INDEX TO REPORTS Page 1. Representative Church Body *................................................................................... 3 2. Standing Committee............................................................................................... 174 3. Board of Education ................................................................................................ 273 4. Church of Ireland Youth Department..................................................................... 291 5. The Covenant Council............................................................................................ 314 6. Commission for Christian Unity and Dialogue......................................................298 7. Liturgical Advisory Committee ............................................................................. 351 8. Church of Ireland Council for Mission .................................................................. 357 9. Commission on Ministry........................................................................................ 362 10. Church of Ireland Marriage Council ...................................................................... 368 * The reports of the Church of Ireland Clergy Pensions Trustee Limited (page 110) and the Church of Ireland Pensions Board (page 152) are incorporated into the Report of the Representative Church Body. If you require the Book of Reports in another format, please contact the General Synod Office: tel: 01 497 8422 or email: [email protected] 1 CHURCH OF IRELAND THE REPRESENTATIVE CHURCH BODY REPORT 2018 The Representative Church Body – Report 2018 CONTENTS Page Representative Body – chairpersons and offices 5 Representative Body – membership 6 Committees of the Representative Body 8 Report on the year 2017 13 Financial and operational review 2017 19 Allocations budget provided for 2018 24 Investments and markets 27 Clergy remuneration and benefits 31 Clergy pensions 35 Property and trusts 36 Library and archives 46 Donations and bequests to the Church of Ireland 50 Miscellaneous and general 52 Resolutions recommended to the General Synod 54 Financial statements year ended 31 December 2017 55 APPENDICES Page A Extracts from the accounts of the Church of Ireland Theological 90 Institute for the year ended 30 June 2017 B Annualised fund performances – comparative total returns 92 C General Unit Trusts – financial statements and extracts from investment 93 manager’s reports for the year ended 30 June 2017 D Environmental, Social and Governance Policy – integrating ESG into 104 investment decisions 2018 E RCB Policy on Climate Change 2018 106 F Church of Ireland Clergy Defined Contribution Schemes (NI and RI) – 108 reports of the scheme trustees G The Church of Ireland Clergy Pensions Trustee DAC – report on the 110 Clergy Pensions Fund for the year ended 31 December 2017 H The Church of Ireland Pensions Board – funds administered by the 152 Board as delegated by the Representative Church Body I Church Fabric and Development Fund – grants allocated during 2017 160 J Archive of the Month 2017 161 K Accessions of archives and manuscripts to the Representative Church 162 Body Library, 2017 L Funds received by the Representative Church Body in 2017 to be held 172 in trust for parishes, dioceses etc 4 The Representative Church Body – Report 2018 THE REPRESENTATIVE BODY OF THE CHURCH OF IRELAND Chairman The Most Rev Dr Richard Clarke, Archbishop of Armagh Committee Chairpersons Executive Mr Henry Saville Canon Graham Richards (Deputy) The Most Rev Allocations Canon Graham Richards Dr Richard Clarke Investment Mr Kevin Bowers Property Mr Keith Roberts Stipends Mr William Oliver Library and Archives Dr Michael Webb Legal Advisory Mr Lyndon MacCann SC Audit Canon Graham Richards Chief Officer and Secretary Mr David Ritchie The Representative Church Body (RCB) was incorporated by Charter in 1870 under the provisions of the Irish Church Act, 1869. Its legal structure is that of charitable trustee or trust corporation with perpetual succession. The main activities of the RCB involve management of investments, administration of trusts and Gift Aid, payment of stipends and pensions, property and legal transactions and treasury management as well as supporting the core work of the Church by providing finance for the sustentation of the clergy and pensioners, training of ordinands, education, youth, communications etc. The RCB Library is the repository for the archives of the Church and the Library for the Church of Ireland Theological Institute and the Church at large. The committee structure is designed to reflect these activities and responsibilities. Office Library Church of Ireland House Braemor Park Church Avenue Churchtown Rathmines Dublin 6 Dublin 14 Tel 01-4978422 Fax 01-4978821 Tel 01-4923979 