling elder, member of congregational committee or other leader in a congregation has been seriously impaired. In such a case a Church court may do all or any of the following: (i) suspend such ruling elder, member of congregational committee or other leader in a congregation from office in the congregation, with such suspension, where appropriate, being for a period or until a process or event has been completed; (ii) following further enquiry remove such ruling elder, member of congregational committee or other leader in a congregation from office in the congregation; (iii) decide that disciplinary proceedings under Chapter XIX be initiated in accordance with Par 161(1)(d); (iv) take such other action as it deems appropriate; or”. (2017) BELFAST, 2017 81 Pars 165(1) and (2) of the Code Delete Pars 161(1) and (2) and substitute the following in their place: “(1) When an appeal is notified, the superior court shall decide whether there is the right of appeal, whether the stated grounds of appeal are adequate and appropriate to be heard and whether the appeal has been regularly notified. If these conditions are met, the inferior court and all parties to the case are thereby cited to appear before the bar of the superior court; and execution of the judgment of the inferior court shall be stayed while the appeal is pending save as provided below. (2) Except to the extent to which rules contained in Chapter XIX may otherwise provide with respect to appeals in disciplinary matters: (a) notification of an appeal does not remove any temporary suspension from the ministerial office or other leadership role, or from Church ordinances, under which the inferior court may have placed a minister, a ruling elder or other Church member, while a charge against him is being investigated; and (b) notification of an appeal, where the decision appealed against includes the loosing of a minister from his charge or the suspension or removal from office of a ruling elder, member of congregational committee or other leader in a congregation, shall, unless the inferior court decide otherwise, have the effect that the Appellant is suspended from exercising all of the duties and privileges of their charge or office pending the outcome of the appeal; and (c) notification of an appeal does not arrest procedure or process when an appeal is made during the progress of a case or when the appeal, in the judgment of the court appealed from, is manifestly frivolous or vexatious.” (2017)
Par 166(1) of the Code Delete Par 166(1) and substitute the following in its place: “(1) In preparation for the hearing of an appeal every appellant is entitled to such extracts from the minutes of the inferior court, and to copies of such documents in its possession as the Clerk of the superior court considers necessary to enable the appellant to bring his appeal before the superior court, but such extracts or copies shall be given to him only on the authority of the inferior court or of its Moderator and Clerk.” (2017)
Par 173 of the Code In Par 173 delete words “on page 77”. (2017) 82 BELFAST, 2017 Par 190(2) of the Code Delete Par 190(2)(a) and substitute the following in its place: “(a) A congregation in such circumstances shall be supplied only by: (i) ministers, licentiates, accepted students for the ministry, auxiliary ministers, accredited preachers or elders of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland; (ii) staff employed in the congregation; (iii) speakers on deputation from agencies of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland or from other agencies supported by the congregation; (iv) ministers of other Churches deemed eligible to so supply by the Reception of Ministers and Licentiates Committee; (v) ministers from neighbouring churches when conducting occasional customary or one-off services.” (2017)
Par 193(1)(b) of the Code In Par 193(1)(b) delete the words “have completed” and substitute the words “have successfully completed”. (2017)
Par 195(6) of the Code In Par 195(6) delete the words “voters and other members” and substitute the words “Voting Members, other Communicant Members and Adherents”. (2017)
Par 198(10) of the Code In Par 198(10) delete the words “on the recommendation of its Allocation Committee”. (2017)
Par 201 of the Code Delete Par 201 and substitute the following in its place: “201. (1) Candidates for appointment as missionaries, deaconesses, senior lecturers, auxiliary ministers and lay agents of the Church must be approved in respect of character and ability, and have received training for their special work, in accordance with the decision of the appropriate supervising Council or agency of the General Assembly. (2) Each candidate, when qualified, may be called by the appropriate Council, and in the case of auxiliary ministers, by a Kirk Session; and the Presbytery concerned shall be requested to arrange for a public commissioning or induction service in the work to which they have been appointed. (3) Presbyteries should not act except at the call of a Kirk Session or the appropriate Council on the authority of the General Assembly.” (2017) BELFAST, 2017 83 Par 219(3) of the Code Delete Par 219(3), substitute the following in its place, and renumber the subsequent paragraphs: “(3) The Presbytery shall exercise its jurisdiction over licentiates and ministers in association with the appropriate Assembly Council, as prescribed in Par 74. (4) In respect of licentiates not serving an assistantship under Par 219A, and of ministers without charge: (a) Presbytery shall decide annually on whether to seek authorisation to retain their recognition. The names of those not retained shall be reported by the Presbytery in accordance with Pars 260 and 263, and these names shall be removed from the Church’s current records. (b) The Presbytery shall seek authorisation annually through the Council for Training in Ministry, or its appropriate committee, for those it wishes to retain on the Church’s current records as recognised licentiates or ministers without charge. The Council shall consider such requests and ask the Assembly to resolve on its recommendations. (c) It shall be a condition for retention that they report regularly to Presbytery as required, not less than annually, on their life and work, especially involvement in congregational life and Church work, in preaching, administration of the sacraments and conduct of marriages, and on whether they have actively been seeking a call. (d) (i) On accepting a full-time appointment which is not under the jurisdiction of the Assembly, they shall be deemed to have resigned from their position in the Church, except as hereafter provided. (ii) This rule does not apply to anyone appropriately employed either: by a para-church or similar Christian agency which serves the wider church; or on a full-time temporary basis in the service of a member Church of the World Communion of Reformed Churches, so long as they continue in good standing and in such employment.” (2017)
Par 219(5) of the Code In Par 219(5) delete the words “the foregoing sub-paragraphs” and substitute the words “the previous sub-paragraph”. (2017)
Par 219A of the Code Delete Par 219(A)(i) and substitute the following in its place: “(i) A licentiate may be assigned to serve an assistantship in a congregation. Such an assignment shall be made by the Council for Training in Ministry’s Assignments Panel, with the approval of the minister and Kirk Session of the congregation.” (2017) 84 BELFAST, 2017 Par 222(3) of the Code Delete Par 222(3) and substitute the following in its place: “(3) When, from illness or infirmity, a minister becomes permanently unfit to discharge the duties of his office, and is medically so certified, he may apply through the Support Services Committee to receive benefit from the Prolonged Disability Fund according to its rules, as agreed from time to time by the General Council.” (2017)
Par 239(2) of the Code In Par 239(2) delete the words “specified sources” and substitute the words “assessable income”. (2017)
Par 260(b) of the Code Delete Par 260(b) and substitute the following in its place: “(b) the names of ministers who, since its last annual report, have died, been designated Minister Emeritus (Released), retired from active duty, resigned their charges, or have been installed, inducted, ordained or licensed by Presbytery, with the respective dates;”. (2017)
Par 260(d) of the Code Delete Par 260(d) and substitute the following in its place: “(d) the names of ministers who, since its last annual report, have resigned the office of the ministry, or have been suspended or deposed, or have been declared to be no longer ministers of the Church; and of licentiates who have ceased serving an assistantship under Par 219A, or from whom licence has been withdrawn”. (2017)
Par 290(4) of the Code In Par 290(4) delete the words “Personnel Committee” and substitute the words “Personnel Panel”. (2017)
Par 305(11) of the Code In Par 305(11) delete the words “Council for Mission in Ireland Personnel Committee” and substitute the words “Home Mission, Irish Mission and Deaconess Committee of the Council for Mission in Ireland”. (2017) BELFAST, 2017 85
STATISTICS OF THE
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN IRELAND
PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
(b) Last year’s returns. (c) Vacancy during whole or part year. * Interim Session. // Special arragements by Linkage Commission. + Church Extension Charge. 86 MINUTES 5,091 1,511 88,501 60,686 83,646 124,503 165,139 202,828 355,419 131,694 105,726 131,370 All Exps. 2,341,222 5,296 Total 13,899 Income 296,476 471,090 462,844 913,331 882,156 387,672 544,252 444,389 509,030 1,686,550 10,233,080 0 0 555,575 128,321 CMF tation 7,102 485,619 116,655 1,034 549,291 124,428 6,833 644,401 147,960 6,555 516,321 138,910 41,153 878,495 207,394 16,318 74,122 40,147 556,518 137,520 13,468 794,183 185,861 31,658 645,519 140,106 31,010 759,113 134,333 14,310 604,160 134,458 33,493 29,945 Augmen- 100,769 398,394 274,517 573,285 5,280 0 Mins 12,958 Stipend 420,116 182,024 818,506 351,861 472,534 477,258 451,372 753,970 591,958 710,655 581,582 800,125 529,405 624,436 475,531 344,594 524,832 494,352 188 412,672 494 491,760 809 9,508,404 1,019,377
15 463 444 607 648 902 724 928 879 950 1,869 1,074 1,714 1,141 1,789 1,059 1,267 1,089 Sun Sch 17,673 & Bib Cls 6 365 129 561 196 171 243 502 267 489 298 452 309 454 275 339 260 151 1,017 234 Elders Ruling 5,411 50 6 9 One 4,813 2,451 1,586 3,420 2,988 251 805 5,592 3,388 4,746 2,443 3,917 2,807 4,791 2,925 233 717 2,543 3,245 2,701 2,006 2,547 2,711 224 991 Commun 54,257 72 Roll 7,525 4,286 1,873 6,468 5,462 8,373 5,135 6,995 3,860 6,006 4,171 9,579 7,068 4,273 4,755 4,058 2,935 3,795 4,224 Commun 89,750 0 0 68 45 41 3,369 2,216 54 61 29 2,146 1,510 74 76 95 89 68 78 45 75 71 41 66 62 Table 160 110 144 156 129 Lord’s 1,436 1 0 46 55 44 26 81 54 99 84 52 72 70 89 71 57 87 63 59 56 67 106 125 1,214 Baptisms 93 131 7,013 5,603 3,855 3,293 9,756 9,186 All Age Persons 20,299 10,859 19,802 12,578 14,395 14,161 15,180 10,057 12,029 13,092 10,095 11,251 13,278 12,882 211,451 28 46 6,770 3,559 6,897 4,110 2,670 4,880 4,370 5,040 3,130 1,695 4,207 4,413 1,086 3,331 1,038 2,628 8,327 3,253 3,254 3,692 3,411 3,865 Contribs 69,643 WFO/Stip
31 47 9,376 4,375 8,675 6,291 3,654 6,853 6,302 6,443 4,035 1,974 5,289 5,669 1,857 4,057 1,197 3,083 3,723 4,180 4,789 4,117 5,075 Families 90,942
R R R R R Ards Armagh North South Ballymena Donegal Belfast East Belfast Belfast & Carrickfergus Coleraine & Limavady Derry Derry & Donegal Down Dromore Dublin & Munster Iveagh Monaghan Monaghan Newry Newry Omagh Route Templepatrick Tyrone THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN IRELAND Presbytery 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 9 10 11 12 13 14 14 15 15 16 17 18 19 £ Overall Total € Overall Total Note: The letter “R” denotes a congregation in the Republic of Ireland BELFAST, 2017 87 19,218 36,833 818,731 2016 3,596,194 2,148,429 3,517,370 2,148,167 1,819,601 3,383,452 1,954,699 2,622,172 1,238,052 1,073,962 1,857,065 2,247,262 1,906,719 1,633,305 1,241,046 1,539,345 1,484,969 1,714,431 1,730,944 3,836,245 35,895,721 for 2018 Assessable Income used Assessments 7,896 36,807 906,121 695,088 794,252 622,701 965,625 Closing 2,123,530 1,767,022 2,092,391 2,208,849 1,835,627 1,739,944 2,083,116 1,581,993 1,053,179 3,041,113 1,575,912 1,277,927 1,097,112 1,235,939 1,274,479 2,930,508 27,086,115 7,840 37,622 848,050 647,950 916,456 792,633 522,483 982,714 Unrestricted Funds Opening 2,015,538 1,657,996 1,793,458 1,900,138 1,862,991 1,408,236 2,026,009 1,592,739 3,136,376 1,161,468 1,152,222 1,205,689 1,003,026 1,186,076 2,369,523 25,488,187 -71 BALANCES 109,245 Closing 8,559,321 8,302,516 7,852,879 6,052,632 4,191,779 6,531,666 4,499,342 5,988,403 6,499,951 3,865,582 3,364,078 2,847,119 2,988,092 6,131,695 3,618,664 3,522,851 4,912,382 16,350,628 11,394,809 10,941,702 117,203,977 11,321,288 Total Funds Total 30,922 117,374 Opening 6,844,788 7,684,614 7,410,014 5,399,835 4,026,781 6,768,063 4,273,084 5,794,667 6,551,214 3,169,397 3,069,890 2,452,225 2,463,962 5,954,278 3,335,278 2,891,591 4,856,219 14,317,857 10,979,327 11,008,113 109,387,413 10,012,080 1,499 8,894 63,277 654,507 389,933 487,551 303,020 130,854 475,663 336,844 339,686 189,030 104,833 393,972 389,467 188,913 295,285 215,272 295,127 262,771 372,090 291,339 365,917 Organ- isations 5,823,910 137 3,486 45,503 29,693 30,116 70,670 67,959 30,393 20,319 96,068 186,186 139,908 273,172 178,560 157,383 107,246 242,582 133,139 146,573 113,958 281,488 129,798 294,133 Others 2,190,204 819 1,558 81,531 87,961 523,002 276,483 697,201 249,331 219,260 465,299 193,401 304,549 104,632 219,378 262,901 230,160 204,216 252,370 195,026 131,689 279,956 208,101 423,572 Charities 4,765,252 Missions/ EXPENDITURE 1,524 3,598 86,785 81,567 64,394 314,599 166,663 290,244 193,472 153,538 242,006 194,082 233,204 124,823 172,200 207,328 141,673 105,390 145,729 146,295 183,057 148,359 236,344 United Appeal 3,164,186 76,659 28,961 438,477 679,436 563,801 725,906 530,051 800,886 573,878 592,578 218,423 553,198 159,380 534,565 485,393 556,303 984,825 980,642 Property 1,149,458 2,212,784 1,302,627 1,333,560 1,237,334 14,757,841 RESTRICTED FUNDS 735 9,043 86,357 56,493 86,248 627,344 396,079 522,317 339,202 178,164 405,212 351,420 339,285 199,342 415,015 416,759 377,057 218,424 207,856 245,695 386,549 290,432 238,141 Organ- isations 5,916,887 137 3,726 46,570 37,883 81,607 45,599 24,723 249,610 128,296 184,993 241,474 324,783 170,296 194,700 329,158 120,010 180,842 199,672 128,294 343,473 126,158 168,626 Other 614,163 Income 2,716,467 INCOME 2,655 4,417 758,684 400,535 897,407 409,742 336,496 596,781 373,614 527,418 183,640 175,993 380,129 410,837 193,146 282,401 107,233 367,328 345,016 234,435 405,838 297,203 480,789 Charities 7,210,159 Missions/
44,624 24,661 For For 768,214 690,485 658,625 525,887 997,461 497,227 483,841 525,007 950,948 413,170 572,421 432,187 645,532 969,500 698,465 782,285 800,078 Property 2,477,027 2,329,567 1,927,789 1,353,859 16,861,142 8,878 10,899 972,116 654,112 650,406 594,397 929,765 478,350 635,242 354,243 410,055 595,007 809,233 722,977 551,495 359,873 396,036 461,693 402,387 514,544 501,559 Other 1,252,353 1,503,804 10,761,816 6,790 18,452 984,115 952,484 735,520 505,200 792,353 788,889 273,201 618,045 759,067 817,096 796,148 Allow Salary & 2,068,470 1,696,902 1,238,716 1,704,634 1,207,907 1,489,419 1,043,090 1,137,241 1,025,458 1,589,206 19,069,991 EXPENDITURE 3,423 6,953 538,189 345,965 550,460 362,483 286,158 423,877 363,304 516,491 256,023 216,246 333,466 351,643 304,206 296,256 144,606 218,503 279,291 314,264 317,788 349,783 672,011 ments Assess- 6,107,367 607 UNRESTRICTED FUNDS 2,106 76,114 94,127 59,191 209,599 102,627 384,180 426,453 599,831 210,620 164,322 147,027 114,236 105,535 164,288 309,497 604,106 261,604 106,316 379,573 131,728 804,375 Other Income 3,849,312 INCOME 19,218 36,833 827,316 Gross 3,597,554 2,119,748 3,516,550 2,156,322 1,841,119 3,427,480 1,962,533 2,642,193 1,239,067 1,082,472 1,865,131 2,250,122 1,914,840 1,634,635 1,250,910 1,537,938 1,493,791 1,717,332 1,734,179 3,861,461 Assess Inc 36,005,822 R R R R R Ards Armagh Ballymena Belfast North Belfast South Belfast East Carrickfergus Coleraine & Limavady Derry & Donegal Derry & Donegal Down Dromore Dublin & Munster Iveagh Monaghan Monaghan Newry Newry Omagh Route Templepatrick Tyrone THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN IRELAND Presbytery 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 9 10 11 12 13 14 14 15 15 16 17 18 19 £ Overall Total € Overall Total Note: The letter “R” denotes a congregation in the Republic of Ireland 88 MINUTES 0 8,400 8,316 7,500 7,903 7,500 8,312 7,500 6,800 7,875 9,683 7,752 7,500 8,310 8,160 7,936 7,152 7,518 6,875 4,500 6,100 2,400 7,190 2,500 5,250 6,208 6,600 2,400 5,020 9,345 3,750 4,095 1,044 All Exps. 0 0 9,419 9,492 Total 44,271 30,702 31,458 37,537 29,435 35,565 30,631 46,178 41,284 37,163 28,590 36,254 35,650 27,273 14,306 30,063 29,351 30,699 13,803 30,388 26,309 26,049 29,728 38,277 19,392 28,433 11,107 20,466 19,222 Income 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CMF tation 5,169 9,288 9,920 1,717 4,565 41,153 878,495 207,394 10,494 Augmen- 0 0 9,269 9,187 0 Mins 43,911 30,340 31,458 36,165 29,075 35,180 29,640 46,178 40,924 24,159 36,803 27,428 34,229 19,703 34,815 26,913 13,946 20,419 13,610 30,088 25,870 25,836 18,918 10,817 0 18,509 37,119 19,242 24,338 14,417 Stipend 818,506 8
30 54 37 65 43 75 71 20 77 18 47 33 14 27 45 55 13 42 30 43 160 197 110 140 120 1,869 Sun Sch & Bib Cls 4 8 6 4 4 6 5 38 16 16 15 12 24 10 37 29 14 13 159 25 11 28 11 27 12 90 25 20 561 Elders Ruling 0 5 65 10 47 44 10 15 30 4 0 67 51 90 75 11 44 25 67 11 30 93 529 540 195 177 139 179 101 101 177 141 292 One 4,813 Commun 99 52 84 91 80 45 67 880 859 115 287 117 218 208 264 122 127 113 144 295 182 362 Roll 7,525 Commun 9 196 121 0 361 175 1 220 149 3 283 164 2 184 149 3 4 8 0 9 2 3 0 0 71 58 0 7 1 8 0 43 41 3 2 2 305 211 0 0 1 372 104 2 146 113 5 0 18 14 29 533 350 13 11 Table 160 Lord’s 7 3 4 6 0 5 2 5 7 1 4 0 1 1 0 5 2 0 2 0 3 2 4 0 1 4 0 0 1 0 5 21 10 106 Baptisms 220 138 306 211 549 692 401 853 493 347 310 320 528 470 463 261 232 315 353 805 230 380 536 501 854 606 107 2,837 1,921 1,097 1,095 1,473 All Age Persons 20,299 0 99 59 71 75 75 64 624 205 236 243 206 488 540 141 134 309 131 143 131 395 185 236 154 105 124 166 229 175 267 169 263 203 520 6,770 Contribs WFO/Stip
70 64 254 312 211 368 216 776 518 163 165 490 140 201 178 121 204 270 250 167 146 100 158 181 329 230 336 213 375 254 110 727 9,376 1,079 Families
