The 2018 General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland took place in Assembly Buildings in Belfast from Monday evening, 4 June and closed on Friday, 8 June.
Attended by approximately 1,000 ministers and elders from the Church’s 500-plus congregations across Ireland, members of Assembly received and discussed reports from the Church’s 124 councils, committees, panels and task groups across 26 sessions involving 100 resolutions that set the direction for the life and ministry of the Church over the coming year and beyond.
Most of the public sessions were open to the public and were streamed live, starting with the Opening Night on Monday 4, June. Throughout the General Assembly there was a live Twitter feed @pciassembly. You can review the Tweets using the hashtag #PCIGA18.
In this section you will find information relating to the 2018 General Assembly.
Guide to Assembly Procedure
You can find a guide to Assembly procedure here.
Assembly Business
Details of each day’s business before the General Assembly can be found here.
The Blue Book & Annual Reports
The reports and corresponding resolutions that will be discussed and debated during the course of the week can be found here.
Additional reports and resolutions written since the the Blue Book went to print can be found in the Supplementary Reports to the General Assembly.
Daily Minutes
Draft Daily Minutes can be found here when they have been published:
Media Relations
Today at the Assembly
You will find a news story about each day’s business and issues before the General Assembly here:
Yesterday at the Assembly
You will find a news story reviewing the previous day’s business here:
General news stories
You can read the news stories that relate to the 2018 General Assembly here:
Blogs
You can read the blogs that relate to the General Assembly here:
General Assembly video
2018 Summary Report
The General Assembly Summary Report contains details of some of the decisions that that were taken at the 2018 General Assembly. While not a formal annual report as such, it contains over 50 articles and features providing a flavour of the diverse work that the Church has been engaged in since the previous General Assembly in 2017.
Copies of the Summary Report can be downloaded here. Limited numbers in a hard copy format are also available from Assembly Buildings in Belfast.
2019 General Assembly
The 2019 General Assembly #PCIGA19 will take place from the evening of Monday, 3 June with the formal election and installation of the new Moderator. Business will commence on Tuesday morning and will close on Friday 7 June.