Purpose
The Church Development Board came into being at the Conference of 2003 in order to create and support opportunities for outreach and service, by enabling, facilitating and encouraging members to fulfill their calling in their community.
This includes entirely new schemes where no Church buildings already exist, innovative schemes offering opportunity for outreach within existing congregations and schemes that can serve to revitalize and focus an existing congregation.
The Conference of 2004 decided that the Home Mission Department, the Property Board and Inter Church Relations Committee should work together to co-ordinate their activities. This process is now well underway.
An Executive Committee consisting of the Officers of each of these groups meets on a regular basis to progress routine business and this is proving to be effective. This approach is in line with the Connexions process and will be developed further as opportunity and needs arise.
The Board's objectives are:
- To explore new and innovative ways of mission
- To monitor the work of the Home Mission Department and co-ordinate its activity with that of the Property Board and Inter Church Relations Committee
The Reports to Conference of the Property Board and Home Mission Department in 2005 came as part of a composite report under the Church Development Board and this practice will continue
Necessay changes in legislation are being considered and will be presented to Conference in June 2006
Business for the Board may be
progressed through District Superintendents or directly with the Secretary or Chairman.
Contact details
Secretary - Mrs. Dorothy Cranston
4 Comber Road, Killyleagh, Co Down BT30 9QZ
Telephone 028 4482 8347 email: dorothy@dcranston.freeserve.co.uk
Chairman - Rev Paul Kingston (C)
The Manse, Adare, Co Limerick
Telephone
Telephone - (00353) 061 396236
email: Rev. Paul Kingston (C)