(c) (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) // (c) (b) Ballyblack Ballycrochan Ballygilbert Ballygrainey Ballyholme Ballywalter First Bangor – Hamilton Road Trinity Bangor – St Andrews Church Bangor – West Bangor Bangor & Ballyfrenis Carrowdore Cloughey Conlig Donagadee – First Street Donaghadee – Shore Glastry Bay – Trinity Greyabbey Groomsport Helen’s Kilcooley Kirkcubbin Lisnabreen Millisle & Ballycopeland Movilla – First Newtownards Street – Greenwell Newtownards – Regent Street Newtownards – Scrabo Newtownards – Second Newtownards – Strean Newtownards Portaferry Portavogie THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN IRELAND Presbytery Ser No (1) Ards 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 £ Total Note: The letter “R” denotes a congregation in the Republic of Ireland BELFAST, 2017 89 0 60,914 89,674 94,459 81,460 79,037 65,818 28,816 59,826 67,305 54,153 99,322 85,681 44,305 20,827 45,250 69,892 80,192 78,608 39,222 44,886 48,510 137,036 103,370 397,311 454,170 201,413 148,393 186,783 115,158 101,611 168,396 130,885 113,511 2016 8,400 8,316 7,500 7,903 7,500 8,312 7,500 6,800 7,875 9,683 7,752 7,500 8,310 8,160 7,936 7,152 7,518 6,875 4,500 6,100 2,400 7,190 2,500 5,250 6,208 6,600 2,400 5,020 9,345 3,750 4,095 1,044 3,596,194 for 2018 Assessable Income used Assessments All Exps. 6,282 6,363 2,476 5,269 9,487 -1,595 -9,893 -8,739 0 0 99,941 23,755 48,652 12,204 54,406 12,311 67,352 76,641 71,169 12,862 10,730 42,191 26,308 44,978 35,523 65,200 28,171 -30,251 -72,219 -10,229 165,976 131,735 171,069 855,071 170,334 Closing 2,123,530 9,419 9,492 Total 44,271 30,702 31,458 37,537 29,435 35,565 30,631 46,178 41,284 37,163 28,590 36,254 35,650 27,273 14,306 30,063 29,351 30,699 13,803 30,388 26,309 26,049 29,728 38,277 19,392 28,433 11,107 20,466 19,222 14 Income 319 9,065 5,670 3,823 8,760 -8,966 -4,937 11,871 22,499 34,131 49,689 12,703 57,377 80,952 18,648 15,048 35,307 19,579 22,141 29,404 78,569 23,627 -33,749 -32,893 -73,652 -12,731 155,921 115,459 154,292 153,244 894,696 169,658 Unrestricted Funds Opening 2,015,538 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 BALANCES CMF 9,777 tation 5,169 9,288 9,920 1,717 4,565 66,728 13,871 64,495 72,165 36,627 94,325 99,969 36,843 41,131 28,006 50,845 69,842 12,525 41,153 878,495 207,394 10,494 -19,762 310,160 187,851 242,756 216,770 177,638 384,878 178,943 122,980 614,342 124,972 222,274 923,536 206,790 Closing Augmen- -114,810 -357,496 1,285,329 2,044,807 1,110,214 8,559,321 0 0 Total Funds Total -9,955 47,153 17,491 26,037 58,245 79,884 37,844 39,293 42,335 25,069 78,477 12,091 -20,877 -27,989 331,611 196,757 206,167 178,158 163,751 325,399 104,820 986,062 183,376 110,705 104,305 205,767 743,235 205,583 Opening -179,108 -114,492 -464,231 1,233,686 1,918,139 6,844,788 9,269 9,187 0 Mins 43,911 30,340 31,458 36,165 29,075 35,180 29,640 46,178 40,924 24,159 36,803 27,428 34,229 19,703 34,815 26,913 13,946 20,419 13,610 30,088 25,870 25,836 18,918 10,817 0 18,509 37,119 19,242 24,338 14,417 Stipend 0 0 818,506 6,008 9,619 7,538 3,911 8,429 5,534 6,075 5,817 7,612 9,877 2,745 8,340 1,365 10,368 24,028 51,842 10,201 30,361 91,271 34,180 22,483 14,940 10,063 17,769 20,936 11,665 28,979 36,321 14,155 20,642 Organ- 121,433 654,507 isations 8
30 54 37 65 43 75 71 20 77 18 47 33 14 27 45 55 13 42 30 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 160 197 110 140 120 626 252 1,869 3,420 8,600 1,617 3,882 1,524 1,060 2,730 3,110 4,696 2,150 3,849 7,430 8,753 3,613 1,337 Sun Sch & Bib Cls 28,974 23,813 23,139 13,787 24,487 13,337 Others 186,186 0 4 8 6 4 4 6 5 38 16 16 15 12 24 10 37 29 14 13 159 25 11 28 11 27 12 90 25 20 2,801 7,338 6,351 2,417 2,183 9,199 3,447 1,489 5,324 1,847 2,022 6,102 6,365 2,014 1,070 2,587 2,481 8,420 5,865 6,080 5,365 8,700 2,491 1,647 561 13,315 97,002 28,892 27,023 10,140 13,602 43,212 Elders Ruling 186,211 523,002 Charities Missions/ EXPENDITURE 900 5,268 8,773 8,920 7,069 5,822 5,420 7,191 5,337 7,056 7,020 2,969 1,083 4,585 7,341 7,365 6,600 4,778 9,667 2,453 1,935 0 5 11,249 10,312 10,596 28,998 32,350 22,059 11,960 17,040 12,844 10,197 16,780 12,662 United Appeal 314,599 65 10 47 44 10 15 30 4 0 67 51 90 75 11 44 25 67 11 30 93 529 540 195 177 139 179 101 101 177 141 292 One 4,813 0 0 0 Commun 7,362 5,746 9,163 8,004 4,212 4,091 2,171 4,254 8,809 8,549 5,169 9,022 37,201 23,531 41,273 26,092 13,416 70,171 34,230 68,214 19,459 19,291 15,423 64,876 10,540 21,664 17,157 30,222 425,468 134,678 Property 1,149,458 0 0 99 52 84 91 80 45 67 RESTRICTED FUNDS 880 859 115 287 117 218 208 264 122 127 113 144 295 182 362 Roll 8,720 5,907 9,892 6,532 6,176 3,992 9,035 7,576 6,581 6,972 8,579 8,140 5,495 3,190 1,172 7,525 28,228 57,664 58,804 32,044 10,245 92,368 49,902 23,504 15,782 12,559 21,438 12,444 32,381 36,121 16,080 29,821 Commun Organ- 627,344 isations 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 72 17 907 636 464 200 9 196 121 0 361 175 1 220 149 3 283 164 2 184 149 3 4 8 0 9 2 3 0 0 71 58 0 7 1 8 0 43 41 3 2 2 305 211 0 0 1 372 104 2 146 113 5 0 3,364 6,249 1,369 1,617 3,692 1,547 7,256 7,795 6,088 9,666 4,979 3,229 2,045 1,084 23,439 79,751 17,882 11,683 42,576 12,003 18 14 29 533 350 13 11 Other 249,610 Income Table 160 Lord’s INCOME 5,359 9,326 8,979 2,331 9,038 7,122 4,983 2,153 7,412 5,733 2,416 2,806 7 3 4 6 0 5 2 5 7 1 4 0 1 1 0 5 2 0 2 0 3 2 4 0 1 4 0 0 1 0 5 16,645 15,984 12,973 11,494 18,877 95,329 25,848 38,405 10,744 18,434 11,154 18,436 16,532 16,288 22,235 58,658 19,260 10,332 12,025 19,561 21 10 221,812 758,684 Charities Missions/ 106 Baptisms 0
5,869 7,367 9,589 8,865 1,913 3,919 9,146 9,314 7,887 For For 28,148 56,838 19,323 18,723 26,359 94,750 12,361 10,756 16,130 17,274 29,273 10,694 60,469 43,358 30,043 69,292 11,646 58,319 253,840 208,437 519,301 715,971 101,853 Property 2,477,027 220 138 306 211 549 692 401 853 493 347 310 320 528 470 463 261 232 315 353 805 230 380 536 501 854 606 107 2,837 1,921 1,097 1,095 1,473 All Age Persons 20,299 8,890 7,948 9,161 2,839 6,684 8,404 31,234 10,661 30,458 55,770 22,005 18,349 24,523 77,255 55,160 25,983 12,025 32,906 31,549 42,412 44,176 17,958 11,424 16,124 42,347 24,824 40,902 32,408 17,681 16,515 33,319 19,923 Other 140,299 972,116 0 99 59 71 75 75 64 624 205 236 243 206 488 540 141 134 309 131 143 131 395 185 236 154 105 124 166 229 175 267 169 263 203 520 3,955 6,770 25,756 67,739 87,210 36,575 82,863 49,497 28,142 99,677 38,952 35,431 45,578 36,334 37,414 51,251 56,117 38,784 17,384 29,349 47,464 25,083 56,531 92,523 54,570 39,843 22,207 25,894 15,543 27,880 Allow Contribs 237,092 294,399 139,640 121,793 Salary & WFO/Stip 2,068,470 EXPENDITURE
70 64 9,974 4,978 8,415 9,628 6,216 9,888 254 312 211 368 216 776 518 163 165 490 140 201 178 121 204 270 250 167 146 100 158 181 329 230 336 213 375 254 110 727 18,955 15,392 23,460 20,317 18,716 31,887 13,105 18,976 42,513 21,913 12,954 16,846 12,670 10,533 25,650 12,665 13,218 14,270 18,269 10,065 15,491 13,657 20,398 15,982 20,531 16,741 13,916 ments 538,189 Assess- 9,376 1,079 Families
1 0 0 0 0 10 803 162 554 754 342 540 798 453 UNRESTRICTED FUNDS (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) 1,611 9,034 4,559 1,164 1,081 7,060 6,735 5,197 7,593 1,575 7,720 4,647 209,599 12,842 32,880 14,115 30,935 25,597 10,677 20,160 Other Income // (c) (b) INCOME Inc 60,914 89,829 94,459 81,460 79,037 65,818 28,816 59,826 67,305 54,153 99,322 85,681 44,305 21,447 45,250 69,892 80,192 78,608 39,222 44,886 48,510 137,554 103,437 397,311 454,170 201,413 148,393 186,783 115,158 101,611 168,396 130,885 113,511 3,597,554 Gross Asses (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) Ballyblack Ballycrochan Ballygilbert Ballygrainey Ballyholme Ballywalter First Bangor – Hamilton Road Trinity Bangor – St Andrews Church Bangor – West Bangor Bangor & Ballyfrenis Carrowdore Cloughey Conlig Donagadee – First Street Donaghadee – Shore Glastry Bay – Trinity Greyabbey Groomsport Helen’s Kilcooley Kirkcubbin Lisnabreen Millisle & Ballycopeland Movilla – First Newtownards Street – Greenwell Newtownards – Regent Street Newtownards – Scrabo Newtownards – Second Newtownards – Strean Newtownards Portaferry Portavogie Ballyblack Ballycrochan Ballygilbert Ballygrainey Ballyholme Ballywalter Bangor – Hamilton Road Andrews Bangor – St Church West Bangor – Bangor First Bangor Trinity Carrowdore & Ballyfrenis Cloughey // (b) Conlig Donagadee – First Donaghadee – Shore Street Glastry Greyabbey – Trinity Groomsport Bay Helen’s Kilcooley Kirkcubbin Lisnabreen Millisle & Ballycopeland Movilla Newtownards – First Newtownards – Greenwell Street Newtownards – Regent Street Newtownards – Scrabo Newtownards – Second Newtownards – Strean Portaferry Portavogie THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN IRELAND Presbytery Ser No (1) Ards 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 £ Total Note: The letter “R” denotes a congregation in the Republic of Ireland THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN IRELAND Presbytery Ards Ser No (1) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 £ Total 90 MINUTES 0 0 0 0 0 5,000 2,834 3,512 8,400 4,800 7,875 8,700 5,540 4,500 7,847 4,620 3,900 3,750 7,500 2,000 3,750 12,660 All Exps. 0 0 0 0 0 1,614 536 1,025 268 7,568 Total 26,062 11,414 13,089 36,761 16,121 36,063 44,376 34,216 22,868 44,860 40,666 18,610 20,336 12,333 12,724 15,762 Income 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40,786 10,000 0 0 0 4,615 1,313 0 0 0 8,694 3,600 0 0 7,299 1,875 0 7,757 1,875 0 0 CMF tation 6,122 7,102 485,619 116,655 Augmen- 0 0 0 0 0 997 1,549 9,428 4,615 7,568 0 8,514 7,119 7,119 Mins 19,580 13,031 36,401 15,730 35,703 40,563 18,257 0 16,524 980 33,856 19,877 39,771 11,911 0 12,724 0 37,504 40,306 12,725 0 Stipend 451,372 3
42 25 14 34 56 51 46 15 95 42 45 21 61 30 15 33 50 10 24 31 10 42 34 83 13 200 1,141 Sun Sch & Bib Cls 7 6 4 4 7 5 8 9 4 3 6 4 5 7 8 3 16 18 26 10 13 15 18 38 267 Elders Ruling 93 68 59 4 8 72 87 5 8 88 78 5 96 6 74 3 50 17 47 53 31 70 78 288 109 150 266 168 395 One 3,388 Commun 68 81 19 89 65 38 104 129 138 357 175 158 306 369 115 150 277 126 141 529 Roll 5,135 Commun 6 0 3 78 44 4 1 209 152 0 357 185 0 94 57 0 1 5 3 1 276 131 2 3 3 0 389 329 0 101 0 0 0 105 0 92 53 0 0 0 0 0 76 13 19 12 Table Lord’s 2 3 0 2 4 2 0 1 4 4 4 5 9 9 1 4 2 2 1 1 3 0 2 3 3 6 0 99 12 10 Baptisms 91 28 76 201 147 125 182 269 270 157 359 619 425 790 610 473 980 383 501 855 360 272 186 172 194 260 226 1,338 All Age Persons 10,859 78 50 40 64 91 94 56 41 17 86 51 76 46 59 97 66 130 217 154 248 114 310 173 141 276 103 213 272 110 396 3,559 Contribs WFO/Stip
82 51 49 66 96 56 41 17 95 62 76 46 65 98 88 135 276 125 215 327 127 256 157 345 136 233 315 148 592 4,375 Families
(c) (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) Ahorey Armaghbrague Bellville // Benburb Caledon Cladymore Clare Armagh Drumhillery –First Druminnis First Keady Keady – Second Knappagh Lislooney Loughgall - First Lurgan - Hill Street Lurgan Minterburn Moy Portadown – Armagh Road Portadown – First Redrock Richhill Tartaraghan Tassagh The Mall, Armagh Vinecash // Waringstown THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN IRELAND Presbytery Ser No (2) Armagh 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Craigavon 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 £ Total Note: The letter “R” denotes a congregation in the Republic of Ireland BELFAST, 2017 91 60,147 21,643 10,694 23,975 25,380 39,587 53,001 55,020 27,461 66,304 60,630 27,730 39,989 36,274 50,685 80,644 47,357 67,688 89,947 59,105 54,855 32,626 24,341 119,513 174,519 210,371 252,868 125,315 210,760 2016 2,148,429 for 2018 Assessable Income used Assessments 5,119 5,502 8,472 9,954 4,720 60,642 35,497 11,782 30,457 34,227 47,774 58,093 42,630 68,412 33,813 15,327 15,825 35,991 23,117 17,221 23,106 35,681 34,530 42,098 42,671 337,168 415,971 127,145 144,077 Closing 1,767,022 5,259 3,656 6,014 7,818 4,243 -7,652 31,508 33,769 12,948 26,513 44,632 27,635 59,138 39,290 33,087 57,065 32,802 13,708 49,546 19,101 12,715 20,056 39,987 38,421 58,063 329,091 400,191 118,752 140,640 Unrestricted Funds Opening 1,657,996 BALANCES 68,787 69,387 34,420 49,079 64,900 50,846 83,971 46,407 67,578 50,180 69,933 91,454 -67,548 158,564 109,470 131,660 365,265 259,283 277,789 218,292 506,110 182,081 256,898 180,493 220,707 102,546 Closing -104,439 1,658,092 3,100,311 8,302,516 Total Funds Total 6,746 56,319 35,986 16,555 87,242 57,183 65,092 31,086 68,254 68,611 37,874 97,105 -98,269 126,142 105,738 100,127 353,995 261,943 133,723 190,791 504,496 177,099 227,299 148,639 225,241 100,805 Opening -137,815 1,572,609 3,063,998 7,684,614 0 0 464 403 289 4,281 1,130 4,487 4,720 3,917 7,700 4,862 3,791 2,827 5,450 5,458 22,052 10,099 11,604 27,364 14,812 12,456 10,813 15,227 20,420 15,646 15,315 20,651 Organ- 143,695 389,933 isations 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 209 600 140 607 300 315 1,873 1,188 4,145 1,005 1,500 3,897 9,068 1,023 2,575 6,693 10,333 45,503 Others 0 210 981 990 6,924 2,908 1,396 2,655 5,099 2,356 2,027 4,581 6,453 7,136 2,485 9,767 1,583 3,500 4,537 2,814 8,070 2,469 4,595 1,320 11,775 25,757 83,977 41,487 28,631 276,483 Charities Missions/ EXPENDITURE 0 808 4,974 2,273 2,192 2,029 3,113 4,737 4,015 2,610 4,700 4,469 2,942 3,665 3,815 4,809 4,458 5,612 8,521 4,522 4,604 3,005 2,616 10,478 13,327 14,860 16,430 10,342 16,737 United Appeal 166,663 0 0 12 790 114 2,744 2,344 3,774 1,943 1,817 8,527 2,762 5,344 6,241 5,649 3,366 5,194 14,538 99,833 21,218 31,225 17,650 95,619 14,822 19,702 12,527 16,487 24,201 20,034 438,477 Property 0 0 RESTRICTED FUNDS 418 426 5,395 2,117 5,833 4,253 4,107 7,149 7,189 3,843 1,135 2,468 8,270 5,585 29,245 10,842 13,344 53,257 12,157 10,513 12,726 16,978 22,935 12,948 18,694 17,496 Organ- 106,756 396,079 isations 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 324 805 466 256 785 983 474 3,165 1,500 2,458 6,851 1,972 2,577 2,153 11,654 10,096 46,570 Other Income 50 INCOME 985 1,488 4,693 2,671 5,205 9,877 6,374 3,701 6,894 2,434 7,441 6,012 4,142 8,257 3,955 3,599 3,329 10,874 16,528 16,353 11,803 42,511 11,483 47,720 11,587 13,893 32,879 103,797 400,535 Charities Missions/ 0 0
3,893 7,127 5,042 3,520 1,743 2,797 For For 11,084 52,105 14,217 27,802 54,254 16,790 37,087 11,950 10,295 27,272 12,925 54,292 47,480 15,880 33,187 45,164 30,721 18,686 14,239 63,487 145,175 768,214 Property 7,042 8,707 6,893 6,689 7,505 9,994 15,372 10,681 32,963 18,562 20,528 39,939 15,315 15,870 10,436 15,716 15,619 13,392 36,283 31,097 14,489 15,073 62,227 13,092 95,039 12,400 28,784 19,463 54,942 Other 654,112 0 0 520 5,122 8,345 8,200 1,000 10,991 14,971 20,832 26,051 20,191 52,609 13,455 10,500 11,770 21,990 49,963 26,544 27,177 53,996 94,674 30,917 17,315 19,630 73,921 Allow 106,658 124,482 132,291 984,115 Salary & EXPENDITURE 0 8,007 4,137 1,387 4,922 5,150 7,541 7,625 9,598 3,968 6,939 6,032 9,234 8,387 6,816 3,131 10,493 10,919 23,067 19,040 28,215 10,680 12,638 18,882 20,103 12,113 29,432 23,175 34,334 ments 345,965 Assess- 7 50 18 254 280 284 857 546 970 232 766 UNRESTRICTED FUNDS 1,671 3,110 2,318 1,290 4,582 1,844 3,705 7,919 2,193 2,185 5,509 7,030 2,632 2,567 2,320 2,871 21,154 23,463 Other 102,627 Income INCOME Inc 58,043 21,643 10,694 22,975 21,299 39,587 45,449 55,020 27,461 66,304 58,694 27,730 39,989 36,274 50,685 80,644 47,357 55,188 90,544 56,293 54,855 32,626 24,341 119,513 171,122 213,585 252,868 128,205 210,760 2,119,748 Gross Asses (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) Ahorey Armaghbrague Bellville // Benburb Caledon Cladymore Clare Craigavon Drumhillery Druminnis Armagh First Keady –First Keady – Second Knappagh Lislooney Loughgall Lurgan - First Lurgan - Hill Street Minterburn Moy Armagh Road – Portadown – First Portadown Redrock Richhill Tartaraghan Tassagh ArmaghThe Mall, Vinecash // Waringstown 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN IRELAND Presbytery Armagh Ser No (2) £ Total 92 MINUTES 0 0 5,760 7,250 7,521 7,500 8,847 8,316 8,988 7,500 8,100 8,200 9,504 7,000 9,360 8,500 5,195 7,569 8,805 8,715 2,176 6,417 3,441 7,500 8,530 1,395 2,800 6,085 3,922 All Exps. 0 0 8,370 1,779 327 2,107 638 9,442 Total 35,899 33,020 35,522 35,580 39,495 29,751 37,596 43,408 33,423 38,977 18,780 31,821 42,423 43,770 27,706 29,507 31,266 27,506 22,646 26,203 41,661 11,967 20,208 16,723 17,627 Income 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CMF tation 5,638 5,890 1,940 13,468 794,183 185,861 Augmen- 0 0 8,280 1,467 9,442 0 2,078 Mins 22,251 21,456 32,660 35,162 35,159 25,786 0 30,340 0 39,275 28,974 26,415 0 37,236 43,048 32,214 38,599 18,420 31,034 42,063 43,293 22,406 14,423 25,963 40,901 11,718 19,930 13,977 0 Stipend 753,970
29 26 80 80 30 50 49 40 51 60 35 90 11 60 75 40 63 25 10 76 95 84 96 64 37 129 192 1,789 Sun Sch & Bib Cls 9 7 7 5 11 16 102 21 24 18 27 23 20 22 17 47 44 13 17 17 17 23 26 13 12 489 Elders Ruling 76 29 3 7 94 7 89 9 97 7 27 1 0 50 1 3 51 5 167 179 183 106 One 4,746 Commun 35 32 67 115 214 241 152 149 116 265 207 109 Roll 6,995 Commun 2 0 85 60 2 1 2 2 3 8 387 227 3 137 125 0 1 202 157 2 217 151 0 0 74 56 3 176 140 3 421 268 6 225 179 1 1 60 45 4 340 180 4 278 151 2 1 204 145 0 1 130 8 408 305 17 282 214 19 783 434 25 597 394 11 24 287 237 Table 156 Lord’s 3 2 4 0 1 0 2 0 5 0 2 2 3 5 5 4 6 4 1 2 2 0 4 0 9 1 4 0 1 0 84 12 Baptisms 62 432 125 172 289 812 901 355 383 869 300 401 472 520 890 477 606 577 210 180 755 858 966 580 138 501 1,474 1,730 1,256 1,775 All Age Persons 19,802 37 95 74 62 36 51 148 124 223 210 736 259 103 132 440 152 120 255 661 189 215 190 620 364 250 267 265 271 342 194 145 403 6,897 Contribs WFO/Stip
42 87 73 40 63 220 158 296 304 379 141 157 452 161 165 295 683 220 339 112 226 767 550 304 279 294 373 403 230 207 655 8,675 Families
(c) (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) Ballykeel Ballyloughan Brookside – First Broughshane – Second Broughshane Buckna Cairnalbana Carnlough/Cushendall Churchtown Memorial Clough Cloughwater Ahoghill Connor Ballymena Cuningham Eskylane First First Glenarm Kirk Glenwherry Grange Harryville High Kells -Third Killymurris Newtowncrommelin (Ahoghill) Portglenone - First Portglenone Church Rasharkin Trinity Wellington West THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN IRELAND Presbytery Ser No (3) Ballymena 1 Ballee 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 £ Total Note: The letter “R” denotes a congregation in the Republic of Ireland BELFAST, 2017 93 61,360 55,158 99,876 36,730 34,845 66,787 67,556 36,132 17,320 87,807 60,748 94,554 32,728 53,600 80,688 98,235 120,824 110,465 102,620 133,798 103,367 132,896 203,279 120,642 157,255 131,663 414,689 102,811 148,846 342,794 207,297 2016 3,517,370 for 2018 Assessable Income used Assessments 4,190 4,231 5,217 -1,062 11,406 28,019 53,354 26,861 80,614 18,958 55,511 41,116 29,823 18,832 23,388 19,722 13,626 11,361 32,051 22,157 84,550 73,214 23,249 93,585 94,853 24,581 133,498 482,164 238,281 123,057 221,984 Closing 2,092,391 4,741 7,959 3,609 -6,263 27,399 48,435 18,715 82,522 19,522 45,250 35,471 11,871 17,166 24,620 13,086 10,273 13,385 41,271 26,128 74,401 22,549 88,528 60,614 98,363 27,968 -29,759 121,084 338,476 239,131 104,332 202,611 Unrestricted Funds Opening 1,793,458 BALANCES 64,849 55,092 58,238 24,852 49,328 65,623 74,056 50,900 126,614 219,844 276,083 456,444 194,913 594,560 193,686 319,960 903,298 369,951 801,677 180,114 160,239 224,654 196,631 970,574 102,860 205,864 180,165 926,267 Closing 1,131,534 1,339,896 5,831,862 16,350,628 Total Funds Total 53,369 54,902 81,309 16,042 38,257 50,828 75,025 31,663 56,652 114,882 181,386 244,386 343,797 173,685 535,049 178,847 282,841 747,057 304,869 733,699 207,460 257,879 202,739 882,250 101,577 190,682 149,277 784,090 Opening 1,053,329 1,206,734 4,983,295 14,317,857 0 0 37 741 7,954 2,434 6,794 2,984 9,768 7,134 4,130 2,699 13,250 15,237 18,494 15,677 23,754 19,089 10,201 36,378 23,886 27,257 21,328 15,703 21,738 22,635 34,190 23,445 43,597 38,251 18,766 Organ- 487,551 isations 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 80 616 4,369 9,107 8,309 3,236 7,095 5,225 1,184 1,214 12,695 26,352 12,966 26,284 21,176 Others 139,908 148 4,988 8,778 2,845 8,730 2,093 2,574 3,269 9,076 6,300 4,024 3,533 2,531 8,115 16,229 69,632 23,928 23,971 12,302 24,421 40,307 31,017 20,883 63,794 21,181 26,885 10,011 13,339 84,550 22,837 124,910 697,201 Charities Missions/ EXPENDITURE 0 731 5,568 3,287 2,407 1,654 5,261 9,410 4,024 2,100 1,050 7,366 5,420 8,800 7,378 2,000 7,485 8,354 10,204 10,600 12,191 11,001 12,500 26,653 10,500 13,510 12,016 30,750 10,889 28,750 18,385 United Appeal 290,244 0 36 867 515 389 3,395 7,648 7,445 7,267 3,611 4,758 8,319 9,215 6,636 8,740 2,276 7,831 41,289 16,623 19,516 27,531 17,763 26,466 37,439 19,772 14,234 52,204 79,705 17,836 114,189 115,921 679,436 Property 0 1 0 RESTRICTED FUNDS 7,738 2,566 8,025 2,822 1,126 8,588 7,084 4,097 2,754 15,118 17,486 19,583 21,734 27,068 19,225 12,383 22,644 22,604 31,083 25,437 12,612 24,175 24,050 31,494 38,341 44,557 44,515 23,407 Organ- 522,317 isations 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 252 301 3,763 9,750 1,801 6,220 1,000 4,369 4,909 1,184 1,016 12,935 26,711 15,025 28,916 10,144 Other 128,296 Income INCOME 4,381 3,747 6,758 5,782 1,198 8,649 5,315 12,221 30,505 77,055 14,087 43,556 30,937 11,137 12,679 11,749 21,522 43,681 49,049 44,305 10,971 27,195 55,735 23,516 35,077 11,660 17,515 22,575 73,021 40,859 140,970 897,407 Charities Missions/