Email [email protected] Fax 01-4924770 Website https://rcb.ireland.anglican.org Email [email protected] 5 The Representative Church Body – Report 2018 THE REPRESENTATIVE BODY OF THE CHURCH OF IRELAND In accordance with the Charter of Incorporation (1870) the Representative Body is composed of ex-officio, elected and co-opted members. The ex-officio members are the archbishops and bishops, the elected members consist of one clerical and two lay representatives for each diocese and the co-opted members consist of persons equal in number to the number of dioceses. (See also Constitution of the Church of Ireland Chapter X). The Representative Body is composed of the following sixty members, shown with recorded attendance figures for the four meetings held during 2017. Two Honorary Secretaries of the General Synod are in attendance at meetings. A Archbishops and Bishops: ex-officio members (12) 4 The Most Rev Dr Richard Clarke, Archbishop of Armagh 4 The Most Rev Dr Michael Jackson, Archbishop of Dublin 3 The Most Rev Pat Storey, Bishop of Meath and Kildare 3 The Rt Rev John McDowell, Bishop of Clogher 4 The Rt Rev Kenneth Good, Bishop of Derry and Raphoe 3 The Rt Rev Harold Miller, Bishop of Down and Dromore 3 The Rt Rev Alan Abernethy, Bishop of Connor 3 The Rt Rev Ferran Glenfield, Bishop of Kilmore 4 The Rt Rev Patrick Rooke, Bishop of Tuam 4 The Rt Rev Michael Burrows, Bishop of Cashel, Ferns and Ossory 4 The Rt Rev Dr Paul Colton, Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross 4 The Rt Rev Kenneth Kearon, Bishop of Limerick and Killaloe B Elected members (36) The date in brackets after a member’s name denotes the year in which he/she is due to retire (Constitution Chapter X Section 3). Outgoing members are eligible for re-election provided they have not reached 74 years of age by 1 January preceding election. Armagh 2 Ven Terence Scott (2018) 4 Mrs Ethne Harkness (2019) 1 Mrs Jane Leighton (2020) Clogher 3 Ven Brian Harper (2018) 0 Mrs Julie Parker (2019) 1 Mr Henry Robinson* (2020) Derry and 4 Rev Canon Henry Gilmore (2020) Raphoe 2 Mr Robert Pollock (2018) 3 Miss Elaine Sproule (2019) Down and 4 Ven Roderic West (2018) Dromore 2 Mr Basil O’Malley (2019) 1 Mr Michael Johnston† (2020) _______________________________ * elected September 2017 in place of Mr John Keating (retired September 2017) † elected October 2017 in place of Capt George Newell (retired October 2017) 6 The Representative Church Body – Report 2018 Connor 4 Ven Stephen McBride (2018) 4 Mrs Cynthia Cherry (2019) 3 Mrs Pauline High (2020) Kilmore, 1 Very Rev Nigel Crossey* (2020) Elphin and 2 Miss Maud Cunningham (2018) Ardagh 2 Mrs Deborah Davitt (2019) Tuam, 3 Very Rev Alistair Grimason (2020) Killala and 4 Prof Paul Johnston (2018) Achonry 1 Mrs Heather Pope† (2019) Dublin and 2 Ven David Pierpoint (2018) Glendalough 3 Mr Robert Neill (2019) 4 Mr Geoffrey Perrin (2020) Meath 2 Ven Leslie Stevenson (2018) and 1 Mr Ronald Colton (2019) Kildare 4 Mr Kevin Bowers (2020) Cashel, 1 Very Rev Katharine Poulton (2020) Ferns and 2 Mr William Galloway (2018) Ossory 3 Mrs Hazel Corrigan (2019) Cork, 2 Ven Adrian Wilkinson (2020) Cloyne and 3 Mr Keith Roberts (2018) Ross 3 Mrs Helen Arnopp (2019) Limerick 2 Ven Wayne Carney‡ (2020) and 3 Ms Yvonne Blennerhassett (2018) Killaloe 3 Mr Roy Benson (2019) C Co-opted members (12) 0 Ven Andrew Forster§ (2020) 3 Mr Terence Forsyth (2019) 3 Mr Lyndon MacCann SC (2018) 0 Mr Richard Milliken|| (2020) 3 Mr William Oliver§ (2020) 2 Mrs Judith Peters (2019) 2 Ms Hilary Prentice (2018) 4 Canon Graham Richards (2018) 4 Mr Henry Saville (2018) 1 Mr David Smith (2018) 1 Mrs Wendy Taylor|| (2020) 4 Dr Michael Webb (2019) _______________________________ * elected October 2017 in place of Rev Ian Linton (retired October 2017) † elected September 2017 in place of Mr Julian Ellison (retired September 2017) ‡ elected June 2017 in place of Rev Patricia McKee Hanna (retired June 2017) § eligible to attend three meetings maximum due to triennial retirement (re-elected May 2017) || elected May 2017 in place of Mr Samuel Harper/Mr Tim McCormick (retired May 2017) 7 The Representative Church Body – Report 2018 COMMITTEES OF THE REPRESENTATIVE BODY The Executive, Allocations, Investment, Property, Stipends, Library and Archives, Legal Advisory and Audit Committees are elected triennially from the members of the Representative Body. The current triennium for members and chairpersons ends in September 2019. Membership details together with numbers of meetings held and record of attendances for the year 2017 are shown below. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 7 meetings Mr Henry Saville - 7 (Chair) Mr Henry Saville Most Rev Dr Richard Clarke 5 Ven Andrew Forster 4 Most Rev Dr Michael Jackson 6 Rev Canon Henry Gilmore 7 Rt Rev Dr Paul Colton