9,033 1,089 1,710 4,439 8,395 5,672 3,966 For For 13,732 69,494 24,171 19,242 61,815 19,670 14,494 20,290 11,432 81,652 80,173 70,028 15,168 11,529 21,660 23,864 93,356 15,011 29,822 220,600 203,325 137,511 877,258 159,966 Property 2,329,567 7,587 3,590 4,110 6,658 14,708 13,523 30,764 63,925 53,100 33,412 35,540 12,295 17,905 33,993 23,168 32,246 55,586 52,743 51,845 17,445 12,624 35,156 26,659 43,535 46,801 14,772 27,693 19,984 55,533 Other 194,432 211,021 1,252,353 5,508 7,309 29,827 30,420 80,324 59,381 41,811 85,174 47,591 14,375 20,630 37,935 15,465 42,190 57,194 13,275 20,312 77,592 44,233 40,279 88,684 75,537 32,582 21,911 71,030 29,522 53,291 55,252 Allow 118,587 240,176 139,505 Salary & 1,696,902 EXPENDITURE 5,437 7,416 5,776 2,239 7,921 11,884 12,927 20,892 20,250 13,387 23,126 18,426 13,827 14,632 15,734 22,728 18,287 16,247 27,310 16,733 13,381 23,680 20,924 19,956 15,289 25,266 11,597 10,964 18,476 65,907 29,841 ments 550,460 Assess- 0 0 284 UNRESTRICTED FUNDS 1,724 2,332 3,023 7,365 5,938 6,433 5,733 7,618 6,599 7,136 2,558 1,173 2,060 3,741 6,637 2,604 1,708 4,462 3,051 1,493 16,075 41,237 10,183 25,074 46,598 35,709 11,052 Other 114,580 384,180 Income INCOME Inc 61,360 55,158 99,876 36,730 34,845 66,787 67,556 36,132 17,320 87,807 60,748 94,554 32,728 53,600 80,688 98,235 120,824 110,465 102,620 134,267 104,459 132,896 203,279 122,807 152,709 131,663 414,689 102,811 148,846 342,794 207,297 3,516,550 Gross Asses (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) Ballee Ballykeel Ballyloughan Brookside Broughshane – First Broughshane – Second Buckna Cairnalbana Carnlough/Cushendall Churchtown Clough Cloughwater Connor Cuningham Memorial Eskylane Ahoghill First Ballymena First Glenarm Glenwherry Grange Harryville High Kirk Kells Killymurris Newtowncrommelin - First Portglenone -Third Portglenone Rasharkin (Ahoghill) Trinity Wellington Church West THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN IRELAND Presbytery Ser No (3) Ballymena 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 £ Total 94 MINUTES 0 0 500 8,220 7,150 7,750 7,200 7,500 7,224 7,427 7,616 7,500 7,575 4,800 6,417 7,500 7,550 7,875 5,252 6,300 7,500 7,500 3,750 All Exps. 0 0 2,418 Total 44,385 31,352 32,890 32,172 30,700 43,525 33,454 30,770 36,481 31,036 32,788 30,700 30,701 30,364 29,334 31,147 21,392 27,727 39,777 22,406 Income 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CMF tation 8,307 5,198 31,658 645,519 140,106 17,125 Augmen- 0 0 1,592 796 Mins 43,417 30,992 32,530 22,033 31,812 30,340 37,705 33,094 13,215 30,109 232 35,742 30,340 32,158 30,004 15,943 27,367 0 28,974 30,004 39,417 15,170 Stipend 591,958 6 4
32 51 65 30 21 23 25 16 56 24 12 54 12 250 902 Sun Sch & Bib Cls 8 9 3 6 9 8 5 6 36 12 13 23 22 20 21 17 298 Elders Ruling 0 0 23 89 72 11 53 31 4 0 66 73 13 25 82 15 34 27 44 49 14 20 53 One 2,443 Commun 0 87 37 87 95 29 63 79 111 502 109 Roll 3,860 Commun 0 161 121 9 164 132 0 0 66 47 0 196 157 5 2 173 106 6 276 193 2 201 187 0 1 72 63 0 2 0 276 178 0 69 52 5 4 185 158 0 0 1 0 43 822 552 95 15 Table Lord’s 2 1 0 0 1 3 2 5 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 9 3 3 4 1 0 52 13 Baptisms 80 196 671 522 438 280 499 437 602 703 362 521 228 680 936 573 309 327 590 2,899 All Age Persons 12,578 0 77 57 69 305 90 724 195 186 157 148 193 140 221 289 160 120 420 175 118 138 308 220 155 170 4,110 Contribs WFO/Stip 0
60 372 219 229 170 238 305 303 414 204 112 250 250 153 290 448 265 196 150 180 295 6,291 1,188 Families
(c) (c) (c) (c) Abbey Monkstown Cross Abbey Abbot’s Alexandra Ballygomartin Ballyhenry Road Ballysillan Carnmoney Crumlin Eglinton Memorial Fortwilliam and Macrory Mossley Glengormley Immanuel Nelson New Newington Rathcoole Kirk Rosemary Seaview Sinclair Seamens West Whiteabbey Whitehouse Woodvale THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN IRELAND Presbytery Ser No (4) Belfast North 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 £ Total Note: The letter “R” denotes a congregation in the Republic of Ireland BELFAST, 2017 95 0 82,104 64,610 93,981 25,125 76,135 45,054 39,916 45,146 75,567 71,532 65,785 81,239 60,945 100,002 121,159 101,840 272,149 133,975 129,000 124,419 228,428 110,056 2016 2,148,167 for 2018 Assessable Income used Assessments 0 5,755 -3,161 17,984 55,825 77,347 13,028 48,661 18,139 40,064 11,582 47,915 11,373 60,419 51,233 47,237 93,785 45,615 444,204 197,789 272,041 338,936 313,078 Closing 2,208,849 0 9,403 4,281 6,946 -3,602 20,047 45,831 80,213 11,498 39,853 13,521 14,853 66,034 13,840 55,246 47,641 79,209 26,018 436,951 196,891 316,074 308,281 111,109 Unrestricted Funds Opening 1,900,138 0 BALANCES 45,868 18,884 81,352 23,556 79,608 44,549 56,966 39,112 54,008 133,791 118,692 866,644 973,458 356,295 833,504 200,330 108,384 381,028 208,029 250,228 380,465 Closing 2,598,128 7,852,879 Total Funds Total 35,495 95,346 15,259 66,693 17,040 64,692 88,146 50,303 72,161 41,513 55,318 133,082 822,415 959,626 328,172 917,196 156,030 109,489 340,738 194,747 207,318 165,762 Opening 2,473,473 7,410,014 0 5,633 1,099 2,635 7,349 7,926 1,197 6,705 7,703 7,605 16,976 17,449 17,018 13,763 11,717 14,700 41,953 24,943 12,864 25,301 22,345 24,458 11,681 Organ- 303,020 isations 0 0 0 0 81 16 493 1,495 5,630 3,988 4,242 4,440 2,039 1,918 1,705 3,288 10,155 11,125 74,203 10,778 28,572 88,208 20,796 Others 273,172 0 456 911 9,334 7,005 7,325 2,030 1,669 9,092 3,401 4,108 1,539 3,091 4,499 1,212 3,256 17,264 20,393 47,425 10,755 20,298 58,877 15,391 249,331 Charities Missions/ EXPENDITURE 0 9,074 8,956 7,554 4,000 8,700 7,200 1,000 4,394 3,987 3,557 4,048 3,939 6,242 6,879 5,673 28,148 11,375 12,317 10,132 11,221 25,000 10,076 United Appeal 193,472 0 347 6,905 6,409 6,064 9,823 4,184 5,363 5,913 8,925 8,794 2,678 15,826 53,381 10,908 27,000 18,928 55,814 12,093 14,716 18,094 64,503 207,133 563,801 Property 0 RESTRICTED FUNDS 561 8,997 6,031 2,998 6,878 6,885 1,168 5,713 8,174 6,977 20,335 18,724 16,978 16,819 15,664 59,413 29,457 18,830 29,235 20,770 25,468 13,127 Organ- 339,202 isations 0 0 0 0 62 620 639 194 971 146 2,593 4,114 5,757 4,123 1,484 3,969 1,440 1,992 2,255 98,615 14,117 20,003 21,899 Other 184,993 Income 0 INCOME 3,606 8,042 3,581 9,754 4,808 9,667 9,417 4,251 3,993 8,929 23,494 15,425 12,737 24,161 30,372 12,426 39,455 19,067 10,337 32,294 93,653 30,273 409,742 Charities Missions/ 0
6,459 3,080 5,114 7,921 6,361 8,430 7,250 2,466 2,660 6,751 For For 17,919 45,837 27,004 57,522 22,700 61,402 26,978 20,682 15,616 52,962 15,123 270,248 690,485 Property 0 6,835 8,951 14,060 23,109 20,106 20,561 39,054 25,051 91,045 20,272 39,211 25,150 93,506 35,965 12,108 18,742 25,244 16,416 18,138 35,009 33,317 28,556 Other 650,406 0 8,109 76,433 73,844 52,296 31,021 42,276 46,386 44,883 29,697 87,267 56,889 21,367 41,883 40,517 80,001 44,783 20,843 42,741 75,693 28,381 Allow 140,511 152,895 Salary & 1,238,716 EXPENDITURE 0 3,764 6,698 9,798 19,136 30,470 10,243 22,520 20,261 12,831 10,772 16,951 12,836 18,962 16,963 16,625 23,160 22,867 11,785 15,646 14,921 16,472 28,802 ments 362,483 Assess- 0 0 0 30 778 757 UNRESTRICTED FUNDS 2,662 8,386 2,276 5,222 2,129 2,374 3,765 6,506 7,857 2,854 41,696 16,413 21,634 21,060 30,000 39,262 Other 210,792 426,453 Income 0 INCOME Inc 82,104 64,610 93,981 25,125 77,198 45,054 39,916 45,146 75,567 71,532 65,785 81,239 60,945 100,002 121,159 102,064 272,149 133,975 129,000 131,287 228,428 110,056 2,156,322 Gross Asses (c) (c) (c) (c) Abbey Monkstown Cross Abbot’s Alexandra Ballygomartin Ballyhenry Ballysillan Carnmoney Crumlin Road Eglinton and Macrory Fortwilliam Glengormley Immanuel Nelson Memorial New Mossley Newington Rathcoole Rosemary Seaview Seamens Sinclair Kirk West Whiteabbey Whitehouse Woodvale THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN IRELAND Presbytery Ser No (4) Belfast North 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 £ Total 96 MINUTES 0 0 0 0 0 7,500 7,500 7,400 9,178 7,500 4,800 6,250 1,050 6,250 7,500 7,000 6,840 7,500 88,501 All Exps. 0 0 0 0 0 Total 31,394 39,635 36,888 41,925 36,029 46,756 35,572 30,700 33,454 33,787 28,181 31,000 38,266 Income 471,090 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7,503 2,233 0 0 0 CMF tation 5,060 16,318 11,258 Augmen- 0 0 0 0 0 0 7,413 Mins 31,034 39,275 36,528 41,565 35,669 46,396 35,212 30,340 33,094 26,602 19,082 37,906 Stipend 420,116 0 5 0 0
22 59 45 25 47 50 75 30 19 10 25 463 Sun Sch & Bib Cls 6 4 5 6 19 50 18 26 22 62 30 11 29 19 20 365 Elders Ruling 7 26 3 0 34 9 5 25 23 5 0 91 80 53 21 46 One Commun 0 0 50 43 47 109 137 110 Roll Commun 1 0 189 106 3 451 298 6 340 246 7 257 193 4 315 162 5 479 261 2 285 225 0 27 19 0 42 31 9 155 140 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 333 196 0 41 3,369 2,216 Table Lord’s 0 5 6 1 1 4 8 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 46 11 Baptisms 11 43 139 230 602 856 400 624 496 692 695 137 404 150 347 332 149 170 536 7,013 All Age Persons 9 59 27 95 80 30 162 236 183 256 192 303 215 101 118 127 113 160 204 2,670 Contribs WFO/Stip
94 11 91 30 284 371 220 334 235 371 313 100 103 230 169 125 116 210 247 3,654 Families
† (c) (c) (c) (c) // (c) (c) (b) (c) (b) Street Centenary Ballycairn Belvoir Berry Street Cooke Victoria Dunmurry Fisherwick Memorial Fitzroy Great Kilmakee Memorial Lowe Malone May Street Road McCracken Newtownbreda Street Richview Saintfield Taughmonagh Townsend Windsor THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN IRELAND Presbytery Ser No (5) Belfast South 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 £ Total Note: The letter “R” denotes a congregation in the Republic of Ireland BELFAST, 2017 97 52,181 42,345 14,335 67,394 65,737 30,877 64,443 17,508 46,205 10,823 58,233 115,842 279,449 220,216 180,815 130,654 166,696 145,914 109,934 2016 1,819,601 for 2018 Assessable Income used Assessments 1,064 8,700 6,738 21,658 17,015 30,756 26,977 45,478 71,078 -25,918 -82,712 -74,158 124,632 226,443 407,808 184,811 188,003 284,371 372,883 Closing 1,835,627 6,889 5,536 8,703 -9,442 25,300 23,231 20,670 26,931 15,549 45,110 62,816 -81,748 130,930 177,904 406,092 163,648 232,531 232,048 370,293 Unrestricted Funds Opening 1,862,991 BALANCES 9,244 97,629 16,537 91,434 90,937 39,382 126,785 193,114 875,789 188,644 689,705 738,359 190,291 137,872 104,366 180,484 182,078 Closing 1,032,359 1,067,623 6,052,632 Total Funds Total 8,703 83,367 16,146 47,874 42,535 96,743 133,859 154,844 533,087 937,922 233,172 104,915 591,967 643,848 247,684 182,051 167,586 996,261 177,271 Opening 5,399,835 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4,947 4,815 2,498 8,089 5,860 10,889 28,561 12,544 10,166 10,569 19,037 12,879 Organ- 130,854 isations 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 196 3,567 3,445 4,478 1,828 6,308 3,810 2,870 12,345 77,200 20,221 42,292 Others 178,560 0 0 0 6,911 6,356 5,320 6,962 6,169 1,380 6,822 9,135 2,630 4,392 1,008 18,740 56,170 50,205 24,235 12,825 219,260 Charities Missions/ EXPENDITURE 0 0 6,590 3,292 1,335 6,790 5,172 5,343 5,128 4,815 6,795 10,675 18,362 12,000 16,382 11,917 10,724 14,695 13,523 United Appeal 153,538 0 0 296 3,458 4,134 4,896 9,893 5,805 1,323 9,574 43,875 49,391 26,364 26,764 12,000 12,617 143,081 254,542 117,893 725,906 Property 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RESTRICTED FUNDS 4,872 4,255 9,567 2,428 8,594 4,703 37,289 40,331 12,567 11,549 22,077 19,932 Organ- 178,164 isations 0 1 0 0 0 0 3,071 5,554 4,362 1,482 1,608 6,497 4,312 5,087 26,650 77,031 29,222 14,170 62,427 Other 241,474 Income INCOME 955 8,245 9,364 6,169 5,172 2,178 5,476 5,306 2,506 6,076 2,877 11,085 17,019 10,621 87,280 67,738 12,893 34,233 41,303 336,496 Charities Missions/ 0 0 0 6,298 9,250 3,187 5,458 3,707 6,142 5,961 4,029 4,877 26,992 26,552 19,268 28,186 197,414 129,894 181,410 658,625 For Property For 0 9,684 4,587 12,744 12,998 40,814 34,217 67,629 19,236 25,783 39,963 25,450 35,514 45,276 27,895 30,130 17,111 28,863 Other 116,503 594,397 0 0 8,365 1,050 36,916 27,328 62,168 10,133 47,463 10,105 85,018 78,826 84,516 11,020 80,040 54,553 48,642 Allow 179,450 126,891 952,484 Salary & EXPENDITURE 1,399 5,210 9,888 2,909 6,882 7,654 15,867 11,337 19,463 11,949 20,846 18,273 30,180 25,413 23,853 18,165 25,237 13,894 17,739 ments 286,158 Assess- 0 0 776 550 503 UNRESTRICTED FUNDS 3,016 5,408 5,639 1,000 2,000 2,242 2,400 37,444 21,162 45,378 23,109 11,216 82,779 Other 355,209 599,831 Income INCOME Inc 52,181 42,345 14,335 67,394 65,737 32,892 64,443 37,011 46,205 10,823 58,233 115,842 279,449 220,216 180,815 130,654 166,696 145,914 109,934 1,841,119 Gross Asses (b) (b) (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) † Ballycairn Belvoir Berry Street Cooke Centenary Dunmurry Fisherwick Fitzroy Great Victoria Street Kilmakee Lowe Memorial Malone May Street // McCracken Memorial Newtownbreda Richview Saintfield Road Taughmonagh Street Townsend Windsor THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN IRELAND Presbytery Ser No (5) Belfast South 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 £ Total 98 MINUTES 0 0 0 0 2,667 6,000 8,400 7,200 7,500 9,741 3,825 7,500 7,200 7,000 7,920 6,500 7,735 5,500 8,285 6,300 7,600 9,960 7,500 All Exps. 0 9,867 Total 39,538 35,169 35,206 43,241 26,360 34,589 36,751 39,791 46,093 49,018 30,278 39,141 44,760 29,434 34,571 28,001 37,294 30,110 30,472 26,800 32,629 Income 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CMF tation 9,170 8,061 31,010 759,113 134,333 13,779 Augmen- 0 9,770 Mins 39,538 31,047 34,846 42,881 26,000 34,229 36,391 39,791 45,733 48,658 19,715 29,918 38,781 44,400 19,580 15,295 35,155 29,750 30,468 0 26,440 32,269 Stipend 710,655 0 0 2
81 42 22 55 43 24 53 30 32 93 30 65 12 160 1,059 Sun Sch & Bib Cls 8 8 31 14 26 16 19 27 23 133 25 15 117 35 21 30 26 10 35 10 24 452 Elders Ruling 78 12 14 73 9 0 75 13 26 95 15 25 87 128 246 190 278 One 3,917 Commun 97 150 188 327 322 340 120 121 125 Roll 6,006 Commun 0 2 4 256 181 9 231 167 8 149 121 0 373 200 8 6 0 52 47 3 134 103 2 0 0 406 173 9 2 56 41 0 56 50 0 541 265 0 0 127 112 18 402 353 25 13 844 416 20 589 438 Table 129 Lord’s 5 0 2 2 1 3 5 5 3 8 0 3 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 7 1 2 72 15 Baptisms 180 210 825 440 544 519 534 436 919 873 311 229 753 282 278 480 196 448 2,156 1,047 1,050 All Age Persons
14,395 0 90 98 90 314 186 169 224 235 162 250 339 980 326 296 705 479 121 350 128 205 140 100 335 243 4,880 Contribs WFO/Stip
385 232 259 264 318 243 376 370 377 337 882 130 146 448 155 136 343 150 160 280 489 103 270 6,853 Families
(c) (c) Belmont Bloomfield Castlereagh Dundonald Christ Church, Cregagh Dundonald Garnerville Gilnahirk Granshaw Memorial Holywood First Memorial Holywood High Street Street Kirkpatrick Knock McQuiston Mersey Andrew’s Mountpottinger Orangefield Belfast Ravenhill St Stormont Strand Tullycarnet Westbourne THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN IRELAND Presbytery Ser No (5) Belfast East 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 £ Total Note: The letter “R” denotes a congregation in the Republic of Ireland BELFAST, 2017 99 80,309 65,162 74,390 49,673 86,938 56,832 85,681 41,092 44,560 198,292 396,615 104,052 116,966 139,192 118,257 151,616 202,988 236,379 486,778 112,862 272,497 101,567 160,754 2016 3,383,452 for 2018 Assessable Income used Assessments 3,131 1,449 -6,995 -1,355 47,474 42,195 67,389 61,432 40,291 73,405 92,865 18,098 11,165 52,383 23,057 80,889 -17,073 203,244 144,134 114,609 590,836 254,247 Closing -156,926 1,739,944 -62 5,816 1,280 -4,660 49,024 32,190 60,649 46,870 34,369 73,451 79,197 94,416 14,916 10,383 34,855 53,706 -50,831 -11,398 184,605 102,467 470,639 257,658 Unrestricted Funds Opening -131,304 1,408,236 BALANCES 67,154 72,973 94,263 69,386 67,722 564,444 921,585 272,577 121,234 295,979 434,781 224,995 176,839 190,636 244,326 683,378 667,559 187,055 Closing -1,054,660 1,031,904 2,613,847 2,364,784 1,082,048 11,394,809 Total Funds Total 80,295 47,877 77,598 69,864 78,079 45,901 578,227 808,507 254,448 979,574 956,628 370,381 153,880 129,987 950,934 182,733 255,432 674,448 673,715 163,970 Opening -1,263,821 2,500,949 2,209,721 10,979,327 0 0 0 260 2,624 4,956 5,450 2,350 26,916 11,364 26,724 13,089 51,747 52,395 15,207 10,844 11,749 10,073 46,082 21,985 13,161 21,267 Organ- 127,420 475,663 isations 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 198 709 390 4,451 2,930 2,318 1,147 3,804 3,155 1,270 18,175 14,765 56,443 24,890 10,464 12,274 Others 157,383 0 0 5,030 4,031 8,181 7,700 9,503 5,073 3,159 6,803 1,333 5,670 8,511 4,511 1,792 10,096 17,267 16,339 12,330 53,341 29,634 100,298 154,697 465,299 Charities Missions/ EXPENDITURE 0 4,811 9,526 6,776 5,889 6,550 4,691 7,353 6,050 9,570 5,568 5,376 2,263 15,890 11,193 12,503 13,434 14,609 21,669 13,003 33,300 18,686 13,296 United Appeal 242,006 0 0 0 821 5,559 1,951 7,306 7,395 6,349 6,781 1,192 28,529 41,447 52,757 29,673 26,380 20,871 41,425 17,156 65,759 14,792 112,300 Property 1,724,341 2,212,784 0 0 0 RESTRICTED FUNDS 278 1,732 4,549 4,818 2,071 23,010 13,657 26,276 12,343 34,884 44,034 13,091 10,126 10,023 17,642 48,223 85,607 20,747 11,385 20,716 Organ- 405,212 isations 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 686 8,765 7,797 4,828 9,525 1,999 3,450 3,481 4,346 1,439 24,127 50,405 20,411 24,075 27,935 Other 131,481 324,783 Income INCOME 8,842 8,656 1,749 7,764 9,294 4,883 3,695 12,937 51,248 15,060 24,356 30,227 14,613 29,773 19,245 30,450 10,962 28,738 13,412 10,704 32,898 20,597 206,678 596,781 Charities Missions/ 0
277 4,474 5,637 6,932 7,274 For For 58,685 84,819 20,511 35,783 79,716 19,669 14,571 47,637 10,235 42,777 48,383 38,532 37,115 18,517 138,491 142,218 Property 1,065,536 1,927,789 9,166 94,349 56,478 11,333 23,767 41,663 28,470 26,828 55,085 29,324 35,641 39,215 12,637 19,781 14,784 79,935 32,263 19,146 12,400 25,443 Other -70,770 167,284 165,543 929,765 0 92,821 41,403 74,841 61,428 73,266 35,802 85,752 93,247 18,241 72,685 28,403 50,671 41,859 45,341 42,287 30,694 21,631 Allow 121,368 116,346 248,873 170,324 137,351 Salary & 1,704,634 EXPENDITURE 0 0 7,679 9,960 8,680 20,238 27,978 17,819 19,064 21,626 26,649 24,140 28,587 11,545 36,273 33,963 22,024 11,467 17,280 20,271 14,077 28,478 16,079 ments 423,877 Assess- 0 0 0 572 117 UNRESTRICTED FUNDS 9,226 7,789 3,978 5,687 8,958 2,119 3,606 8,084 1,000 16,948 12,711 42,481 21,355 81,798 15,810 10,716 33,208 Other -75,543 210,620 Income INCOME Inc 80,309 65,162 74,390 49,673 86,938 56,832 97,779 41,092 44,560 203,830 396,615 104,552 118,096 139,192 118,257 151,616 205,282 242,633 486,778 112,862 288,711 101,567 160,754 3,427,480 Gross Asses (c) (c) Belmont Bloomfield Castlereagh Dundonald Christ Church, Cregagh Dundonald Garnerville Gilnahirk Granshaw Holywood First Holywood High Street Kirkpatrick Memorial Knock McQuiston Memorial Mersey Street Mountpottinger Orangefield Ravenhill St Andrew’s Stormont Strand Belfast Tullycarnet Westbourne THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN IRELAND Presbytery Ser No (6) Belfast East 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 £ Total 100 MINUTES 7,866 5,500 7,050 6,900 9,300 8,912 7,500 7,859 6,750 7,320 5,798 8,358 2,288 3,890 7,500 4,800 8,312 7,800 7,875 2,880 All Exps. Total 30,700 37,785 31,909 32,424 27,788 43,978 29,798 39,635 32,323 30,709 39,837 40,178 11,261 19,293 32,218 19,257 34,649 30,700 26,776 12,942 Income 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CMF tation 3,466 14,310 604,160 134,458 10,844 Augmen- Mins 30,340 37,421 31,549 32,064 27,428 43,343 29,438 39,275 31,963 19,496 39,837 39,775 10,961 18,933 31,858 17,398 34,289 26,874 12,942 0 26,398 Stipend 581,582 7 9
34 77 50 12 27 60 20 51 45 51 42 38 25 21 85 56 724 Sun Sch & Bib Cls 2 6 7 18 32 13 19 15 12 16 13 10 32 41 12 20 15 11 309 Elders Ruling 24 2 0 75 13 14 57 One 2,807 Commun 30 137 122 Roll 4,171 Commun 0 145 119 5 445 254 8 225 155 8 295 188 2 170 115 2 147 127 4 270 188 2 0 4 270 196 1 439 248 0 0 80 62 6 143 102 2 191 123 1 87 74 8 129 113 89 11 360 253 10 245 148 15 241 186 Table Lord’s 6 4 3 1 6 5 2 2 2 2 1 4 0 1 9 0 1 9 1 70 11 Baptisms 97 187 638 726 768 482 358 723 648 315 310 480 497 630 299 1,354 1,304 1,037 1,084 2,224 All Age Persons
14,161 50 98 209 378 215 220 221 344 225 330 204 130 126 387 501 112 185 155 144 136 4,370 Contribs WFO/Stip
53 98 268 576 281 282 227 576 225 488 322 239 148 560 994 130 195 241 253 146 6,302 Families
Ballycarry Ballyclare (First) Ballylinney Hill Ballynure Carrickfergus Cairncastle Carrickfergus Craigy (First) Downshire Gardenmore Greenisland (First) Islandmagee Islandmagee (Second) Joymount Larne Loughmorne Magheramorne Raloo Whitehead Woodburn Woodlands THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN IRELAND Presbytery Ser No (7) Carrickfergus 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 £ Total Note: The letter “R” denotes a congregation in the Republic of Ireland BELFAST, 2017 101 67,139 67,123 72,459 59,137 39,244 27,958 54,186 81,461 69,831 41,635 157,820 111,729 112,001 168,455 104,263 134,889 108,512 168,483 158,846 149,528 2016 1,954,699 for 2018 Assessable Income used Assessments 2,143 5,605 -1,729 65,286 41,314 82,801 11,461 60,693 24,250 16,266 17,208 24,991 19,011 24,334 15,266 -24,905 141,515 134,081 101,974 144,556 906,121 Closing 2,336 8,018 7,254 -8,362 84,554 61,523 24,526 82,646 29,048 45,299 18,870 36,482 21,243 25,777 18,793 25,950 22,281 64,375 131,861 145,576 848,050 Unrestricted Funds Opening BALANCES 35,375 41,980 27,731 63,260 27,115 68,970 193,012 192,926 103,009 188,677 140,804 325,758 158,092 274,219 114,799 257,966 363,164 122,096 233,965 Closing 1,258,861 4,191,779 Total Funds Total 24,000 87,553 95,000 83,255 26,823 39,339 31,725 75,461 79,515 47,407 181,469 198,289 420,392 264,865 129,503 251,044 393,844 123,621 260,410 Opening 1,213,266 4,026,781 0 0 9,684 9,135 1,371 1,623 6,259 8,441 12,731 45,201 29,685 28,438 13,074 61,877 13,460 15,965 26,551 17,957 20,059 15,333 Organ- 336,844 isations 0 0 0 0 0 326 326 434 260 2,265 7,175 1,704 7,365 1,254 4,839 3,101 6,818 25,252 27,539 18,588 Others 107,246 335 3,512 5,320 6,473 9,263 2,766 1,836 2,449 3,199 8,484 3,220 2,021 2,525 8,333 23,797 21,879 18,459 15,593 30,462 23,475 193,401 Charities Missions/ EXPENDITURE 8,492 9,185 8,529 8,955 6,318 6,349 5,267 2,612 4,545 4,737 6,520 5,138 9,922 16,027 10,376 19,214 14,588 15,072 19,736 12,500 United Appeal 194,082 0 0 0 660 4,775 7,011 5,231 4,335 8,895 4,383 1,324 14,765 10,197 75,569 38,255 71,205 37,025 73,716 19,772 152,933 530,051 Property 0 0 RESTRICTED FUNDS 9,716 1,451 1,755 5,584 9,258 13,151 42,963 26,300 32,845 14,880 56,550 20,208 12,157 17,442 27,687 20,032 21,187 18,254 Organ- 351,420 isations 0 0 0 682 143 438 908 464 851 2,265 7,105 7,365 7,756 1,417 1,765 7,553 26,645 68,548 15,124 21,267 Other 170,296 Income INCOME 9,283 7,716 4,328 2,920 7,033 3,657 11,666 33,731 32,405 15,536 14,962 27,977 13,726 28,056 27,843 34,372 23,517 26,765 13,873 34,248 373,614 Charities Missions/ 0 5,808 7,967 6,090 4,768 2,696 17,229 46,784 35,152 11,981 20,287 17,071 50,020 20,804 16,918 36,512 26,746 39,749 29,793 129,512 525,887 For Property For 773 4,394 8,433 10,269 28,813 33,612 18,491 14,694 33,872 36,339 11,502 20,792 26,704 14,879 34,693 59,736 22,217 35,578 21,306 41,253 Other 478,350 47,225 96,382 61,587 56,442 40,084 39,683 43,699 83,697 61,641 39,001 41,916 95,020 17,042 22,651 32,627 53,455 26,490 82,623 Allow 152,608 114,034 Salary & 1,207,907 EXPENDITURE 9,477 6,526 8,427 15,786 25,811 18,812 23,711 14,660 27,907 17,396 15,262 25,109 20,660 13,493 27,950 27,241 13,949 16,398 11,573 23,156 ments 363,304 Assess- 0 0 0 320 305 550 328 382 UNRESTRICTED FUNDS 4,624 1,618 7,674 1,138 4,042 1,860 5,088 1,036 4,484 5,516 59,459 65,898 Other 164,322 Income INCOME Inc 67,139 68,113 74,839 59,437 39,244 27,958 54,186 81,461 69,831 41,635 157,820 111,729 112,001 168,455 104,465 134,889 108,512 168,483 162,808 149,528 1,962,533 Gross Asses Ballycarry Ballyclare Ballylinney Ballynure Cairncastle Carrickfergus (First) Craigy Hill Downshire Carrickfergus Gardenmore Greenisland Islandmagee (First) Islandmagee (Second) Joymount Larne (First) Loughmorne Magheramorne Raloo Whitehead Woodburn Woodlands THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN IRELAND Presbytery Ser No (7) Carrickfergus 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 £ Total 102 MINUTES 7,886 4,140 6,500 7,500 9,600 4,200 8,500 2,445 7,500 7,727 3,350 3,164 6,601 7,722 1,742 4,156 9,921 8,312 2,679 6,300 5,250 7,500 6,300 5,985 3,000 7,580 7,210 8,520 1,300 7,500 3,750 2,200 4,000 3,600 7,488 All Exps. 0 0 Total 35,540 19,858 24,416 27,258 37,575 18,901 26,674 29,836 38,736 13,705 26,734 35,912 17,863 30,145 31,394 11,520 25,974 36,774 28,288 14,783 37,080 38,807 35,416 38,605 20,127 10,966 16,623 31,000 26,070 14,650 13,466 30,112 30,700 Income 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6,648 1,700 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CMF tation 2,747 5,059 6,708 3,654 15,325 33,493 882,156 202,828 Augmen- 0 0 6,636 Mins 14,799 14,166 23,990 26,398 37,215 18,301 25,533 12,119 0 29,476 37,274 10,799 0 13,442 26,324 35,552 16,107 0 13,427 29,063 31,034 11,053 25,281 23,260 30,340 27,071 19,053 14,735 36,720 38,245 35,056 14,650 0 38,245 13,256 21,165 30,340 Stipend 800,125 8
15 31 30 20 58 27 60 25 14 41 18 35 64 13 33 45 45 10 30 18 43 23 49 30 42 66 22 25 21 74 34 17 24 1,267 Sun Sch & Bib Cls 5 4 9 7 5 7 6 3 6 9 9 5 5 6 4 5 13 23 29 10 11 19 112 11 11 11 25 94 12 28 14 10 454 Elders Ruling 85 94 37 83 5 68 7 85 7 92 13 45 85 6 35 56 226 145 267 284 One 4,791 Commun 97 67 69 103 188 190 136 659 145 337 223 505 171 545 Roll 9,579 Commun 0 2 2 239 113 0 216 131 0 598 366 0 246 147 1 228 141 0 2 160 120 3 540 191 0 1 240 126 5 549 232 7 1 5 170 102 2 223 163 4 282 138 0 55 30 1 160 118 2 0 520 119 6 386 166 0 3 5 124 114 3 272 105 2 0 244 121 0 226 150 2 9 0 287 152 0 0 179 104 0 68 Table Lord’s 2 0 2 2 3 3 2 2 3 3 1 1 5 1 1 2 2 0 3 4 2 7 0 1 2 4 1 5 1 2 7 0 1 2 2 89 10 Baptisms 402 281 189 169 289 179 254 104 124 188 427 369 331 320 235 888 814 421 545 260 474 595 489 533 263 335 767 408 464 453 122 340 177 1,000 1,008 All Age Persons
15,180 87 92 58 62 99 77 85 39 43 74 45 70 129 129 345 123 112 142 259 223 265 963 177 133 107 164 129 155 159 110 133 313 159 208 245 158 132 5,040 Contribs WFO/Stip
73 68 80 98 47 46 80 52 83 150 106 146 161 397 136 124 145 393 116 314 387 191 221 126 224 247 198 207 116 143 361 202 287 386 168 164 6,443 Families
(c) (c) // (c) // (c)
Aghadowey Ballyrashane Ballywatt Ballywillan Balteagh Banagher Boveedy (First) Bovevagh Burnside Castlerock Coleraine Crossgar (First) (Second) Derramore Drumachose (First) Dunboe Dunboe Dungiven (First) Garvagh Hazelbank Killaig (First) Kilrea (Second) (Second) Kilrea Limavady Limavady Macosquin Magilligan - Garvagh Main Street Moneydig Myroe Coleraine New Row, Portrush Portstewart Ringsend Coleraine Row, Terrace THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN IRELAND Presbytery Ser No (8) Coleraine & Limavady 1 2 3 Ballysally 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Largy 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 £ Total Note: The letter “R” denotes a congregation in the Republic of Ireland BELFAST, 2017 103 62,390 75,824 51,731 70,993 46,317 67,553 21,261 25,857 90,681 49,491 29,951 44,053 77,313 38,429 42,033 97,823 28,005 52,031 33,581 31,863 79,101 59,527 66,229 16,847 82,461 65,776 48,963 46,762 182,538 171,500 101,917 102,136 152,006 119,514 117,928 171,787 2016 2,622,172 for 2018 Assessable Income used Assessments 9,140 4,599 5,461 3,064 3,587 -2,545 21,639 31,375 76,401 27,404 14,042 37,184 61,670 10,531 33,672 83,214 73,801 16,475 44,438 93,071 76,071 31,447 29,811 25,101 24,088 14,380 54,268 72,561 36,567 18,401 50,882 224,193 349,009 121,903 137,999 168,212 Closing 2,083,116 9,159 7,743 9,722 -3,492 11,571 89,507 73,863 39,913 12,245 13,650 11,542 14,698 58,863 31,209 18,224 70,768 68,134 20,124 33,630 71,473 41,994 22,226 30,751 24,833 12,421 49,003 64,999 32,640 29,124 55,209 221,796 283,297 108,252 109,497 122,337 155,084 Unrestricted Funds Opening 2,026,009 BALANCES 54,881 41,953 91,267 84,380 38,947 16,771 40,937 67,038 83,568 93,071 56,380 76,129 94,424 -19,199 152,831 137,425 520,643 191,991 131,145 196,221 138,835 127,034 267,060 144,215 240,624 104,470 720,184 145,614 256,127 465,464 177,762 365,072 Closing -389,178 1,380,615 2,578,532 2,068,469 10,941,702 Total Funds Total 93,361 87,524 81,196 46,480 98,095 49,093 57,072 60,766 58,678 93,216 75,192 87,790 -21,430 -83,703 145,615 116,327 129,863 504,508 406,837 169,510 153,287 114,037 292,459 109,497 183,184 224,742 618,881 147,050 205,137 453,417 157,651 373,977 Opening -362,645 1,351,164 2,671,878 2,058,407 11,008,113 0 0 4,454 5,886 1,945 1,590 7,266 1,303 5,284 3,309 3,509 5,656 8,742 3,284 9,090 2,410 5,944 1,892 9,752 8,227 4,261 8,713 3,573 13,268 21,177 11,245 11,766 14,903 20,658 15,773 15,752 18,278 15,618 19,744 32,579 22,835 Organ- 339,686 isations 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 6 0 0 0 12 30 500 500 996 747 332 276 484 4,755 1,070 1,845 5,385 6,542 5,189 5,245 3,981 2,587 70,798 24,060 12,209 84,192 10,832 Others 242,582 736 208 5,300 3,083 6,207 1,695 1,394 4,115 1,132 2,606 4,838 3,310 3,593 6,913 3,569 2,235 4,405 1,910 2,536 6,774 2,805 5,321 9,369 3,898 3,380 9,800 2,748 5,778 11,839 18,014 51,270 33,868 29,170 19,361 12,636 18,733 304,549 Charities Missions/ EXPENDITURE 0 5,808 6,800 4,180 6,047 5,087 5,840 1,949 2,468 6,024 6,587 3,763 4,379 3,434 3,722 9,292 7,848 2,533 4,737 3,188 3,736 7,392 6,212 5,475 1,518 8,251 7,188 6,290 9,519 2,813 14,995 14,000 10,705 16,011 11,070 14,343 United Appeal 233,204 689 8,861 2,126 6,481 1,222 3,118 8,645 8,784 2,757 9,009 2,277 6,005 6,647 8,915 1,784 32,824 72,955 19,535 12,997 10,705 23,987 39,978 64,530 22,484 20,966 10,274 36,522 21,520 16,899 14,466 25,704 47,028 118,448 332,489 175,885 105,111 Property 1,302,627 0 0 RESTRICTED FUNDS 5,237 6,042 9,965 2,200 2,218 8,920 3,473 4,442 2,044 4,050 5,734 8,125 3,390 7,688 2,977 5,257 4,014 6,851 3,095 3,672 12,559 18,112 13,660 13,934 23,279 13,872 14,176 19,276 16,524 17,549 20,035 28,490 10,389 18,036 Organ- 339,285 isations 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 43 500 890 795 957 500 941 638 599 754 463 757 651 3,239 2,921 6,025 2,531 6,542 5,917 5,372 6,918 4,650 1,538 76,508 20,519 11,193 32,338 Other 194,700 Income INCOME 6,416 6,042 3,268 2,952 7,736 5,325 6,739 6,908 5,163 8,098 5,098 4,075 9,017 1,626 9,063 5,951 16,477 22,606 10,392 77,762 10,919 10,139 38,881 16,979 34,052 18,011 16,205 17,334 10,970 17,191 12,642 16,095 19,391 26,904 20,870 20,121 527,418 Charities Missions/ 9,285 2,438 7,403 4,545 5,440 4,978 9,922 6,379 7,397 3,224 20,542 38,775 24,027 54,512 10,088 19,464 47,884 24,862 14,503 83,785 14,387 14,430 79,993 13,903 22,803 11,275 14,083 17,308 10,583 19,405 84,191 33,876 16,361 25,875 106,916 112,619 997,461 For Property For 4,822 8,857 5,347 1,326 9,832 1,822 6,416 6,438 8,140 5,664 4,478 24,582 21,569 13,500 35,265 24,526 13,015 58,642 21,903 19,701 10,476 12,951 23,283 16,637 10,091 15,388 12,900 17,519 42,063 19,729 11,313 23,022 31,027 42,140 11,674 39,184 Other 635,242 3,100 6,200 9,417 32,926 24,208 23,541 45,800 27,929 40,385 20,896 42,203 31,025 96,981 18,233 27,257 57,502 51,171 21,455 20,783 49,930 61,452 17,475 33,788 24,730 45,632 36,720 43,919 36,119 29,450 24,168 73,834 75,967 24,731 89,258 Allow 119,769 101,465 Salary & 1,489,419 EXPENDITURE 9,141 5,839 6,338 8,039 8,547 8,283 6,490 7,962 3,892 8,775 14,789 12,190 15,662 24,807 10,521 13,015 14,461 15,840 10,550 25,381 17,866 20,287 18,128 16,216 11,919 15,143 18,455 12,224 15,210 19,978 11,528 10,742 24,607 24,889 21,362 27,415 ments 516,491 Assess- 0 0 91 215 188 597 967 182 123 897 974 UNRESTRICTED FUNDS 4,808 2,830 7,268 1,402 3,278 3,742 2,236 1,865 7,103 1,531 1,042 1,460 2,656 1,072 2,637 2,451 2,005 2,226 2,960 4,822 8,713 1,352 10,531 18,308 44,495 Other 147,027 Income INCOME Inc 62,390 75,824 51,781 70,993 46,317 67,553 21,261 25,857 90,681 49,491 29,951 44,053 77,313 38,733 42,033 97,823 28,005 52,031 33,581 31,863 79,101 64,815 66,889 16,847 82,461 65,776 48,963 48,604 182,538 181,775 102,705 102,136 152,006 119,514 117,928 172,601 2,642,193 Gross Asses (c) (c) (c) (c) Aghadowey Ballyrashane Ballysally Ballywatt Ballywillan Balteagh Banagher Boveedy // Bovevagh Burnside Castlerock Coleraine (First) Crossgar Derramore Drumachose Dunboe (First) Dunboe (Second) Dungiven Garvagh (First) Hazelbank Killaig Kilrea (First) Kilrea (Second) // Largy Limavady (First) Limavady (Second) Macosquin Magilligan Main Street - Garvagh Moneydig Myroe Coleraine New Row, Portrush Portstewart Ringsend Coleraine Row, Terrace THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN IRELAND Presbytery Ser No (8) Coleraine & Limavady 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 £ Total 104 MINUTES 0 0 0 0 9,800 9,059 8,800 8,312 2,500 5,308 4,146 4,620 6,150 7,560 8,382 7,920 6,875 7,800 4,539 8,312 3,750 1,036 4,800 5,316 1,100 5,257 3,182 2,358 All Exps. 0 0 0 0 2,873 7,072 Total 43,933 36,632 21,420 24,080 11,433 19,029 34,672 35,515 36,200 35,763 37,626 36,051 29,263 12,186 35,668 15,917 15,977 14,788 18,202 12,348 15,544 13,422 Income 0 0 0 0 0 0 8,766 1,356 0 0 0 0 7,336 3,125 0 0 9,410 2,461 0 0 0 0 0 0 CMF tation 3,849 8,232 12,595 22,947 Augmen- 0 0 0 0 8,465 6,707 8,766 7,336 9,410 2,858 0 5,279 0 6,346 Mins 35,423 31,064 12,186 0 26,015 494 11,433 17,979 11,365 35,155 30,519 32,880 37,248 35,667 15,748 0 28,500 15,290 15,065 48 13,413 0 17,842 11,433 0 Stipend 6 9 0
26 65 18 40 15 31 25 17 48 12 64 40 40 18 77 22 24 30 28 93 18 19 Sun Sch & Bib Cls 5 7 6 4 3 4 4 7 6 1 10 10 15 10 10 15 17 25 19 23 10 12 Elders Ruling 35 2 5 27 1 8 35 4 0 46 51 90 11 15 62 6 67 97 9 0 70 74 5 73 4 42 21 63 168 117 12 40 One Commun 35 57 62 46 81 57 25 293 121 343 122 150 190 110 171 146 120 Roll Commun 0 294 177 0 0 4 408 264 1 6 0 4 0 51 42 3 285 121 1 2 290 130 1 92 56 2 0 2 368 172 0 7 580 150 8 392 280 6 947 200 0 6 772 304 1 1 4 288 142 0 264 129 0 0 0 0 11 656 235 Table Lord’s 3 0 6 3 3 2 0 1 0 2 0 3 1 3 2 1 1 3 6 0 4 2 3 7 2 8 2 2 0 0 14 Baptisms 63 60 62 85 79 98 87 32 563 185 150 210 310 133 267 109 208 323 745 320 794 779 592 979 495 218 330 869 120 1,302 All Age Persons 20 54 37 60 26 75 30 44 74 35 27 36 42 61 73 48 24 13 143 120 250 160 409 103 196 200 227 350 251 166 118 230 Contribs WFO/Stip
20 62 41 62 25 91 32 52 80 39 29 36 42 71 81 52 32 13 215 138 255 215 119 365 306 253 465 389 188 130 306 Families
R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R (c) R (c) (c) (c) R (c) (c) R Alt Ballyarnett Ballykelly Road Ballylennon Burt Carlisle Carndonagh Carnone Carrigart Convoy Crossroads Cumber (Donegal) Donagheady Donegal Donemana Donoughmore Dunfanaghy Ebrington Derry Fahan Fannet Faughanvale First Glendermott Gortnessy Greenbank Inch Kilfennan Kilmacrennan Knowhead Leckpatrick Letterkenny THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN IRELAND Presbytery Ser No (9 Derry & Donegal) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 BELFAST, 2017 105 0 9,000 8,316 6,517 7,020 4,000 4,000 9,000 3,125 2,664 3,217 2,500 3,210 1,680 7,084 10,000 105,726 0 7,450 5,315 5,643 5,663 33,316 50,708 30,466 36,536 34,192 10,227 14,385 29,420 10,984 20,538 12,545 444,389 0 0 0 0 8,719 5,072 0 0 0 0 0 0 7,515 74,122 462,844 124,503 18,936 0 9,638 0 8,719 5,643 0 6,900 5,643 0 5,315 32,956 39,022 29,489 13,540 31,581 14,383 29,060 11,973 0 10,741 20,538 351,861 412,672 494 0 45 54 28 17 15 12 37 13 13 23 32 62 104 607 8 5 9 6 6 4 10 12 14 15 12 18 196 40 3 9 25 4 7 54 82 45 9 76 8 71 34 85 269 180 9 0 228 2,925 233 717 2,451 60 43 97 89 44 530 203 190 124 145 164 354 7,068 4,286 4 319 135 8 322 133 0 9 0 1 9 387 136 0 0 0 223 115 0 244 128 5 3 5 0 5 13 78 54 2 8 2 0 8 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 3 0 1 8 71 55 71 52 47 350 675 289 187 150 131 295 737 365 304 201 142 196 492 5,603 10,057 26 78 22 58 50 41 96 97 52 62 18 125 185 215 130 148 129 3,130 1,695 36 88 28 85 55 38 53 69 18 140 216 269 164 105 185 102 154 4,035 1,974
R R R R R R R R R R (c) R (c) R (c) R (c) R // (c) Magheramason Malin Milford Monreagh Moville Newtowncunningham Ramelton Raphoe & Ballindrait Rathmullan Ray St. Johnston Cumber Strabane Stranorlar Trenta Upper Waterside Sion 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 £ Total € Total Note: The letter “R” denotes a congregation in the Republic of Ireland 106 MINUTES 8,741 5,573 47,600 79,187 22,924 31,979 74,014 20,788 28,471 22,111 29,900 14,030 44,327 50,086 67,827 83,365 35,027 30,720 97,097 35,829 22,205 79,130 98,378 94,969 23,132 27,788 29,809 48,097 71,793 98,540 115,054 2016 for 2018 Assessable Income used Assessments 1,269 9,457 -3,980 -3,858 11,440 78,384 29,700 16,022 16,088 42,560 27,370 21,225 40,995 61,380 81,270 10,473 17,473 61,260 56,088 18,220 33,148 41,314 55,228 86,881 40,011 15,783 29,091 -43,839 146,945 306,668 146,366 Closing 138 4,563 2,264 9,767 -7,310 85,617 33,645 12,707 23,722 31,896 27,521 26,720 26,879 38,652 55,175 21,754 20,199 34,279 40,035 16,609 48,764 69,690 53,108 82,973 32,532 13,156 24,786 -28,469 119,404 317,039 153,677 Unrestricted Funds Opening BALANCES 7,545 20,114 12,018 59,498 70,664 70,650 74,006 54,766 61,030 13,285 92,912 17,721 96,510 172,627 187,901 226,899 302,839 132,619 538,619 251,419 116,238 157,441 115,715 356,739 312,220 123,766 266,643 288,511 149,074 414,432 Closing 2,745,566 Total Funds Total 9,194 17,270 61,730 65,646 13,119 75,560 62,113 55,598 68,877 78,550 16,303 92,696 -23,310 177,860 202,769 220,513 268,991 144,078 539,372 245,942 179,623 154,550 106,316 334,384 296,249 130,002 265,285 285,666 152,285 115,877 Opening 2,804,272 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 201 877 564 4,719 9,876 2,102 4,414 2,941 4,620 9,896 2,701 3,627 6,307 1,052 6,820 10,845 18,388 19,598 13,839 15,372 14,027 34,356 14,844 12,040 Organ- isations 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 159 476 374 748 147 320 965 102 797 6,054 4,888 8,831 3,145 1,989 1,062 1,883 13,939 Others 661 790 273 556 295 1,993 1,188 2,873 3,065 2,696 2,940 7,606 1,014 2,411 4,446 4,498 1,289 6,610 3,050 7,768 1,819 5,603 1,999 4,373 8,292 1,956 3,642 2,589 1,696 18,658 22,597 Charities Missions/ EXPENDITURE 615 665 5,435 9,085 2,154 2,708 7,336 2,058 2,000 1,609 2,659 1,355 4,660 5,036 3,205 8,113 3,266 2,088 9,219 4,300 1,915 8,736 8,425 2,890 2,023 2,428 4,006 6,774 7,772 11,861 10,653 United Appeal 0 0 0 0 9,129 6,610 4,959 9,838 4,463 7,393 5,339 3,521 2,098 1,480 19,770 11,833 31,261 26,173 14,466 11,925 11,933 10,894 27,102 11,087 55,885 20,505 13,506 13,090 31,408 10,000 163,975 Property 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 RESTRICTED FUNDS 140 864 2,064 3,493 5,975 3,464 6,779 1,130 4,632 1,514 2,312 6,739 5,875 11,477 12,088 11,321 11,853 12,385 10,789 16,568 36,069 20,667 12,016 Organ- isations 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 801 240 748 944 6,534 2,405 8,200 8,611 3,390 1,927 1,989 1,071 13,939 Other 300,000 Income INCOME 960 1,276 6,928 9,684 4,987 5,235 9,176 3,934 6,649 2,389 3,449 1,628 6,995 3,747 6,367 1,882 4,915 1,666 4,067 5,501 3,676 7,648 8,336 4,961 26,930 12,230 26,112 10,910 16,504 18,072 18,892 Charities Missions/ 0 0 5,157 7,036 5,512 7,799 6,204 9,634 8,487 9,546 5,902 5,150 2,770 2,159 6,157 44,599 16,025 16,490 14,782 28,205 21,791 71,540 10,478 10,158 27,309 28,576 17,915 46,530 18,285 31,395 11,768 For Property For 3,513 7,916 6,123 8,655 8,530 9,570 4,816 4,926 14,217 18,013 26,026 17,573 11,058 11,769 12,767 16,101 28,712 21,066 20,786 13,468 19,237 13,728 11,649 13,829 35,357 16,295 34,078 24,083 20,714 17,735 37,612 Other 0 0 0 3,910 8,707 7,143 8,713 31,095 47,899 22,464 44,621 10,965 15,073 15,073 28,187 17,515 24,259 24,732 17,862 60,472 10,912 47,260 57,755 76,991 15,185 10,461 81,419 14,421 25,762 39,840 56,369 Allow Salary & EXPENDITURE 1,518 6,907 4,733 5,051 6,704 4,223 6,548 2,889 5,930 7,804 8,124 9,305 6,169 7,034 4,383 3,681 4,969 1,097 6,058 11,324 16,974 15,605 12,986 21,330 17,313 18,945 20,473 21,482 10,448 15,676 19,329 ments Assess- 0 0 0 30 30 225 396 420 640 945 483 577 227 212 298 UNRESTRICTED FUNDS 7,077 1,588 2,633 7,970 5,619 2,400 1,994 2,417 6,042 2,258 4,594 31,532 15,466 11,009 12,632 23,582 Other Income INCOME 8,741 5,573 Inc 48,615 79,187 22,924 31,979 74,014 20,788 28,471 22,111 29,900 14,030 44,327 50,086 71,142 83,365 35,027 30,720 97,097 40,709 22,205 79,130 98,378 94,969 23,132 27,788 29,809 48,097 71,793 98,540 115,054 Gross Asses R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) Alt Ballyarnett Ballykelly Ballylennon Burt Carlisle Road Carndonagh Carnone Carrigart Convoy Crossroads Cumber Donagheady Donegal Donemana Donoughmore (Donegal) Dunfanaghy Ebrington Fahan Fannet Faughanvale Derry First Glendermott Gortnessy Greenbank Inch Kilfennan Kilmacrennan Knowhead Leckpatrick Letterkenny THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN IRELAND Presbytery 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Ser No (9) Derry & Donegal BELFAST, 2017 107 81,273 20,011 32,035 49,147 24,504 36,530 72,860 89,516 19,913 76,286 28,210 58,543 21,078 23,513 40,762 66,385 32,957 1,238,052 1,073,962 8,235 4,635 79,763 12,655 65,865 24,099 13,325 39,847 56,445 22,178 25,067 14,897 12,409 22,205 10,904 -29,088 443,208 695,088 1,581,993 8,283 3,074 9,884 1,483 99,075 11,674 58,461 23,565 39,170 58,114 18,990 24,868 20,684 19,328 34,764 -11,254 429,034 647,950 1,592,739 32,899 35,639 25,942 84,529 122,110 110,490 290,447 129,655 244,928 552,295 338,834 256,968 101,185 326,848 167,015 169,732 531,505 6,531,666 4,499,342 21,131 35,750 94,764 22,081 149,243 107,829 272,907 132,893 352,559 549,229 317,823 234,443 289,606 204,519 157,279 510,859 370,852 6,768,063 4,273,084 0 0 0 150 1,615 5,266 7,677 5,495 2,655 5,278 1,423 4,076 2,410 1,885 17,326 10,816 13,765 189,030 104,833 0 0 0 0 0 966 726 611 294 112 330 864 1,296 3,382 1,000 2,663 1,654 29,693 30,116 0 543 451 421 6,206 4,225 3,144 1,041 2,737 9,910 4,816 3,731 3,668 3,415 2,205 1,225 9,179 81,531 104,632 773 8,085 1,683 2,700 3,741 4,069 6,342 6,494 1,382 6,552 2,100 5,422 2,194 1,929 3,795 7,372 1,926 86,785 124,823 2,136 3,305 5,882 4,012 2,300 3,256 2,895 9,041 5,042 27,053 10,865 12,824 50,809 59,758 17,392 223,109 395,442 800,886 573,878 0 0 0 150 2,866 4,889 5,908 3,778 2,319 6,694 1,112 5,020 3,676 2,849 17,898 12,741 15,575 86,357 199,342 0 0 0 0 0 32 928 726 257 323 129 330 805 2,146 1,536 1,000 8,007 37,883 329,158 0 3,808 5,489 1,814 9,520 4,724 9,873 5,140 5,965 2,442 3,865 4,556 2,147 12,981 14,711 11,310 15,582 183,640 175,993 860 6,417 2,026 1,976 13,513 13,774 13,502 13,123 32,277 11,258 75,394 15,608 28,041 13,815 22,423 112,893 106,809 497,227 483,841 7,486 9,255 8,741 7,462 9,086 9,992 9,103 28,961 18,237 11,365 23,908 14,949 21,365 26,592 17,703 15,241 14,930 354,243 410,055 8,768 9,564 8,163 6,995 9,394 52,137 17,229 13,243 41,970 49,104 29,808 21,675 49,069 14,808 13,791 19,772 50,165 735,520 505,200 3,736 5,489 9,034 2,659 6,975 3,860 8,396 4,677 5,064 8,061 16,181 16,680 19,769 14,418 14,940 14,154 13,164 256,023 216,246 0 0 0 504 860 611 571 285 250 3,151 6,177 3,710 1,751 3,418 11,958 15,623 27,606 114,236 105,535 81,273 20,011 32,035 49,147 24,819 36,530 72,860 89,516 19,913 76,286 28,210 58,543 21,078 23,513 40,762 66,385 32,957 1,239,067 1,082,472 R R R R R R R R R R R R (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) Magheramason Malin Milford Monreagh Moville Newtowncunningham Ramelton Raphoe & Ballindrait Rathmullan Ray Johnston St. Strabane Stranorlar Trenta Upper Cumber Waterside Sion // 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 £ Total € Total 108 MINUTES 6,250 5,336 8,299 5,400 7,360 6,000 5,843 7,008 8,900 3,360 8,048 7,500 8,940 3,520 8,064 2,100 6,000 4,050 6,000 4,050 All Exps. 7,017 Total 45,027 21,732 37,437 21,344 44,925 33,654 39,777 15,772 30,700 40,390 30,978 30,931 19,983 12,812 15,179 28,149 17,753 30,126 18,679 Income 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6,926 2,400 0 0 0 0 CMF tation 1,034 549,291 124,428 Augmen- 6,926 6,079 0 Mins 40,048 19,316 36,185 20,748 44,529 18,738 885 32,579 39,417 15,412 12,717 0 30,340 38,245 30,512 14,641 149 30,340 27,744 17,577 29,735 17,577 0 Stipend 529,405 6
15 60 38 17 67 21 36 35 42 75 12 27 80 928 130 120 Sun Sch & Bib Cls 6 5 7 7 3 4 25 15 24 45 15 16 110 18 11 13 24 275 Elders Ruling 29 4 0 28 79 73 61 10 22 80 11 15 75 4 60 64 8 0 112 151 One 2,543 Commun 39 40 114 111 326 102 134 118 130 182 110 Roll 4,273 Commun 1 0 388 148 1 249 155 0 273 186 6 5 530 287 5 5 285 185 0 0 0 166 113 0 0 0 179 124 0 264 139 7 210 154 0 2 0 323 240 0 45 13 Table Lord’s 2 6 3 2 1 3 6 2 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 57 11 13 Baptisms 60 348 110 513 810 701 310 264 305 298 464 921 534 383 316 1,450 1,849 1,074 All Age Persons 12,029 38 70 89 205 37 512 197 277 570 232 212 856 107 103 148 108 208 243 186 118 258 173 447 132 4,207 Contribs WFO/Stip
38 45 590 201 405 138 712 112 283 363 130 117 155 112 213 364 234 118 177 566 216 5,289 Families
(c) Ballynahinch (First) Ardglass Ballygowan (First) Ballynahinch (Second) Carryduff (Second) Clough Down Comber Comber (First) Downpatrick Edengrove Killinchy Killyleagh Killyleagh Kilmore (First) Lissara (Second) Magherahamlet Raffrey Saintfield Saintfield Seaforde Spa - Boardmills Trinity THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN IRELAND Presbytery Ser No (10) Down 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 £ Total Note: The letter “R” denotes a congregation in the Republic of Ireland BELFAST, 2017 109 14,042 90,470 55,243 52,755 50,942 64,681 50,781 79,260 31,655 79,740 37,161 47,609 97,219 154,319 141,535 142,756 197,305 111,607 102,518 143,019 112,448 2016 1,857,065 for 2018 Assessable Income used Assessments -536 8,436 4,660 8,704 5,797 22,214 53,038 41,903 19,484 78,170 78,588 54,073 17,611 82,472 31,024 21,797 -91,174 139,233 184,375 130,423 162,887 Closing 1,053,179 -826 6,054 21,121 27,900 32,061 32,196 19,245 74,710 12,576 63,601 45,142 17,004 75,431 22,037 41,127 -67,634 -15,419 122,221 147,394 119,928 120,587 916,456 Unrestricted Funds Opening BALANCES 57,714 72,125 89,311 -31,102 -59,857 271,898 819,280 125,111 332,879 159,758 145,184 132,010 301,220 209,895 236,051 138,308 251,289 147,193 103,599 Closing 1,462,633 1,023,904 5,988,403 Total Funds Total 96,679 54,400 67,487 76,947 -17,230 -86,112 244,160 807,603 345,762 113,185 137,680 124,060 265,206 398,199 209,339 123,432 171,402 127,026 111,357 Opening 1,414,472 1,009,613 5,794,667 0 0 2,164 2,535 9,198 6,070 3,392 4,562 4,571 6,260 49,776 19,850 23,280 28,704 47,285 25,167 22,917 81,584 20,839 23,889 11,929 Organ- 393,972 isations 0 0 0 0 0 0 825 650 341 266 924 1,613 2,849 9,723 1,187 7,662 1,312 2,680 10,928 10,695 19,015 70,670 Others 0 400 1,210 5,485 9,103 3,830 5,296 3,925 3,392 1,887 1,865 5,866 2,296 14,804 18,152 30,849 13,619 14,578 52,594 19,593 10,634 219,378 Charities Missions/ EXPENDITURE 0 1,550 9,500 8,988 2,479 7,270 4,586 4,864 7,012 3,805 8,219 8,435 2,705 5,211 7,419 13,331 15,320 15,127 21,430 10,076 14,873 United Appeal 172,200 0 6,997 6,106 6,552 9,273 2,566 6,021 24,723 11,488 12,696 77,588 44,617 35,055 11,585 19,359 10,460 11,575 28,756 27,678 19,957 219,526 592,578 Property 0 0 RESTRICTED FUNDS 3,402 3,130 6,214 4,373 4,703 4,021 6,821 58,986 15,221 23,899 29,478 51,256 27,425 11,062 25,381 85,046 16,959 25,708 11,930 Organ- 415,015 isations 0 0 0 0 0 100 371 606 2,924 2,169 2,375 7,999 4,500 2,040 8,229 4,381 14,335 11,888 19,095 23,631 15,367 Other 120,010 Income 0 INCOME 960 9,980 6,309 8,496 5,270 8,571 5,788 20,862 35,869 16,019 18,898 30,866 40,289 16,451 10,111 10,455 21,913 66,951 28,028 18,043 380,129 Charities Missions/ 7,152 8,688 7,462 7,646 7,889 6,451 43,117 30,122 22,055 43,743 68,996 46,289 14,552 30,684 15,864 14,932 11,537 40,486 24,276 54,681 18,385 525,007 For Property For 5,406 7,998 7,310 8,252 52,609 19,187 28,811 38,565 47,856 16,199 24,972 35,998 16,797 10,429 15,022 24,437 34,050 17,942 12,350 63,115 Other 107,702 595,007 10,202 36,653 78,476 33,716 68,379 30,327 81,146 57,939 33,217 32,960 28,408 43,201 23,891 40,702 81,405 53,760 10,544 24,380 44,377 Allow 100,446 128,961 Salary & 1,043,090 EXPENDITURE 3,675 8,890 6,898 6,988 8,956 26,154 16,638 24,137 12,155 21,025 29,525 10,105 20,841 22,081 10,209 12,264 16,467 17,106 24,738 18,180 16,434 ments 333,466 Assess- 0 80 145 UNRESTRICTED FUNDS 8,134 1,350 7,146 2,806 4,115 8,812 9,911 4,845 2,673 8,407 1,618 3,243 2,821 2,561 -5,585 74,570 15,261 11,375 Other 164,288 Income INCOME Inc 14,042 90,470 55,243 52,755 50,942 64,681 50,781 79,260 31,655 79,740 37,161 47,754 97,519 154,319 141,535 146,756 197,258 111,607 102,518 143,019 116,116 1,865,131 Gross Asses (c) Ardglass Ballygowan Ballynahinch (First) Carryduff Clough Down Comber (First) Comber (Second) Downpatrick Edengrove Killinchy Killyleagh (First) Killyleagh (Second) Kilmore Lissara Magherahamlet Raffrey Saintfield (First) Saintfield (Second) Seaforde Spa - Boardmills Trinity THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN IRELAND Presbytery Ser No (10) Down 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 £ Total 110 MINUTES 0 4,000 7,500 7,500 6,994 8,312 9,681 8,800 8,630 7,843 5,952 5,500 7,500 7,500 2,400 2,640 9,000 4,000 6,390 6,500 10,420 All Exps. 9,725 1,193 Total 13,466 45,457 33,115 35,228 37,059 40,151 38,527 37,650 46,504 23,949 32,511 37,575 32,071 29,266 15,013 20,746 33,228 17,991 29,582 Income 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34,394 10,898 0 0 0 0 0 0 CMF tation 6,833 644,401 147,960 3,508 2,147 1,178 Augmen- 0 9,259 0 Mins 13,411 44,602 25,398 32,265 34,133 36,699 39,791 38,167 37,290 42,830 23,494 32,464 34,094 37,215 31,034 14,357 20,466 32,769 17,623 27,075 Stipend 624,436 0 3
26 70 35 58 52 50 15 96 32 70 50 70 44 60 1,089 Sun Sch & Bib Cls 8 5 7 8 7 6 10 16 19 40 23 22 122 32 11 17 105 13 29 24 339 Elders Ruling 37 7 87 12 71 86 78 10 14 93 13 39 57 117 188 160 171 One 3,245 Commun 64 98 119 156 159 120 280 136 198 260 Roll 4,755 Commun 1 93 79 7 264 203 0 2 0 6 0 192 127 5 0 279 207 2 415 257 6 2 354 212 0 160 126 1 5 1 3 318 236 8 166 131 4 0 75 36 75 12 342 280 10 507 277 Table Lord’s 3 8 0 3 0 2 8 1 8 7 6 7 6 3 2 3 3 1 6 0 0 87 10 Baptisms 130 239 881 643 483 407 761 340 636 925 796 372 521 500 831 451 193 150 1,084 1,315 All Age Persons 13,092 42 96 101 260 148 137 212 195 117 241 342 385 286 842 290 137 138 188 592 230 270 143 348 107 4,413 Contribs WFO/Stip
57 133 338 183 185 232 305 141 302 476 415 334 386 158 204 235 290 355 225 103 477 135 5,669 Families
(c) (c) (c) Banbridge Road Anahilt (First) Ballinderry // Banbridge Cargycreevy Dromara (Second) Dromara – First Dromore Hill Drumbo Drumlough Elmwood Harmony (First) Hillhall Hillsborough Legacurry Lisburn Loughaghery Street Magheragall Street Maze Columba’s Moira Railway Sloan St THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN IRELAND Presbytery Ser No (11) Dromore 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 £ Total Note: The letter “R” denotes a congregation in the Republic of Ireland BELFAST, 2017 111 43,693 41,615 31,983 77,015 69,648 96,607 50,205 68,508 75,904 49,256 156,853 105,862 150,970 139,336 145,947 142,589 140,673 131,162 122,309 137,942 150,008 119,177 2016 2,247,262 for 2018 Assessable Income used Assessments 5,400 8,172 18,697 49,915 13,855 24,225 37,093 65,643 63,545 54,482 35,705 64,525 17,009 48,677 53,589 86,434 75,784 28,612 103,892 212,815 108,495 Closing 1,864,549 3,041,113 9,743 8,332 9,861 13,717 51,912 19,999 20,812 12,158 62,550 80,049 52,950 20,953 92,979 17,873 10,493 42,492 80,451 87,473 59,865 196,677 114,520 Unrestricted Funds Opening 2,070,517 3,136,376 BALANCES 9,570 86,338 92,584 18,606 62,361 -22,386 115,407 469,051 236,766 431,036 649,842 118,108 189,462 264,019 836,033 117,278 326,782 439,971 198,012 204,757 Closing -147,870 1,804,224 6,499,951 Total Funds Total 79,620 51,340 22,332 40,115 116,866 425,667 226,464 423,385 150,711 694,160 114,117 101,018 175,854 235,462 673,432 116,308 208,164 263,453 333,324 201,737 154,829 Opening 1,742,856 6,551,214 0 6,046 3,874 7,830 6,430 4,062 6,502 15,867 33,277 11,521 19,631 31,125 18,762 17,036 37,740 23,498 29,571 18,667 23,439 34,446 29,454 10,689 Organ- 389,467 isations 0 0 0 0 0 0 108 156 3,675 3,489 1,537 1,084 9,669 9,138 3,749 1,585 9,331 13,102 19,806 30,356 13,223 13,131 Others 133,139 0 997 617 2,885 1,597 3,408 8,778 1,104 3,442 6,793 6,078 2,887 3,200 9,730 1,329 19,727 32,339 10,503 11,747 98,985 12,455 24,300 262,901 Charities Missions/ EXPENDITURE 6,043 4,168 2,419 6,512 6,989 9,551 9,637 5,645 5,947 6,078 9,117 6,034 3,867 12,025 10,419 16,291 17,016 14,890 12,800 16,193 10,375 15,312 United Appeal 207,328 0 4,242 1,216 7,943 7,826 7,284 8,293 18,042 10,664 29,656 16,604 80,544 27,358 11,450 28,296 31,654 10,607 24,971 402,449 114,325 152,895 337,241 Property 1,333,560 0 RESTRICTED FUNDS 8,525 4,242 7,564 8,183 8,752 7,619 18,584 33,681 13,235 16,092 32,050 16,086 14,785 45,200 23,600 34,008 19,445 34,349 30,240 29,852 10,667 Organ- 416,759 isations 0 0 0 0 0 0 260 100 126 8,025 1,973 2,215 8,884 8,908 7,209 6,925 7,898 13,505 10,983 18,006 34,980 50,845 Other 180,842 Income 9 INCOME 8,409 3,416 2,096 5,982 6,438 2,045 9,746 5,005 10,281 12,882 17,441 41,722 26,205 20,458 24,026 20,897 10,775 12,565 29,048 24,635 116,756 410,837 Charities Missions/ 4,127 7,254 4,309 9,624 19,868 23,201 11,369 91,124 62,050 46,927 37,030 21,780 11,796 17,267 84,871 77,172 91,391 17,698 26,987 11,987 141,414 131,702 950,948 For Property For 9,114 10,672 16,920 63,104 18,242 21,143 17,010 34,332 32,288 38,416 59,256 47,947 21,751 32,770 10,572 16,562 48,492 20,896 42,532 31,600 Other 109,006 106,608 809,233 0 22,255 22,318 87,466 15,125 56,609 35,120 46,286 54,642 27,437 88,386 72,182 29,110 57,560 96,729 35,064 37,509 55,341 55,584 90,251 47,268 Allow 104,999 Salary & 1,137,241 EXPENDITURE 0 0 5,388 4,031 10,236 20,053 18,607 14,200 19,398 20,659 10,778 23,865 15,807 21,562 24,436 25,162 15,741 14,726 20,056 23,794 24,574 18,570 ments 351,643 Assess- 0 0 901 902 733 978 520 UNRESTRICTED FUNDS 4,920 4,591 9,505 4,344 6,579 2,760 3,871 11,094 48,682 18,384 17,842 23,087 60,040 20,576 69,188 Other 309,497 Income INCOME Inc 43,693 41,615 31,983 78,175 69,648 96,607 50,763 68,508 75,904 49,256 156,853 105,862 150,970 139,336 145,947 142,589 141,815 131,162 122,309 137,942 150,008 119,177 2,250,122 Gross Asses (c) (c) (c) Anahilt Ballinderry // Banbridge Road Cargycreevy Dromara (First) Dromara (Second) Dromore – First Drumbo Drumlough Elmwood Harmony Hill Hillhall Hillsborough Legacurry Lisburn (First) Loughaghery Magheragall Maze Moira Railway Street Sloan Street St Columba’s THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN IRELAND Presbytery Ser No (11) Dromore 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 £ Total 112 MINUTES 0 0 0 0 0 200 280 727 220 507 200 8,400 6,996 8,633 4,279 8,902 8,048 2,600 3,025 6,000 3,034 6,406 2,500 8,690 9,268 4,284 10,000 All Exps. 0 0 0 0 0 0 5,049 5,065 2,723 Total 44,785 43,068 42,222 41,905 32,894 42,433 34,798 40,540 11,681 40,365 33,697 42,499 46,897 43,570 23,258 25,890 40,085 46,683 Income 0 46,149 12,000 0 40,236 12,500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 438 43,293 13,160 CMF tation 9,425 9,070 47,747 12,002 8,887 9,797 14,142 45,799 12,278 34,133 37,538 19,597 28,896 23,372 28,012 29,940 29,589 31,537 16,210 14,379 13,915 39,517 Augmen- 398,394 913,331 165,139 0 0 0 0 0 0 6,915 2,492 3,638 6,426 3,381 0 5,049 0 6,834 4,992 0 2,723 0 5,881 Mins 31,297 46,149 35,000 36,239 39,876 21,948 17,702 42,495 10,240 33,253 36,740 11,675 10,415 15,000 11,312 24,862 Stipend 472,534 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 7
20 26 67 60 50 30 41 30 14 21 17 90 37 648 Sun Sch & Bib Cls 8 7 0 13 1 13 0 20 0 10 6 0 7 6 4 5 30 2 2 0 0 0 8 6 7 12 12 12 12 14 20 171 Elders Ruling 0 0 0 0 3 8 6 0 0 0 47 23 4 0 96 16 3 0 20 18 13 84 10 39 11 0 27 91 58 23 63 100 212 102 185 135 One 1,586 Commun 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 84 18 25 16 91 12 49 64 30 104 212 128 112 109 185 351 Roll 1,873 Commun 0 5 0 0 2 7 0 0 0 0 4 49 47 0 0 0 2 60 55 5 7 81 0 1 5 24 21 0 63 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 61 19 Table Lord’s 1 2 5 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 2 3 1 3 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 4 0 6 0 44 Baptisms 0 9 0 0 49 11 25 24 0 33 63 64 50 176 198 203 422 192 231 160 162 224 123 109 124 137 300 456 3,855 All Age Persons 0 0 70 0 7 6 0 0 76 58 89 90 99 14 16 47 34 77 22 54 20 55 30 13 25 97 12 15 18 42 47 28 52 15 65 98 1,086 Contribs WFO/Stip 7 0 0
21 18 30 22 64 95 11 5 22 72 70 95 46 15 35 26 35 18 12 60 43 66 24 113 116 109 153 160 133 166 1,857 Families
R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R (c) R (c) R (c) R // (c) R // (c) R // (c) R // (b) R // (b) R
Abbey Dublin Road/Donore Abbey Adelaide Aghada Arklow Athy (St. Andrew’s) Blackrock Bray Cahir Carlow Clontarf & Scots Corboy Donabate Laoghaire Drogheda Dun Enniscorthy Fermoy Galway Greystones Howth & Malahide Kilkenny Limerick – Christ Church Lucan Maynooth Mountmellick Mullingar Cork Naas Rathgar Sandymount Trinity Tullamore – St Patrick’s Waterford Wexford THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN IRELAND Presbytery Ser No (12) Dublin & Munster 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 € Total Note: The letter “R” denotes a congregation in the Republic of Ireland BELFAST, 2017 113 0 0 6,571 6,935 7,277 88,749 13,725 35,906 15,809 65,784 39,157 38,369 63,221 13,729 63,794 10,542 12,246 37,772 99,855 88,148 24,826 29,520 70,092 97,169 11,572 172,696 146,078 142,278 122,974 114,445 126,854 140,626 2016 1,906,719 for 2018 Assessable Income used Assessments 0 0 781 214 -473 9,528 6,279 5,387 3,994 9,739 9,178 7,717 5,869 5,783 4,649 -4,195 94,388 32,714 46,054 23,217 50,664 15,000 38,364 21,443 25,110 26,301 16,636 55,669 88,730 113,358 134,958 728,856 Closing 1,575,912 0 0 340 3,473 7,122 6,712 5,421 9,098 3,936 7,558 8,335 9,922 4,077 8,337 5,123 -6,668 83,165 36,189 84,382 38,474 32,371 48,988 11,949 15,042 38,819 32,722 24,483 10,118 72,901 124,940 267,469 166,670 Unrestricted Funds Opening 1,161,468 0 0 290 BALANCES 9,528 8,336 5,783 94,208 40,226 14,038 23,764 83,627 54,599 46,956 66,720 53,162 62,847 10,979 48,341 15,651 55,669 31,085 326,994 158,070 233,326 101,429 133,170 160,393 135,590 248,401 147,325 113,061 Closing 1,382,014 3,865,582 0 0 340 Total Funds Total 7,122 8,404 9,649 8,337 -5,976 83,165 52,913 14,451 29,109 82,806 42,460 74,237 43,104 36,496 54,458 13,380 38,177 72,901 35,534 360,982 127,827 225,289 105,670 126,359 138,470 135,920 216,107 841,441 190,265 Opening 3,169,397 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 757 791 1,000 13,105 Organ- 173,260 188,913 isations 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 54 62 75 109 100 670 205 410 1,586 9,640 1,555 1,510 9,077 1,545 69,058 18,763 22,010 10,144 Others 146,573 0 0 0 0 580 606 167 138 418 280 7,963 2,425 4,580 2,082 6,737 1,481 9,287 5,036 1,272 8,668 4,660 6,821 9,024 7,019 7,252 1,223 12,772 44,411 40,513 18,814 13,773 12,158 230,160 Charities Missions/ EXPENDITURE 0 0 0 0 0 919 473 300 680 906 863 7,471 2,509 1,127 4,269 1,686 1,289 5,545 1,424 4,014 8,528 1,066 2,100 4,397 1,094 7,102 4,346 2,089 1,092 8,715 4,050 3,513 81,567 United Appeal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 284 1,158 1,239 2,138 3,662 2,398 8,630 6,749 26,541 36,166 35,291 24,705 17,040 12,513 13,865 26,044 218,423 Property 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RESTRICTED FUNDS 693 826 1,120 13,854 40,000 56,493 Organ- isations 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 98 20 75 750 604 980 1,437 5,272 4,348 5,077 1,803 51,216 16,100 18,381 15,639 77,872 Other 199,672 Income 0 0 0 0 0 INCOME 355 606 463 418 277 2,425 6,925 1,432 6,737 1,481 6,358 3,736 1,272 8,862 3,245 2,856 1,305 1,343 5,237 2,554 13,220 25,445 10,377 38,440 16,437 12,643 18,697 193,146 Charities Missions/ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 557 446 140 1,330 1,189 7,269 14,341 25,065 35,050 39,593 15,274 19,395 13,706 21,759 90,030 18,558 30,254 79,186 413,170 For Property For 0 0 0 4,469 6,260 1,931 7,314 4,520 9,310 2,976 4,289 4,450 2,280 5,195 8,172 5,995 42,119 73,544 20,855 20,453 18,881 49,401 31,674 17,392 26,383 42,510 16,259 17,582 16,013 10,226 59,071 Other 193,453 722,977 0 0 727 4,381 5,572 4,783 2,500 4,358 6,706 8,790 2,496 2,923 8,131 3,017 5,269 40,927 77,728 13,240 22,558 58,808 40,788 27,291 86,738 34,130 43,253 63,359 84,891 50,701 14,275 13,415 39,598 21,000 Allow 792,353 Salary & EXPENDITURE 0 0 653 1,650 3,982 2,622 9,422 8,510 3,431 9,234 2,022 2,500 1,664 4,454 4,200 4,536 1,048 1,828 17,685 26,809 17,560 10,551 14,149 24,393 15,579 12,805 21,747 19,468 15,529 18,047 16,949 11,179 ments 304,206 Assess- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 230 539 UNRESTRICTED FUNDS 4,932 2,174 1,340 3,950 3,000 2,827 3,075 4,555 3,640 5,499 2,204 23,451 14,826 16,774 Other 522,288 604,106 Income 0 0 INCOME 6,571 6,935 7,277 Inc 99,816 13,725 35,906 15,809 65,784 39,157 38,369 63,221 13,729 63,794 10,542 12,246 37,772 99,855 88,148 24,876 29,520 79,961 20,019 11,699 172,696 146,078 142,278 128,858 103,147 126,854 198,900 1,914,840 Gross Asses R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) (b) (c) (b) Abbey Dublin Adelaide Road/Donore Aghada Arklow Athy // Andrew’s) Blackrock (St. Bray // Cahir // Carlow Clontarf & Scots Corboy Donabate Drogheda Dun Laoghaire Enniscorthy Fermoy Galway Greystones Howth & Malahide Kilkenny Limerick – Christ Church // Lucan Maynooth Mountmellick Mullingar Naas Rathgar Sandymount Cork Trinity Tullamore // – St Patrick’s Waterford Wexford THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN IRELAND Presbytery Ser No (12) Dublin & Munster 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 € Total 114 MINUTES 7,500 4,800 7,995 9,270 4,164 8,940 4,800 3,080 4,318 5,647 4,800 8,940 9,000 4,884 3,566 6,520 4,067 3,505 3,576 3,500 7,215 3,845 7,500 All Exps. 0 Total 28,303 28,612 40,814 11,605 18,791 27,681 33,809 32,617 11,497 22,553 32,132 18,123 20,559 19,466 22,188 31,064 34,867 11,539 13,227 12,856 12,050 10,545 Income 0 0 0 0 0 6,054 2,520 0 0 0 0 0 0 3,645 1,753 0 0 4,468 1,330 0 0 0 7,256 1,875 0 CMF tation 6,555 516,321 138,910 6,307 Augmen- 0 6,054 3,645 4,468 7,166 Mins 27,943 11,481 0 28,252 38,258 16,148 0 30,340 0 11,456 11,498 14,201 248 18,277 25,681 31,186 30,519 17,251 0 10,934 0 21,334 10,423 0 10,765 0 30,766 34,507 12,433 0 10,545 Stipend 475,531 9
23 13 15 29 32 35 25 30 19 54 36 70 41 25 41 32 23 20 60 48 30 879 Sun Sch & Bib Cls 5 7 6 7 1 3 4 4 15 112 34 12 10 18 13 15 22 10 260 Elders Ruling 73 11 18 39 3 6 24 86 7 61 7 79 9 78 6 9 92 77 11 24 54 6 47 30 45 66 5 90 9 122 215 184 102 One 2,701 Commun 91 71 43 65 39 64 158 104 259 116 123 120 168 114 103 119 170 283 162 Roll 4,058 Commun 0 0 9 5 444 255 7 5 2 0 3 97 54 0 61 35 0 1 0 2 244 149 3 163 111 2 208 142 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 6 206 180 6 0 71 15 263 211 Table Lord’s 0 3 4 6 0 3 3 0 0 2 5 0 0 5 2 3 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 2 6 4 63 10 Baptisms 75 148 180 258 233 196 172 145 136 193 381 501 382 483 788 587 228 399 371 141 163 670 452 1,003 1,005 All Age Persons 10,095 67 74 74 75 71 70 85 270 55 46 81 44 37 56 137 155 535 310 145 110 173 221 172 100 127 114 260 279 193 3,331 Contribs WFO/Stip
67 75 88 85 72 75 64 48 89 47 42 62 166 201 396 200 109 134 195 275 226 108 148 125 312 447 201 4,057 Families
(c) (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) 2nd & 3rd Rathfriland 2nd & 3rd Anaghlone Ballydown Ballyroney Bannside Castlewellan Clonduff Donacloney Donaghmore Drumgooland Drumlee Garvaghy Gilford Glascar Hilltown Katesbridge // Kilkinamurry Leitrim Iveagh Loughbrickland (First) Magherally Newcastle Newmills Rathfriland Scarva Banbridge Scarva Street, Tandragee Tullylish THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN IRELAND Presbytery Ser No (13) Iveagh 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 £ Total Note: The letter “R” denotes a congregation in the Republic of Ireland BELFAST, 2017 115 70,826 35,727 56,816 53,507 48,696 76,259 29,765 53,147 23,611 28,731 27,105 40,478 27,057 19,219 21,625 19,245 45,571 87,058 27,428 67,190 37,851 114,090 124,967 124,001 135,922 100,157 137,256 2016 1,633,305 for 2018 Assessable Income used Assessments 976 6,663 2,150 2,511 27,593 50,043 36,031 23,550 75,163 18,671 23,492 25,003 18,099 29,645 35,148 21,517 10,590 45,390 24,937 62,631 55,387 54,470 21,351 10,383 66,762 23,426 22,670 794,252 Closing 9,233 1,052 4,026 9,316 4,470 -1,043 36,445 47,086 29,340 17,558 57,441 14,697 24,412 39,681 13,995 31,671 41,086 16,906 55,401 24,728 94,554 48,625 35,162 12,874 13,641 77,793 32,483 792,633 Unrestricted Funds Opening BALANCES 54,301 53,597 11,873 14,209 48,265 50,145 55,095 79,652 81,086 21,346 264,409 210,542 117,219 123,018 628,770 117,041 177,893 126,074 219,076 157,588 210,961 251,086 128,162 106,455 218,290 132,081 Closing -294,156 3,364,078 Total Funds Total 8,250 87,291 84,355 55,818 24,421 12,197 57,522 46,678 58,269 72,820 86,946 62,693 62,674 367,327 191,320 539,739 141,674 167,200 116,139 185,452 148,715 142,333 218,662 137,000 205,024 124,487 Opening -335,116 3,069,890 0 0 0 883 5,405 8,943 3,818 2,665 3,493 9,792 9,880 1,470 7,180 4,418 12,885 21,085 24,185 23,259 14,067 13,231 16,345 11,727 24,577 21,103 19,273 15,288 20,313 Organ- 295,285 isations 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 66 767 742 443 115 115 405 3,662 1,911 6,244 1,652 1,009 1,985 2,086 1,721 2,729 17,317 11,310 13,680 67,959 Others 611 371 1,966 4,331 8,423 2,393 2,998 7,580 1,255 1,741 1,112 4,034 1,643 1,080 2,213 7,034 5,429 2,524 4,822 20,185 33,369 17,427 10,447 23,937 10,184 11,787 15,320 204,216 Charities Missions/ EXPENDITURE 988 620 690 6,684 2,627 9,216 6,587 4,120 2,134 6,964 3,341 5,498 2,278 2,503 2,100 1,876 1,602 2,450 3,885 8,000 8,400 3,016 8,638 13,159 10,248 10,558 13,491 United Appeal 141,673 3,904 8,155 4,645 4,114 4,724 4,988 6,484 8,159 8,182 2,380 8,419 9,076 6,410 26,451 10,039 14,689 18,744 29,331 14,119 14,591 24,903 10,253 72,597 47,362 24,818 14,633 151,028 553,198 Property 0 0 RESTRICTED FUNDS 856 9,717 5,243 4,607 1,534 3,552 8,077 1,326 6,885 6,846 23,387 27,885 20,626 10,442 21,746 14,868 18,610 10,887 14,262 60,000 25,280 18,654 23,369 18,463 19,935 Organ- 377,057 isations 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 478 756 115 4,224 2,722 1,840 5,724 1,652 3,082 2,230 2,348 1,830 4,235 10,646 10,062 63,800 12,550 Other 128,294 Income INCOME 471 4,230 3,727 6,239 3,533 4,244 2,449 5,802 2,587 2,213 3,530 2,633 3,994 6,877 5,991 27,713 40,289 10,918 21,562 20,218 15,161 12,781 10,919 17,736 21,791 12,107 12,686 282,401 Charities Missions/
4,615 4,495 4,094 6,687 For For 50,801 20,331 50,443 29,713 35,211 25,556 13,878 35,228 12,577 16,948 10,524 11,181 17,490 21,419 22,243 45,911 15,999 17,592 12,516 34,339 12,722 18,658 21,250 572,421 Property 6,898 8,964 8,245 7,299 3,850 8,134 3,035 6,526 24,674 29,314 23,932 21,416 12,911 16,835 15,122 20,905 45,147 12,648 11,390 19,966 78,569 38,885 29,844 20,312 29,500 28,268 18,906 Other 551,495 5,738 7,106 7,849 9,721 9,558 37,995 17,234 46,659 18,958 59,318 29,446 28,169 45,786 17,684 14,909 17,207 18,041 23,195 15,309 28,793 32,882 73,939 66,654 48,588 16,490 62,677 28,984 Allow 788,889 Salary & EXPENDITURE 0 0 8,275 9,501 8,445 4,385 6,530 6,032 8,982 2,599 4,368 3,765 9,830 9,110 6,607 17,359 21,015 10,224 26,511 10,886 16,074 10,353 20,207 22,091 18,401 23,314 11,392 ments 296,256 Assess- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 94 120 405 792 562 496 435 UNRESTRICTED FUNDS 2,290 3,583 4,604 1,136 3,264 3,980 6,643 1,580 1,400 1,164 15,943 27,623 76,114 Other Income INCOME Inc 70,826 35,727 56,816 53,507 48,696 76,259 29,765 53,147 23,611 29,651 27,105 40,478 27,057 18,166 21,625 19,245 45,571 87,058 27,428 67,190 37,851 114,090 124,967 124,001 135,922 101,620 137,256 1,634,635 Gross Asses (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) 2nd & 3rd Rathfriland Anaghlone Ballydown Ballyroney Bannside Castlewellan Clonduff Donacloney Donaghmore Drumgooland Drumlee Garvaghy Gilford Glascar Hilltown Katesbridge // Kilkinamurry Leitrim Loughbrickland Magherally Newcastle Newmills Iveagh Rathfriland (First) Scarva Banbridge Scarva Street, Tandragee Tullylish THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN IRELAND Presbytery Ser No (13) Iveagh 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 £ Total 116 MINUTES 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 750 511 800 330 700 400 8,112 4,676 5,500 4,600 1,963 1,140 1,511 2,100 2,100 1,000 1,140 60,686 All Exps. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 818 4,425 2,358 5,296 1,516 5,046 2,606 4,839 1,916 1,535 3,065 8,283 3,380 4,425 Total 38,338 38,836 43,297 21,638 12,493 13,339 Income 296,476 0 4,880 1,200 0 0 6,903 2,000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CMF tation 7,604 31,966 10,008 5,569 4,471 32,571 45,870 13,167 32,966 17,588 Augmen- 100,769 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 818 0 3,664 5,510 4,880 8,000 6,903 4,425 0 2,358 0 5,280 0 1,900 0 1,489 0 9,939 0 1,516 3,065 0 4,926 8,283 0 3,380 0 2,606 4,839 4,425 0 Mins 24,002 28,762 22,386 17,118 12,110 0 Stipend 182,024 7 0 8 5 0 8
52 23 14 56 26 11 11 10 13 11 14 20 21 11 24 15 19 444 Sun Sch & Bib Cls 3 9 9 5 14 6 4 5 4 13 3 0 5 4 3 4 2 2 5 5 4 3 3 6 3 6 129 Elders Ruling 5 0 8 0 0 5 7 0 17 24 2 5 11 1 4 50 6 9 42 12 2 0 37 62 6 9 14 4 3 46 57 5 8 38 4 9 55 24 3 9 73 39 21 27 21 67 46 21 37 58 77 73 75 110 130 One Commun 5 7 21 34 15 72 45 18 41 80 19 56 11 81 54 84 55 28 77 46 21 44 51 27 97 48 21 83 63 152 190 103 130 123 Roll Commun 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 4 151 111 0 7 137 115 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 29 2,146 1,510 Table Lord’s 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 3 1 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 26 Baptisms 9 93 33 40 25 23 89 25 96 70 83 43 52 36 76 73 27 69 58 97 336 277 268 109 163 111 118 130 189 205 129 159 3,293 All Age Persons 4 7 9 9 4 9 7 8 5 83 84 28 17 62 27 97 35 53 10 33 90 31 20 36 28 13 45 21 15 19 24 10 46 56 24 15 32 52 36 58 1,038 Contribs WFO/Stip 4 5 7 8 5
31 23 29 11 12 98 35 53 10 36 31 23 36 28 13 45 21 15 20 33 13 46 67 25 27 35 70 52 62 120 110 1,197 Families
R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R (c) R (c) R (c) R (c) R (c) R (c) R (c) R (c) R (c) R (c) R (c) R (c) R (c) R // (c) R (b) (c) R Ballina Ballyalbany Ballyhobridge Ballymote Bellasis Boyle Castleblayney Cavan Clones Clontibret Cootehill Corraneary Corvalley Drum Drumkeen Drumkeeran Dundalk Ervey First Bailieborough First Ballybay Frankford Glennan Kells Killala Killeshandra Kilmount Middletown Monaghan – First Newbliss Rockcorry Second Ballybay Sligo Smithborough Stonebridge Bailieborough Trinity THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN IRELAND Presbytery Ser No (14) Monaghan 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 £ 35 € Total Total Note: The letter “R” denotes a congregation in the Republic of Ireland BELFAST, 2017 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5,882 5,021 5,832 9,967 9,019 9,536 2,071 6,428 8,961 14,702 63,992 13,250 34,738 63,096 41,198 20,247 12,844 49,201 16,655 14,225 11,735 37,600 30,047 14,664 22,184 16,798 29,420 13,336 66,917 22,209 21,425 38,738 45,355 24,676 35,980 19,218 750 511 800 330 700 400 818,731 2016 8,112 4,676 5,500 4,600 1,963 1,140 1,511 2,100 2,100 1,000 1,140 for 2018 60,686 Assessable Income used Assessments All Exps. 394 -417 4,314 5,073 2,670 8,308 4,161 3,807 9,607 1,000 7,948 3,035 3,297 1,143 2,823 7,896 -2,843 -1,315 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26,680 24,983 17,582 44,177 75,311 45,702 19,815 23,636 32,679 75,628 32,183 36,729 15,953 15,877 16,434 11,074 27,405 35,744 622,701 Closing 818 4,425 2,358 5,296 1,516 5,046 2,606 4,839 1,916 1,535 3,065 8,283 3,380 4,425 Total 38,338 38,836 43,297 21,638 12,493 13,339 94 Income 886 401 841 892 296,476 -996 2,767 4,210 2,372 9,163 4,109 1,409 6,155 5,488 6,453 2,476 3,630 9,548 7,840 33,356 16,912 11,867 32,820 65,831 41,761 18,728 16,825 13,550 71,076 26,967 30,276 20,276 12,710 10,696 26,017 20,757 522,483 Unrestricted Funds Opening 0 4,880 1,200 0 0 6,903 2,000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -71 BALANCES CMF 9,305 7,748 8,656 4,161 5,509 5,698 tation 7,604 31,966 10,008 5,569 4,471 -9,376 56,847 18,372 87,806 71,889 36,650 31,157 25,137 52,303 56,383 39,403 66,798 72,124 27,614 66,807 48,986 22,490 31,025 32,571 45,870 13,167 32,966 17,588 192,820 147,160 176,388 409,191 152,488 187,017 104,285 165,766 189,921 131,468 147,052 Augmen- Closing 100,769 2,847,119 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total Funds Total 8,397 9,450 9,488 4,109 5,139 6,543 58,272 20,866 40,671 63,133 32,139 26,937 18,001 29,350 48,745 95,971 32,317 18,387 74,071 22,525 27,617 66,978 39,648 18,824 33,808 30,922 818 0 158,288 130,198 125,366 411,251 135,523 103,093 161,394 192,079 128,398 126,171 Opening 2,452,225 3,664 5,510 4,880 8,000 6,903 4,425 0 2,358 0 5,280 0 1,900 0 1,489 0 9,939 0 1,516 3,065 0 4,926 8,283 0 3,380 0 2,606 4,839 4,425 0 Mins 24,002 28,762 22,386 17,118 12,110 0 Stipend 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 182,024 14 537 295 330 876 6,489 8,439 2,059 3,065 1,346 1,681 1,215 1,499 5,161 1,720 1,775 1,499 28,275 63,277 Organ- isations 7 0 8 5 0 8
52 23 14 56 26 11 11 10 13 11 14 20 21 11 24 15 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 444 31 12 58 137 645 299 300 236 330 280 930 436 137 3,052 1,150 3,936 1,146 6,035 2,810 1,169 1,644 1,332 3,914 2,660 Sun Sch & Bib Cls 81,553 Others 113,958 0 3 9 9 5 14 6 4 5 4 13 3 0 5 4 3 4 2 2 5 5 4 3 3 6 3 6 660 200 820 340 680 626 286 302 965 509 910 648 128 480 898 617 2,220 1,600 2,710 9,931 7,931 9,382 1,178 5,448 1,738 1,803 2,859 4,404 1,417 5,888 3,714 4,596 2,042 1,558 129 11,589 87,961 Elders Ruling Charities Missions/ EXPENDITURE 0 374 315 302 693 630 500 630 170 630 630 441 756 1,071 5,229 1,000 2,709 6,174 2,331 1,260 4,152 1,260 2,898 3,780 1,575 1,633 2,205 1,150 6,048 2,268 2,016 3,528 2,898 1,638 3,024 1,524 5 0 8 0 0 5 7 0 64,394 United Appeal 17 24 2 5 11 1 4 50 6 9 42 12 2 0 37 62 6 9 14 4 3 46 57 5 8 38 4 9 55 24 3 9 73 39 21 27 21 67 46 21 37 58 77 73 75 110 130 One 0 0 7 0 0 5 0 Commun 442 579 340 250 221 776 7,565 2,050 1,510 1,046 3,761 1,080 1,536 4,674 1,460 6,101 3,938 4,400 2,022 2,904 4,502 2,945 35,379 17,719 22,674 14,418 76,217 15,518 76,659 159,380 Property 5 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 34 15 72 45 18 41 80 19 56 11 81 54 84 55 28 77 46 21 44 51 27 97 48 21 83 63 RESTRICTED FUNDS 152 190 103 130 123 537 460 884 735 330 313 735 Roll 7,593 8,514 1,512 3,065 1,031 1,215 6,509 1,643 1,838 50,804 86,248 Commun Organ- isations 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 31 137 616 320 250 330 636 945 436 137 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 4 151 111 0 7 137 115 0 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 3,052 1,150 3,936 1,685 1,800 7,455 3,959 9,196 1,240 1,080 9,567 8,740 4,587 3,175 2,409 15,000 81,607 29 2,146 1,510 Other Table Income Lord’s 0 0 INCOME 610 100 286 102 679 910 648 842 921 2,220 8,846 1,820 1,600 3,403 1,100 4,135 1,886 1,595 3,210 9,228 2,996 3,154 2,045 3,055 4,018 1,967 9,100 4,856 4,764 1,273 4,200 2,655 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 3 1 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 13,523 10,796 26 107,233 Charities Missions/ Baptisms 0 0 30 45 487 256 680 518 985 2,728 9,213 3,660 6,604 4,930 2,053 4,775 6,023 3,476 6,491 1,962 4,162 5,591 4,457 7,131 1,085 1,615 2,037 6,337 For 26,244 48,993 97,771 96,537 25,760 50,038 44,137 44,624 432,187 9 Property 93 33 40 25 23 89 25 96 70 83 43 52 36 76 73 27 69 58 97 336 277 268 109 163 111 118 130 189 205 129 159 3,293 All Age Persons 962 5,950 3,222 7,196 1,430 6,048 5,367 6,046 7,444 2,709 6,542 4,200 8,458 5,958 5,216 5,935 3,430 6,855 7,916 5,549 7,225 8,685 1,393 8,878 14,228 35,629 16,028 10,146 13,062 11,143 16,501 21,879 24,165 25,113 40,773 16,348 Other 359,873 4 7 9 9 4 9 7 8 5 0 0 0 83 84 28 17 62 27 97 35 53 10 33 90 31 20 36 28 13 45 21 15 19 24 10 46 56 24 15 32 52 36 58 520 2,410 2,289 6,080 2,750 6,686 4,864 5,565 3,404 1,846 3,765 2,800 4,926 4,457 1,218 3,108 4,380 2,605 4,839 3,726 8,903 5,742 6,790 1,038 10,186 34,010 27,886 12,039 21,718 10,501 14,252 10,383 36,874 15,259 Allow Contribs 273,201 WFO/Stip Salary & EXPENDITURE 4 5 7 8 5 797 958 311
31 23 29 11 12 98 35 53 10 36 31 23 36 28 13 45 21 15 20 33 13 46 67 25 27 35 70 52 62 2,417 1,223 2,513 4,893 1,768 1,863 6,226 2,183 2,004 9,139 2,688 1,579 2,159 1,849 4,297 5,569 2,385 4,273 1,234 1,283 5,364 2,200 5,413 3,908 8,244 6,726 4,773 2,045 4,175 3,423 120 110 14,458 11,539 15,573 ments 144,606 Assess- 1,197 Families
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60 R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R 769 147 300 500 610 122 500 635 713 426 UNRESTRICTED FUNDS 1,684 1,698 2,636 4,789 1,501 1,206 1,305 2,106 2,253 2,581 2,062 2,106 23,308 16,580 14,139 13,603 94,127 Other Income (c) R (c) R (c) R (c) R (c) R (c) R (c) R (c) R (c) R (c) R (c) R (c) R (c) R // (c) R INCOME (b) (c) R 5,882 5,021 5,832 9,967 9,019 9,536 2,071 6,428 8,961 14,702 63,992 13,250 34,738 63,096 41,198 20,247 12,844 49,201 16,655 14,423 11,735 37,600 30,047 14,664 22,184 19,541 29,420 13,336 66,917 22,209 21,425 40,218 49,519 24,676 35,980 19,218 Gross 827,316 Asses Inc R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) Ballina Ballyalbany Ballyhobridge Ballymote Bellasis Boyle Castleblayney Cavan Clones Clontibret Cootehill Corraneary Corvalley Drum Drumkeen Drumkeeran Dundalk Ervey First Bailieborough First Ballybay Frankford Glennan Kells Killala Killeshandra Kilmount Middletown Monaghan – First Newbliss Rockcorry Second Ballybay Sligo Smithborough Stonebridge Bailieborough Trinity Ballina Ballyalbany Ballyhobridge Ballymote Bellasis Boyle (b) Castleblayney Cavan Clones Clontibret Cootehill Corraneary Corvalley Drum Drumkeen Drumkeeran Dundalk Ervey Bailieborough First Ballybay First Frankford Glennan Kells // Killala Killeshandra Kilmount Middletown Monaghan – First Newbliss Rockcorry Second Ballybay Sligo Smithborough Stonebridge Bailieborough Trinity THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN IRELAND Presbytery Ser No (14) Monaghan 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 £ 35 € Total Total Note: The letter “R” denotes a congregation in the Republic of Ireland THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN IRELAND Presbytery Ser No (14) Monaghan 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 £ Total € Total 118 MINUTES 0 0 0 0 935 5,985 7,050 9,136 5,178 8,700 4,156 9,240 4,156 4,128 5,091 3,200 4,023 4,000 2,941 2,582 3,377 83,646 All Exps. 0 0 250 7,151 4,127 7,486 Total 39,970 29,602 34,554 32,638 17,583 46,373 17,994 13,899 29,787 18,878 14,923 20,596 13,938 20,656 11,158 Income 387,672 0 0 0 9,913 2,400 0 6,748 2,150 0 0 0 0 0 9,092 3,000 0 0 0 0 0 869 8,154 2,400 871 CMF tation 7,650 9,844 29,945 10,335 Augmen- 0 0 0 6,880 9,913 6,748 8,798 9,863 6,210 0 4,127 0 7,486 0 Mins 34,443 21,762 29,223 34,124 18,878 0 31,549 17,583 45,982 17,583 14,168 376 12,958 10,592 10,482 11,158 0 Stipend 344,594 6 8 8
12 23 26 15 70 65 36 18 65 15 36 10 40 21 20 325 Sun Sch & Bib Cls 3 5 8 4 2 5 4 5 4 6 3 1 7 3 5 4 10 110 20 11 100 34 151 1,017 Elders Ruling 0 80 25 20 4 0 43 23 4 7 43 87 5 34 3 8 35 20 3 47 25 187 166 100 One 2,006 Commun 0 80 36 32 74 53 65 48 47 32 88 44 220 155 306 124 Roll 2,935 Commun 8 6 73 52 1 3 135 110 0 0 3 216 168 3 3 0 1 169 112 6 650 450 0 0 5 196 123 0 0 68 45 0 0 0 0 2 0 64 50 0 96 51 0 41 Table Lord’s 8 0 2 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 7 2 1 5 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 59 23 Baptisms 96 58 73 61 58 69 160 136 338 335 132 131 323 725 372 121 163 140 250 157 158 2,884 All Age Persons 0 105 81 43 55 22 71 24 99 54 34 46 56 49 22 48 54 64 25 808 270 925 127 230 210 619 121 107 2,628 8,327 Contribs WFO/Stip
85 41 55 22 92 25 56 42 50 47 57 50 23 48 61 64 27 290 160 285 237 110 130 112 3,083 1,008 Families
R R R (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) // (c) Annalong Bessbrook Brookvale Road Clarkesbridge & First Newtownhamilton Creggan Cremore Downshire Drumbanagher (First) & Jerrettspass Grove First Newry – (Sandys’ Street) Fourtowns Garmany’s Grove Kilkeel Kingsmills Markethill (Second) McKelvey’s Mountnorris Mourne Newtownhamilton Poyntzpass Rostrevor Ryans Tullyallen Ditches Tyrone Warrenpoint THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN IRELAND Presbytery Ser No (15) Newry 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 £ € Total Total Note: The letter “R” denotes a congregation in the Republic of Ireland BELFAST, 2017 119 54,167 22,490 26,486 13,497 15,039 63,672 26,395 76,282 19,961 19,278 49,267 97,374 17,555 57,456 32,356 19,923 15,280 26,042 54,670 10,569 31,083 36,833 126,904 100,549 301,584 2016 1,241,046 for 2018 Assessable Income used Assessments 233 5,709 3,430 5,336 6,107 5,362 43,792 22,909 16,927 13,914 10,667 10,667 17,382 17,683 12,843 47,047 19,124 12,590 16,566 12,326 40,081 45,029 36,807 100,454 516,254 965,625 Closing 8,924 8,368 1,805 5,427 2,479 -3,420 36,503 13,869 25,944 13,121 17,015 10,849 16,271 13,409 46,615 21,351 16,328 12,087 22,605 11,100 44,536 45,822 37,622 154,623 474,705 982,714 Unrestricted Funds Opening BALANCES 83,152 51,156 10,815 58,541 42,260 34,002 72,615 50,977 85,247 75,243 57,515 81,084 44,456 50,913 70,440 -77,155 159,286 208,458 176,663 134,530 517,448 733,801 164,906 210,984 109,245 Closing 2,988,092 Total Funds Total 88,443 82,979 41,085 57,471 19,540 35,493 32,597 41,228 87,482 81,881 50,506 68,094 41,661 41,162 86,077 67,698 210,414 158,827 103,908 243,437 685,934 149,962 218,051 117,374 Opening -112,594 2,463,962 0 0 100 374 552 277 985 529 589 1,134 4,710 6,550 3,936 8,327 7,909 1,278 5,574 3,023 8,894 14,943 11,949 54,951 20,508 55,956 20,012 Organ- 215,272 isations 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 403 1,336 1,849 1,490 3,000 1,603 1,111 1,883 1,532 3,441 1,657 1,901 1,238 3,486 11,435 30,393 Others 0 0 224 848 771 550 269 857 681 825 287 565 819 1,534 9,525 1,358 1,371 5,504 9,808 4,067 2,053 79,475 58,628 55,221 18,768 252,370 Charities Missions/ EXPENDITURE 670 675 867 3,245 1,948 1,348 5,274 2,062 5,433 1,000 1,946 7,000 4,588 8,002 1,652 4,446 2,163 1,857 1,750 2,085 4,335 2,290 3,598 10,058 34,294 United Appeal 105,390 0 0 0 691 1,353 7,040 3,333 2,384 5,302 6,884 4,029 7,244 7,653 1,975 28,132 16,998 15,623 18,873 83,346 40,848 13,338 17,033 12,971 28,961 268,476 534,565 Property 0 0 RESTRICTED FUNDS 376 359 322 879 529 534 8,093 1,270 4,531 7,191 4,083 9,799 8,164 1,313 5,016 3,024 9,043 20,134 13,913 41,825 18,695 59,180 18,237 Organ- 218,424 isations 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 960 884 1,336 3,321 1,511 2,053 2,215 1,765 2,900 2,046 4,961 3,726 10,571 14,797 45,599 Other Income INCOME 894 675 4,779 1,338 2,196 2,833 8,431 2,331 2,496 1,921 8,889 4,409 2,253 2,668 6,319 1,154 2,525 4,417 74,802 13,868 96,000 10,284 19,677 86,595 14,408 367,328 Charities Missions/ 3,600 3,827 3,189 9,839 1,179 4,700 2,224 6,624 64,211 18,572 10,606 10,782 29,423 13,233 51,788 90,696 23,990 11,428 17,088 13,990 28,616 24,659 24,661 120,801 105,128 645,532 For Property For 4,977 8,839 1,617 3,932 4,577 6,555 5,874 5,119 9,819 5,780 3,216 34,420 11,109 24,580 21,048 18,233 35,059 10,261 17,349 23,117 19,324 15,444 13,588 10,899 Other 103,098 396,036 0 0 800 9,875 9,901 8,551 57,253 30,580 14,299 11,340 41,863 16,070 38,200 13,185 76,472 25,295 51,006 23,482 14,348 12,584 15,461 23,482 19,529 18,452 Allow 122,921 618,045 Salary & EXPENDITURE 0 0 3,529 5,062 2,994 1,580 6,734 4,234 3,523 6,356 3,430 5,651 4,499 5,874 3,308 6,953 25,734 11,398 14,381 13,908 19,888 21,980 12,737 37,780 10,876 ments 218,503 Assess- 0 0 0 0 0 0 94 151 287 362 245 185 607 UNRESTRICTED FUNDS 3,067 1,828 1,072 6,237 5,539 5,344 1,219 1,220 1,228 11,331 10,011 10,378 59,191 Other Income INCOME Inc 54,167 22,490 26,486 13,497 15,039 63,672 26,395 76,282 19,961 19,278 49,267 97,374 17,555 57,456 32,356 19,923 24,694 26,042 55,120 10,569 31,083 36,833 126,904 100,549 301,584 1,250,910 Gross Asses R R R (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) Annalong Bessbrook Brookvale Clarkesbridge & First Newtownhamilton Creggan Cremore Downshire Road & Drumbanagher (First) Jerrettspass Newry – (Sandys’First St.) Fourtowns Grove Garmany’s Kilkeel Kingsmills Markethill Grove McKelvey’s Mountnorris Mourne Newtownhamilton (Second) Poyntzpass Rostrevor Ryans Tullyallen Ditches // Tyrone Warrenpoint THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN IRELAND Presbytery Ser No (15) Newry 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 £ Total € Total 120 MINUTES 0 0 0 0 4,500 3,086 5,075 6,240 5,004 3,000 3,336 5,004 6,000 5,580 5,000 4,425 4,548 3,324 7,500 3,100 2,500 3,120 4,733 2,375 1,755 1,755 All Exps. 0 0 8,892 8,408 7,732 4,777 3,753 Total 20,860 19,477 18,414 23,024 11,416 11,064 22,876 20,140 22,615 10,416 34,750 11,309 11,156 16,598 25,427 17,184 13,451 15,132 17,466 Income 0 0 9,465 2,760 0 0 0 0 0 4,783 2,057 0 7,339 2,100 0 0 0 5,131 2,052 0 0 0 0 CMF tation 3,685 1,393 2,922 4,458 3,050 12,158 10,880 Augmen- 0 0 8,342 9,395 4,779 6,989 8,203 8,270 0 5,060 8,307 6,252 0 4,777 0 3,753 0 Mins 15,432 15,085 22,313 16,023 0 11,223 10,951 18,474 22,145 16,824 0 18,620 11,257 0 10,416 31,500 11,289 10,969 10,237 13,926 Stipend
33 28 40 48 10 61 10 29 57 44 37 35 20 13 19 32 13 41 28 24 10 13 25 12 15 20 24 Sun Sch & Bib Cls 6 3 3 9 3 3 3 7 9 3 5 3 9 2 3 7 5 5 4 6 12 13 Elders Ruling 81 42 43 46 19 40 16 45 2 5 19 4 0 22 3 6 92 5 99 6 35 82 7 65 4 98 4 50 59 150 140 One Commun 62 42 88 33 68 25 40 96 115 100 112 118 429 365 138 123 133 143 182 147 Roll Commun 5 1 2 3 359 131 2 0 0 70 39 0 67 44 4 8 8 3 232 126 2 1 2 5 0 5 136 101 5 193 151 3 2 2 90 67 1 4 188 115 0 71 59 1 1 0 0 8 171 153 Table Lord’s 3 1 2 3 2 3 2 1 5 6 2 8 0 1 1 2 1 0 3 4 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 Baptisms 91 89 98 29 47 239 164 225 126 305 127 201 238 146 126 238 183 211 180 183 235 159 523 518 550 342 394 114 251 214 All Age Persons 66 51 73 48 84 49 62 88 34 49 49 70 58 74 67 29 57 37 69 54 19 24 42 75 93 170 121 170 111 152 Contribs WFO/Stip
84 57 76 48 55 75 92 40 51 55 72 71 80 70 34 59 39 76 58 17 25 45 99 97 183 106 156 210 137 169 Families
(c) (c) (c) Ardstraw Aughentaine Ballygawley Ballymagrane Ballynahatty & Creevan Ballyreagh - First Castlederg - Second Castlederg Cavanaleck Clogherney Corrick Douglas - Omagh Dromore Drumlegagh Drumquin Edenderry Enniskillen Gillygooley Glenelly Glenhoy Gortin Irvinestown Killeter Lisbellaw Lisnaskea Maguiresbridge THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN IRELAND Presbytery Ser No (16) Omagh 1 2 3 Aughnacloy 4 Badoney 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Clogher 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Fintona 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 BELFAST, 2017 121 0 104 5,840 6,410 8,312 4,800 3,830 5,250 1,170 0 0 2,734 25,380 27,563 29,267 16,250 34,406 12,545 0 0 0 0 0 5,318 1,875 0 0 1,601 40,147 556,518 137,520 0 0 5,273 2,730 0 19,028 26,236 28,748 15,560 12,414 0 26,458 477,258 18 89 45 64 20 40 10 21 1,074 8 9 2 5 4 15 13 21 17 243 93 18 1 0 50 95 5 53 3,420 28 59 79 238 160 6,468 2 1 3 438 292 6 245 108 2 5 480 155 0 1 76 59 0 12 529 268 110 2 5 0 2 4 2 4 0 1 2 81 33 70 330 278 756 656 329 520 139 9,756 15 87 39 49 33 99 128 196 237 109 215 3,253 17 99 42 51 36 130 245 297 110 260 3,723
(c) (c) Omagh (First) Mountjoy Newtownbutler Omagh Pettigo (Omagh) Seskinore Sixmilecross Tempo Trinity Urney 31 32 33 Newtownstewart 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 £ Total Note: The letter “R” denotes a congregation in the Republic of Ireland 122 MINUTES 56,771 26,093 43,036 23,439 58,568 29,648 27,312 27,660 52,813 72,241 50,477 38,568 50,872 17,732 16,643 22,825 34,646 33,849 35,353 92,875 48,407 36,313 14,682 31,918 16,194 38,502 37,927 28,856 13,530 10,857 2016 for 2018 Assessable Income used Assessments 3,884 6,650 8,990 9,125 4,754 3,479 -7,819 17,425 21,613 20,817 26,998 52,548 48,508 17,057 94,478 12,936 24,672 15,747 60,447 38,497 33,383 72,870 33,242 35,769 10,637 33,647 59,554 22,446 18,079 140,480 Closing 8,286 3,929 7,403 8,695 2,740 -9,883 -4,408 19,298 24,760 19,378 12,247 42,667 52,066 85,893 15,556 25,359 25,282 57,315 33,397 15,712 32,492 63,846 28,330 30,668 10,312 15,013 57,596 21,437 20,531 126,619 Unrestricted Funds Opening BALANCES 90,735 47,168 90,206 35,593 87,375 94,889 18,896 58,218 82,773 62,239 25,176 21,733 141,816 110,951 345,077 145,291 143,514 254,642 153,699 471,639 189,333 144,007 331,129 176,967 170,280 153,562 288,923 100,135 136,244 359,542 Closing Total Funds Total 66,824 37,031 87,960 77,954 66,816 84,275 91,032 18,371 52,447 69,690 60,767 26,785 22,516 129,716 110,622 263,127 142,214 141,754 245,363 236,501 147,716 734,402 127,252 242,864 161,526 184,131 104,502 160,244 125,314 326,452 Opening 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 779 380 566 471 9,903 9,581 4,609 8,625 7,833 1,079 2,268 2,772 2,495 25,730 14,829 18,062 11,475 96,790 12,631 10,056 Organ- isations 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 336 616 140 805 4,491 5,793 3,770 2,062 3,217 1,196 2,692 1,000 2,961 2,179 1,481 5,672 4,599 61,883 70,002 Others 0 288 502 287 329 2,739 7,500 2,059 2,132 3,456 1,754 1,321 2,997 1,840 1,675 6,604 1,315 6,702 9,213 1,513 4,890 2,392 5,312 8,679 1,717 1,269 23,039 10,175 10,689 26,878 Charities Missions/ EXPENDITURE 0 930 7,051 3,977 3,445 1,799 4,539 3,071 1,969 2,675 5,803 6,902 4,518 3,356 5,250 1,499 1,935 2,183 3,600 2,670 3,297 6,389 3,735 3,345 2,702 1,493 4,686 3,868 2,471 1,000 United Appeal 0 0 168 612 743 245 4,372 2,999 2,991 9,025 8,120 8,704 9,323 1,326 2,262 2,116 3,586 3,111 1,489 3,657 9,019 4,143 15,955 11,197 13,113 25,701 31,668 300,280 257,660 180,455 Property 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 RESTRICTED FUNDS 747 526 9,266 9,672 1,062 3,952 8,517 8,045 2,350 2,403 2,721 2,545 20,967 18,496 17,632 12,605 16,341 10,691 10,143 Organ- isations 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 669 616 660 9,016 5,201 3,153 1,870 1,509 3,217 5,049 3,437 1,138 1,937 5,710 5,231 1,063 40,972 85,133 Other 112,626 Income 0 0 0 INCOME 9,790 4,265 3,453 5,378 5,391 2,892 6,621 8,949 6,358 5,031 2,222 7,794 4,915 8,499 4,858 8,177 2,863 7,282 9,032 2,587 1,817 11,323 28,606 14,890 37,164 11,474 11,099 Charities Missions/ 0 0 0 0 99 634 7,840 5,083 2,476 2,364 3,894 7,804 7,302 9,237 1,218 21,902 90,467 10,557 24,705 73,763 13,059 17,095 15,550 65,780 15,488 18,189 25,243 28,374 180,824 117,989 For Property For 5,982 9,895 4,996 5,397 9,729 4,861 8,989 5,600 9,722 7,803 3,949 8,489 3,658 5,074 8,095 3,414 5,688 12,906 20,720 11,016 24,932 16,938 14,817 20,308 12,323 13,373 37,571 19,367 24,067 13,648 Other 0 7,178 7,542 9,172 6,913 5,807 31,857 13,059 21,313 12,020 27,237 18,530 11,763 16,785 30,099 34,151 23,999 21,778 29,794 10,089 14,119 10,081 17,230 14,661 51,088 20,720 19,925 15,415 16,968 14,176 Allow Salary & EXPENDITURE 5,544 8,435 4,133 1,044 6,227 4,188 5,911 9,865 8,188 2,632 2,076 4,434 5,612 6,266 6,133 7,003 4,553 2,310 6,397 3,206 5,713 7,289 5,707 2,631 2,367 16,212 11,713 13,738 11,093 16,113 ments Assess- 0 0 0 0 34 80 95 936 667 199 875 382 880 667 UNRESTRICTED FUNDS 2,346 1,396 2,271 1,339 1,075 1,891 6,384 1,133 1,080 1,180 10,683 14,011 10,000 24,994 21,750 Other 130,625 Income INCOME Inc 56,771 26,093 43,036 23,439 58,568 29,798 27,312 27,660 53,152 72,241 50,477 39,868 50,872 14,536 16,643 22,825 34,646 33,849 35,353 92,875 48,407 36,313 14,682 31,918 16,194 38,502 37,927 28,856 13,530 10,857 Gross Asses (c) (c) (c) Ardstraw Aughentaine Aughnacloy Badoney Ballygawley Ballymagrane Ballynahatty & Creevan Ballyreagh Castlederg - First Castlederg - Second Cavanaleck Clogher Clogherney Corrick Douglas Dromore - Omagh Drumlegagh Drumquin Edenderry Enniskillen Fintona Gillygooley Glenelly Glenhoy Gortin Irvinestown Killeter Lisbellaw Lisnaskea Maguiresbridge THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN IRELAND Presbytery Ser No (16) Omagh 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 BELFAST, 2017 123 7,190 96,202 52,328 97,923 19,203 50,728 36,480 16,465 60,901 13,318 1,539,345 2,047 42,493 12,234 17,085 71,853 39,536 16,903 15,736 15,711 103,416 1,277,927 1,794 7,858 8,232 8,054 35,578 87,672 63,912 41,717 29,020 15,849 1,152,222 16,079 52,604 47,815 57,090 192,955 274,240 363,953 179,721 144,191 271,295 6,131,695 17,414 44,559 38,070 51,868 267,369 237,473 312,030 167,985 192,009 279,333 5,954,278 0 0 0 0 200 2,341 2,599 22,126 13,882 13,045 295,127 0 0 0 323 485 767 3,634 2,501 4,415 75,412 281,488 319 879 589 4,827 4,863 1,917 5,611 8,261 5,638 12,856 195,026 660 8,766 5,102 9,526 1,980 4,565 3,753 1,414 8,566 1,239 145,729 1,874 2,467 3,175 2,492 73,948 12,814 16,326 15,910 25,617 168,671 1,237,334 0 0 0 0 5 2,081 1,381 20,114 14,042 11,541 207,856 0 323 500 237 2,446 4,736 5,000 4,635 1,416 35,936 343,473 1,207 3,620 2,285 1,623 11,787 28,321 29,044 10,077 11,997 12,325 345,016 50 3,265 7,969 5,596 90,542 15,784 42,156 12,490 13,967 10,745 969,500 1,340 8,102 5,562 4,111 25,289 12,179 22,448 14,097 12,944 21,322 461,693 104 750 4,118 7,670 52,427 26,263 46,610 21,955 20,114 45,587 759,067 1,535 2,971 9,500 7,802 2,234 9,158 2,687 17,985 10,744 17,942 279,291 0 64 492 8,220 1,406 4,821 1,004 2,864 1,049 4,711 261,604 7,190 96,202 52,328 97,923 19,203 50,728 36,480 16,465 60,901 13,318 1,537,938 (c) (c) Mountjoy Newtownbutler Newtownstewart Omagh (First) Pettigo Seskinore Sixmilecross Tempo (Omagh) Trinity Urney 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 £ Total 124 MINUTES 340 4,200 5,460 8,400 8,496 8,485 7,820 2,520 8,312 8,066 7,860 5,000 8,950 5,000 4,200 8,100 8,357 3,000 6,320 3,000 7,500 131,694 All Exps. 9,608 1,496 Total 23,491 35,722 33,024 33,673 10,518 26,476 31,429 36,545 22,075 40,976 22,934 29,373 43,463 33,726 16,077 29,029 16,370 10,938 27,471 Income 544,252 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9,838 2,308 0 CMF tation Augmen- 6,257 0 9,718 1,296 0 Mins 12,847 0 23,131 29,075 32,064 30,340 25,575 0 10,516 25,976 29,539 36,185 21,033 30,340 19,574 14,100 188 28,168 38,245 10,938 0 33,396 26,039 Stipend 494,352 188
19 17 59 30 47 50 11 27 42 62 40 56 38 19 25 55 18 60 95 Sun Sch & Bib Cls 6 9 6 10 10 17 14 12 11 21 13 10 11 16 24 22 Elders Ruling 30 2 6 87 7 90 9 98 97 6 81 11 29 13 4 0 298 127 239 235 One 2,988 251 805 Commun 55 28 180 181 568 256 190 345 176 115 385 Roll 5,462 Commun 0 0 157 101 0 213 105 5 366 172 0 0 86 68 2 305 125 7 230 142 2 2 215 107 0 7 290 187 5 6 370 184 5 5 0 4 310 198 0 0 74 12 441 204 12 Table Lord’s 0 1 3 1 0 0 5 2 4 0 6 4 4 4 2 3 5 1 2 4 1 2 54 Baptisms 91 56 276 128 236 255 270 421 607 525 340 430 430 762 456 354 458 430 805 540 9,186 1,042 All Age Persons
67 38 54 84 274 82 91 22 105 144 211 183 124 203 164 281 149 130 128 154 286 290 264 3,254 Contribs WFO/Stip
96 38 59 84 24 173 180 294 202 135 213 184 350 189 158 145 103 187 468 112 380 406 4,180 Families
(c) (c)
Armoy Ballycastle Ballyweaney Bushmills Route Bushvale Croaghmore Dervock Dromore Drumreagh Dunloy Dunluce Finvoy First Ballymoney Garryduff Kilraughts - First Mosside Ramoan Roseyards Ballymoney Ballymoney St James’s Toberdoney Toberkeigh Trinity THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN IRELAND Presbytery Ser No (17) Route 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 £ Total Note: The letter “R” denotes a congregation in the Republic of Ireland BELFAST, 2017 125 32,194 50,703 90,725 98,880 73,527 20,271 57,876 14,201 28,004 78,519 64,816 52,832 78,677 62,722 45,733 77,047 28,279 69,667 107,912 101,886 126,101 124,397 2016 1,484,969 for 2018 Assessable Income used Assessments 475 9,542 8,758 3,884 -4,176 87,715 35,029 51,013 49,956 24,931 78,855 31,914 18,586 10,853 24,780 21,446 26,740 -23,110 109,209 211,544 133,925 185,243 Closing 1,097,112 982 -120 8,000 5,503 8,965 15,489 82,352 42,566 48,346 91,539 41,659 60,577 35,618 21,231 30,248 17,814 29,187 -11,690 111,582 201,980 181,605 182,256 Unrestricted Funds Opening 1,205,689 BALANCES 93,805 83,144 65,820 28,696 88,761 40,752 90,139 65,619 61,394 176,095 223,384 130,773 234,060 137,492 165,456 369,137 220,773 297,503 852,779 140,335 235,409 Closing -182,662 3,618,664 Total Funds Total 78,053 35,842 56,603 28,833 96,842 97,973 89,732 58,496 68,921 -23,696 169,610 211,207 141,636 228,443 129,967 340,134 232,861 319,246 877,715 132,084 246,816 Opening -282,040 3,335,278 0 0 7,133 3,670 7,605 6,156 5,671 5,722 1,957 6,673 19,903 11,125 31,611 15,208 11,373 38,174 16,054 15,489 18,986 11,303 11,409 17,549 Organ- 262,771 isations 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 309 913 893 3,801 6,035 1,407 1,081 4,271 1,609 20,319 Others 740 439 3,973 5,316 5,662 2,857 2,560 7,980 2,317 3,054 2,899 1,454 6,179 1,910 3,025 6,334 6,085 6,838 8,099 10,668 11,315 31,985 131,689 Charities Missions/ EXPENDITURE 3,027 6,383 7,440 9,435 7,603 1,997 5,842 1,610 1,885 7,000 6,762 5,465 6,696 5,666 4,360 6,951 3,171 5,587 11,213 10,858 12,932 14,412 United Appeal 146,295 0 0 765 2,463 2,385 4,770 1,296 15,654 22,363 12,756 24,611 28,603 47,372 40,376 33,404 15,970 10,474 12,396 28,368 65,059 11,296 105,012 485,393 Property 0 0 RESTRICTED FUNDS 8,427 3,822 8,889 9,354 4,631 6,182 4,638 1,242 8,015 19,916 31,330 15,061 18,199 14,995 13,187 15,997 18,244 14,826 10,558 18,182 Organ- 245,695 isations 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 453 309 903 6,939 1,659 2,272 8,223 2,916 1,049 24,723 Other Income INCOME 3,027 2,416 7,634 2,470 5,220 7,644 8,833 6,821 1,916 8,809 2,861 10,356 15,620 15,540 11,589 16,945 12,312 15,925 11,366 13,200 13,686 40,245 234,435 Charities Missions/
513 5,880 8,668 2,718 7,243 2,243 7,483 3,526 For For 38,740 25,369 37,118 42,890 16,182 84,286 25,026 63,977 11,705 29,426 15,826 13,700 126,297 129,649 698,465 Property 6,065 6,266 14,048 17,529 28,012 34,242 15,233 10,161 11,711 29,710 11,790 11,836 23,751 10,983 14,483 36,554 12,749 14,026 26,563 14,308 15,572 36,795 Other 402,387 1,971 23,262 34,719 42,305 43,645 46,821 13,952 43,309 26,203 13,036 39,357 44,024 61,295 32,410 49,877 26,424 24,190 44,982 69,244 14,971 39,629 81,470 Allow 817,096 Salary & EXPENDITURE 7,752 4,355 1,848 6,857 7,224 7,952 5,773 12,119 16,954 18,591 15,850 13,158 12,710 14,489 14,993 19,617 10,613 19,354 15,784 50,495 13,840 23,936 ments 314,264 Assess- 50 296 UNRESTRICTED FUNDS 7,217 3,447 3,111 1,049 1,818 3,830 1,265 1,321 2,799 2,749 6,616 1,894 3,692 1,607 1,930 3,006 11,696 13,921 19,620 13,382 Other 106,316 Income INCOME Inc 32,194 50,703 94,127 98,880 73,527 24,313 57,876 14,201 28,004 78,519 64,816 52,682 72,343 62,722 49,904 77,047 28,279 69,667 107,912 101,886 129,792 124,397 1,493,791 Gross Asses (c) (c) Armoy Ballycastle Ballyweaney Bushmills Bushvale Croaghmore Dervock Dromore Route Drumreagh Dunloy Dunluce Finvoy Ballymoney First Garryduff Kilraughts - First Mosside Ramoan Roseyards Ballymoney St James’s Toberdoney Toberkeigh Ballymoney Trinity THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN IRELAND Presbytery Ser No (17) Route 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 £ Total 126 MINUTES 7,752 7,875 7,800 3,750 7,600 7,740 7,800 7,500 4,130 3,900 7,705 7,960 8,455 9,994 7,800 3,125 5,823 4,700 3,750 All Exps. Total 16,600 32,100 30,667 12,849 41,365 33,373 33,939 37,575 26,377 18,752 38,293 36,007 36,303 41,039 17,604 22,172 30,312 24,312 16,123 Income 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9,813 3,162 0 0 0 0 0 555,575 128,321 0 0 0 0 CMF tation Augmen- 9,782 Mins 15,749 30,340 28,974 11,303 36,106 33,013 33,579 37,215 18,567 18,567 37,933 30,340 35,598 40,589 17,454 21,913 29,918 22,282 15,610 0 Stipend 524,832
10 34 41 35 45 47 52 38 42 14 76 34 84 81 35 950 107 113 Sun Sch & Bib Cls 5 7 7 4 8 9 4 9 15 19 18 11 11 13 19 29 18 234 Elders Ruling 34 96 12 35 87 87 12 19 33 4 8 110 207 189 107 One 2,547 Commun 61 41 135 181 243 271 286 110 126 Roll 3,795 Commun 3 65 54 2 1 2 203 133 0 69 55 0 0 1 0 175 141 0 132 101 1 7 0 216 101 8 276 205 4 334 219 1 248 165 0 66 12 10 354 208 14 269 215 Table Lord’s 0 1 0 7 0 3 2 3 2 9 0 0 0 2 4 3 5 4 1 56 10 Baptisms 208 274 144 470 388 539 778 734 650 245 411 352 587 462 799 908 640 285 1,333 1,044 All Age Persons 11,251 80 72 58 94 148 137 187 224 249 240 135 336 156 125 203 137 218 299 299 295 3,692 Contribs WFO/Stip
96 93 69 182 197 216 321 335 305 140 508 166 138 237 206 291 355 482 324 128 4,789 Families
(c) (c) Donegore –First Crumlin Donegore Antrim – Second Donegore Dundrod Duneane First First Ballyeaston Road, Antrim Greystone Antrim High Street, First Hydepark Kilbride Killead Randalstown Loanends – Lylehill Muckamore Ballyeaston OC Randalstown Randalstown – Second Second Templepatrick THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN IRELAND Presbytery Ser No (18) Templepatrick 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 £ Total in The Republic Of Ireland Note: The Letter “R” Denotes A Congregation BELFAST, 2017 127 44,091 82,965 74,010 87,447 44,832 90,386 99,961 87,087 62,033 73,311 57,739 28,137 46,054 83,407 81,077 152,171 122,425 137,671 112,358 147,269 2016 1,714,431 for 2018 Assessable Income used Assessments 8,923 7,046 3,170 -3,200 61,670 22,977 82,466 15,523 39,345 30,888 27,748 38,134 10,629 24,534 28,726 59,105 94,418 224,449 150,862 308,526 Closing 1,235,939 9,263 1,606 6,796 -5,893 56,174 12,971 73,040 13,284 40,749 24,472 25,908 30,994 12,512 18,814 21,400 58,276 88,457 212,542 152,035 149,626 Unrestricted Funds Opening 1,003,026 BALANCES 89,497 71,653 90,831 32,820 84,064 -66,210 278,477 202,781 142,462 779,180 213,220 173,223 132,113 288,210 135,998 407,370 103,216 110,207 122,234 131,505 Closing 3,522,851 Total Funds Total -3,464 68,266 76,435 62,171 34,673 92,101 132,555 164,570 123,334 734,041 205,074 175,458 291,795 116,957 156,985 221,628 110,528 126,666 126,858 Opening -125,040 2,891,591 5,955 9,169 8,340 6,940 9,908 8,403 8,397 14,646 20,062 88,919 17,468 25,296 20,676 11,437 27,386 13,491 10,598 20,089 19,330 25,580 Organ- 372,090 isations 0 0 90 575 3,433 2,999 1,658 5,146 3,132 2,967 3,452 1,263 1,095 1,797 3,743 8,000 5,112 11,170 17,698 22,738 96,068 Others 1,965 2,280 8,720 6,100 2,444 1,503 8,118 5,656 3,970 6,321 3,197 5,151 14,395 19,614 59,760 25,472 12,928 63,776 16,823 11,763 279,956 Charities Missions/ EXPENDITURE 3,974 7,046 6,667 7,783 3,537 9,548 6,192 7,051 5,400 2,665 4,019 6,855 8,700 32,314 10,431 10,255 12,421 10,700 13,407 14,092 United Appeal 183,057 739 5,537 6,315 6,783 8,401 7,132 48,406 79,972 28,893 22,150 78,306 12,848 40,339 32,390 12,659 29,908 88,884 18,885 10,161 17,595 556,303 Property RESTRICTED FUNDS 5,067 8,261 8,071 7,409 8,601 19,684 20,651 12,806 88,389 19,348 24,149 25,336 11,288 32,848 14,148 13,193 15,678 16,200 10,163 25,259 Organ- 386,549 isations 0 382 1,183 2,987 4,772 6,051 6,023 8,084 3,293 4,035 1,185 1,209 2,553 3,724 5,769 5,112 18,574 11,530 14,497 25,195 Other 126,158 Income INCOME 6,007 8,945 7,855 8,131 8,485 8,597 16,666 26,267 11,841 82,370 15,174 31,451 12,369 21,572 20,712 10,525 60,250 15,883 16,459 16,279 405,838 Charities Missions/ 0
7,134 6,048 5,363 9,048 For For 31,689 19,711 26,228 66,288 13,327 50,468 28,441 58,098 24,268 17,657 18,545 36,201 15,811 13,323 334,637 782,285 Property 7,215 6,560 4,779 7,506 10,045 17,290 18,982 17,387 12,007 20,116 23,220 18,856 13,310 19,866 29,032 15,117 19,533 15,897 24,014 Other 213,812 514,544 26,878 45,983 46,854 47,089 19,338 88,138 56,730 75,295 55,872 40,828 82,206 37,593 30,332 16,238 87,903 47,799 24,743 50,400 58,769 86,470 Allow Salary & 1,025,458 EXPENDITURE 8,570 4,573 7,096 8,991 15,870 16,122 15,699 21,836 19,546 19,682 16,981 13,780 21,197 13,683 11,943 23,766 17,889 16,012 19,492 25,060 ments 317,788 Assess- 0 0 0 0 16 182 260 394 895 100 608 UNRESTRICTED FUNDS 2,947 1,680 2,673 5,450 7,836 1,626 1,562 10,863 Other 342,481 379,573 Income INCOME Inc 44,091 83,845 74,010 87,447 44,832 90,486 99,961 87,087 62,033 73,311 58,123 28,137 46,054 83,407 81,077 152,171 122,962 137,671 112,358 148,269 1,717,332 Gross Asses (c) (c) Crumlin Donegore –First Donegore – Second Dundrod Duneane Antrim First Ballyeaston First Antrim Greystone Road, Antrim High Street, Hydepark Kilbride Killead Loanends Lylehill Muckamore OC Randalstown Randalstown – First Randalstown – Second Second Ballyeaston Templepatrick THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN IRELAND Presbytery Templepatrick Ser No (18) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 £ Total 128 MINUTES 0 0 0 0 0 0 840 3,607 5,630 3,300 6,240 4,020 6,600 9,700 3,000 3,374 8,400 8,500 5,347 4,560 3,440 4,910 5,468 4,800 3,000 4,174 1,632 4,500 2,078 10,375 10,175 131,370 All Exps. 0 0 0 0 0 3,582 3,810 4,503 5,848 Total 16,737 24,587 23,615 12,327 41,098 34,122 39,258 10,611 15,428 31,361 35,369 18,980 18,221 13,927 17,789 12,644 27,979 17,855 17,259 12,612 17,612 17,372 Income 509,030 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8,016 2,100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 578 6,508 1,600 CMF tation Augmen- 0 0 0 0 0 8,016 3,582 4,087 0 5,799 3,810 5,794 0 Mins 16,737 24,048 12,644 0 22,955 11,969 40,669 32,604 26,527 231 38,887 10,550 12,414 30,988 35,009 18,620 17,756 12,222 17,140 0 17,359 17,156 0 11,969 0 15,885 0 16,564 Stipend 491,760 809 0 7 4
27 24 60 21 43 70 47 13 20 43 30 56 48 42 42 40 26 23 24 24 20 29 19 10 16 Sun Sch & Bib Cls 5 9 2 5 5 3 7 9 7 8 7 5 2 19 2 3 3 4 1 3 0 10 15 19 26 100 15 Elders Ruling 16 2 0 41 40 14 97 12 35 91 5 67 77 83 6 68 4 47 6 89 8 27 48 26 6 9 35 56 41 67 202 118 222 163 134 One 2,711 224 991 Commun 0 39 46 67 26 52 84 32 89 64 174 121 363 255 137 310 282 142 109 139 163 106 106 110 Roll 4,224 Commun 0 0 155 118 7 3 123 100 0 6 148 122 0 30 2 6 0 0 0 5 90 55 1 106 103 0 302 156 7 9 3 0 0 0 179 108 0 0 1 0 4 2 1 0 0 0 75 50 1 4 62 Table Lord’s 0 3 1 3 3 6 2 3 3 1 0 0 0 3 5 1 8 2 0 4 4 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 8 67 Baptisms 73 78 77 46 209 228 120 154 170 297 147 306 226 296 345 384 310 845 469 542 846 248 355 288 270 222 171 159 156 3,990 All Age Persons 13,278 26 91 75 65 53 57 91 67 91 84 76 11 41 29 92 73 30 28 62 55 66 114 136 115 242 198 135 260 311 950 243 235 120 107 113 120 3,411 Contribs WFO/Stip
28 99 87 65 67 63 96 70 86 84 14 29 96 75 30 28 64 60 70 121 187 124 321 263 155 509 251 339 155 107 136 134 104 4,117 Families
(c) (c) // (c) // (c) // (c) // (c) // (c) Albany Ballygoney Bellaghy Brigh Carland Lower Castlecaulfield Upper Castledawson Claggan Clonaneese Clonaneese Coagh Cookstown – First Cookstown – Molesworth Culnady Curran Draperstown Dungannon Eglish Knockloughrim Lecumpher Maghera Magherafelt – First Tyrone Magherafelt – Union Road – First Moneymore – Second Moneymore Newmills Orritor Pomeroy Saltersland Sandholes Stewartstown Swatragh Tobermore THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN IRELAND Presbytery Ser No (19) Tyrone 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 £ Total Note: The letter “R” denotes a congregation in the Republic of Ireland BELFAST, 2017 129 8,632 13,854 10,401 39,245 27,718 71,989 57,726 49,880 12,260 68,019 31,905 63,068 31,184 29,620 26,551 64,012 81,978 96,733 84,051 52,469 33,980 42,566 59,017 53,147 29,235 41,173 25,048 12,105 29,128 101,986 126,571 105,049 150,644 2016 1,730,944 for 2018 Assessable Income used Assessments 5,649 3,209 6,489 9,950 7,054 -5,220 -4,071 22,683 14,961 19,346 28,301 89,968 50,206 61,584 32,613 64,479 12,185 44,708 18,601 16,154 71,209 20,934 11,532 74,492 38,838 18,224 10,404 11,393 81,276 12,732 117,910 183,513 123,173 Closing 1,274,479 5,670 5,807 6,320 2,849 2,723 6,828 4,510 7,370 -6,930 -2,583 16,920 17,249 18,694 95,729 39,772 52,383 21,070 56,085 15,562 31,565 14,957 70,467 27,695 77,402 10,575 45,770 15,953 12,337 82,872 10,166 112,820 171,596 135,873 Unrestricted Funds Opening 1,186,076 BALANCES 91,804 26,933 56,114 60,276 90,031 14,959 51,704 54,462 32,737 48,466 46,493 98,534 -19,145 104,898 297,417 105,365 274,484 180,485 234,601 189,065 523,179 254,462 316,783 727,200 188,839 182,346 118,218 100,446 160,854 160,473 115,010 147,074 Closing -122,185 4,912,382 Total Funds Total 78,804 31,344 35,998 89,248 45,306 96,300 13,418 48,688 57,973 36,307 38,391 99,080 96,543 -35,315 262,962 101,151 205,360 150,753 205,941 189,426 485,999 173,332 225,192 315,647 584,616 180,777 159,204 106,191 176,571 157,370 201,657 101,001 140,984 Opening 4,856,219 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 697 473 6,913 3,407 8,740 2,654 8,155 3,337 2,872 4,567 1,522 4,466 3,349 8,635 10,993 23,376 13,827 23,670 28,370 23,464 13,442 38,977 10,795 17,973 12,943 13,722 Organ- 291,339 isations 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 840 852 100 166 112 1,091 2,857 1,880 2,770 5,367 2,158 1,285 5,540 2,665 1,636 4,230 3,321 3,800 1,228 2,158 28,031 32,336 11,544 13,831 Others 129,798 0 120 849 343 509 596 1,464 3,593 4,365 1,774 2,090 6,025 4,875 1,699 4,482 7,136 1,950 1,656 5,920 6,488 3,056 6,579 5,690 3,253 1,639 2,927 1,995 10,010 10,924 60,498 19,685 12,480 13,431 208,101 Charities Missions/ EXPENDITURE 495 547 1,193 1,250 3,373 3,403 4,667 5,981 6,054 3,447 1,237 5,171 2,961 8,574 5,967 2,386 2,891 2,300 3,845 7,550 5,374 6,279 2,636 4,945 5,304 4,066 3,536 3,359 2,608 1,380 10,961 13,923 10,696 United Appeal 148,359 400 3,312 9,777 3,677 4,069 8,087 5,606 4,548 9,124 3,161 3,447 1,804 8,958 4,483 3,233 2,349 6,640 9,086 1,102 2,490 34,656 23,502 21,037 10,699 21,681 16,809 51,033 78,146 19,172 27,827 10,658 153,753 420,499 984,825 Property 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RESTRICTED FUNDS 754 6,264 3,159 8,561 2,958 1,762 8,271 4,289 2,732 3,259 9,475 1,787 3,679 4,488 7,906 12,735 21,017 15,854 26,074 29,698 23,139 12,286 35,967 17,011 12,979 14,328 Organ- 290,432 isations 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 161 811 166 402 5,344 2,857 1,045 1,880 2,770 5,549 2,855 1,426 6,097 2,665 9,122 3,210 3,851 8,081 1,966 13,692 52,030 19,690 10,979 11,977 Other 168,626 Income 0 0 INCOME 869 2,214 6,966 3,850 6,498 1,640 7,836 3,591 1,004 4,928 3,482 6,292 4,792 6,587 5,010 2,101 1,098 3,305 12,234 13,476 11,765 10,226 10,515 74,797 10,128 10,696 17,688 13,795 11,483 17,905 10,432 297,203 Charities Missions/
2,655 1,697 9,250 1,674 7,104 5,757 7,701 2,449 7,227 9,243 5,250 5,677 For For 13,438 28,088 13,697 20,601 62,574 14,985 46,402 17,843 14,998 14,079 26,500 39,266 21,639 59,995 10,919 10,575 15,257 10,345 84,921 13,901 194,371 800,078 Property 3,841 2,607 6,674 1,150 5,961 6,854 5,844 7,326 3,927 10,651 11,389 18,087 44,942 14,015 13,706 35,307 23,352 25,062 14,139 15,294 29,650 20,695 31,221 25,567 10,176 35,150 11,188 19,794 17,269 12,264 19,434 10,261 23,182 Other 501,559 0 0 0 1,000 7,768 8,461 6,969 8,457 7,518 1,970 11,013 23,252 29,318 31,990 17,132 32,816 71,239 55,006 33,139 12,459 16,802 16,922 42,214 80,334 20,972 26,363 16,307 24,016 29,479 23,727 15,777 20,285 Allow 103,443 796,148 Salary & EXPENDITURE 0 0 0 0 2,806 2,395 5,962 7,453 8,287 2,857 5,835 5,905 4,224 7,206 9,388 7,642 6,694 2,209 3,614 12,283 11,303 23,784 13,676 23,461 20,869 16,254 25,625 18,085 18,991 17,065 10,840 10,602 10,048 ments 349,783 Assess- 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 81 50 500 573 404 738 328 429 394 108 UNRESTRICTED FUNDS 4,685 1,078 3,904 6,656 8,216 1,015 7,263 4,911 3,791 5,000 5,295 2,274 15,329 14,182 26,080 18,441 Other 131,728 Income INCOME 8,632 Inc 13,854 10,401 39,245 27,718 71,989 57,726 49,880 12,260 68,019 31,905 63,068 31,184 29,620 26,551 64,012 81,978 96,733 84,186 52,469 33,980 42,566 59,017 56,247 29,235 41,173 25,048 12,105 29,128 101,986 126,571 105,049 150,644 1,734,179 Gross Asses (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) (c) Albany // Ballygoney Bellaghy Brigh // Carland Castlecaulfield Castledawson Claggan Clonaneese Lower Clonaneese Upper Coagh Cookstown – First Cookstown – Molesworth Culnady Curran Draperstown // Dungannon Eglish Knockloughrim Lecumpher Maghera Magherafelt – First Magherafelt – Union Road Moneymore – First Moneymore – Second Newmills Tyrone Orritor Pomeroy Saltersland Sandholes Stewartstown // Swatragh // Tobermore THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN IRELAND Presbytery Tyrone Ser No (19) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 £ Total 130 MINUTES BELFAST, 2017 131
ECCLESIASTICAL CHANGES, ETC
Reported by Presbyteries in - 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
(Occurrences during the year) Licensed 16 26 20 18 8 16 14 Ordained 11 7 10 20 25 10 15 Installed & Inducted 14 15 19 32 37 24 26 Resigned 7 11 11 18 11 15 17 Released – – – 1 – – – Loosed – – – 1 2 3 3 Retired 13 13 9 12 12 9 12 Retired Ministers Released – – – – – – 35 Died 7 16 4 15 4 13 13
(Totals under the care of Presbytery) Students 60 49 49 47 49 38 24 Ministers without charge 29 26 32 32 31 37 40 Licentiates 51 65 60 47 41 46 40
FORM OF BEQUEST TO THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH ______
I HEREBY GIVE AND BEQUEATH TO THE General Secretary for the time being of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, whose receipt for the same shall be a sufficient discharge, the sum of £…………… upon trust to be applied by such General Secretary toward the ………………………… (here state the Mission, Central Ministry, or other Fund, to be benefited) of the General Assembly; and I direct that the said legacy be paid out of my personal estate; and free from any deduction on account of any legacy duty, or other tax whatever. 132 BELFAST, 2017 BELFAST, 2017 133 INDEX TO MINUTES AND STATISTICS
2017 Annual Meeting, 2018 69 Licentiates 34 Attendance, Roll of 2 LINKAGE COMMISSION 56 Appointment of New Trustees 67 Listening to the Global Church 35
Bequest, form of 131 MEMORIALS Memorial of Prof Fred Boal 55 Candidates accepted as Students Memorial of the for the Ordained Ministry 35 Rev Dr Ivan D Neish 56 Chaplaincy as Mission (CMI) 49 Church of Ireland General Synod Memorial Record 19 (2017) 57 Memorial Roll 23 Close of Assembly 69 Ministers without Charge 34 Code Changes 71 Moderator, Election of COMMISSION ON APPLICATIONS 55 Rt Rev Dr JNI McNeely 18 Corresponding Members received 23 COUNCIL FOR CONGREGATIONAL Nominations Committee 61 LIFE AND WITNESS 25 COUNCIL FOR GLOBAL MISSION 47 OVERTURES COUNCIL FOR MISSION IN Relating to the Church in general IRELAND 48 35, 47(2)(f), 65(2), 85(1), 173, COUNCIL FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS 29 222(3), 239(2), 260(b), 260(d) 64 COUNCIL FOR SOCIAL WITNESS 28 Charities Legislation Task Group COUNCIL FOR TRAINING IN 137, 16(3), 16(4), 47(1), 51(1), MINISTRY 33, 46 52, 33, 61, 97, 61, 62, 72, 81(6), 97(h), 97(j), 98, 128(1) 64 Ecclesiastical Changes (Summary) 131 Council for Congregational Life and Witness Fellow workers with God who 85(5)(6)and(7) 65 makes things grow (CCLW) 24 Council for Global Mission 290(4) 65 General Assembly Business Council for Mission in Ireland Committee 18, 57, 68 79(e), 116(2) 64 GENERAL COUNCIL 36(f), 201, 305(11) 65 Section 1 19 Council for Training in Ministry Section 2 36 72(e), 74, 132(5), 134(3) 64 Section 3 44 190(2)(a), 193(1)(b), 219(5), Section 4 50 219(3), 219A(i) 66 Section 5 61 Judicial Commission Commissions and Appeals JUDICIAL COMMISSION 53 161(1)(g), 165(1)and(2), 166(1) 54 Membership of a Congregation 39(1), 39(3), 41(1), 45, 45, 195(6) 53 134 MINUTES Right of Appeal in Cases of Iveagh 114 Employment Grievances Monaghan 116 38, 75 54 Newry 118 Right of Appeal relating to Council Omagh 120 for Training in Ministry Route 124 146(1)(c) 55 Templepatrick 126 Transfer of Congregational Property Tyrone 128 to an Associated Body 53(a), 57 54 TRUSTEES OF THE PRESBYTERIAN Linkage Commission CHURCH IN IRELAND 66 36(f), 57(3)and(6), 73(d), 82(3)and(4), 57(5), 76(b) 64 Union Theological College 57(5), 76(b), 198(10) 66 Management Committee 33 Republic of Ireland Marriage Task Group Wednesday Evening Celebration 46 85 64 Support Services Committee 46(h), 46(h), 59(2)(a), 76(e), 137 64
Presbytery Reports 19 Professor of Systematic Theology 36 Property Panel (Support Services Committee) 44
Reception of Ministers and Licentiates Committee 34 Relationships with Other Denominations Task Group 50 Republic of Ireland Panel 29
Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper 23 SPECIAL JUDICIAL COMMISSION 55 SPUD 25 STATISTICS 85 Presbyteries 86 Ards 88 Armagh 90 Ballymena 92 Belfast North 94 Belfast South 96 Belfast East 98 Carrickfergus 100 Coleraine & Limavady 102 Derry & Donegal 104 Down 108 Dromore 110 Dublin & Munster 112