4 Corners Networking — Weekly Feature on Faith Activism: Joanmount Methodist Church

joanmountThis week’s featured organisation from the 4 Corners Networking events is Joanmount Methodist Church. The contribution was written by its minister, Rev Stephen Thompson and focuses on its Open Door initiative.

Joanmount Methodist Church: Open Door 

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4 Corners Networking — Weekly Feature on Faith Activism: Irish Churches Peace Project

groundworkThis week’s featured organisation from the 4 Corners Networking events is the Irish Churches Peace Project.

The contribution was submitted by Laura Coulter, the Good Relations Officer for the Greater Belfast area. Contact information for good relations workers in Read more...

4 Corners Networking–Weekly Feature on Faith Activism: Inter Church Addiction Project

faith-without-good-works-is-deadThis week’s featured organisation from the 4 Corners Networking events is the Inter-Church Addiction Project (ICAP).

ICAP (Inter-Church Addiction Project)

Contact: Josephine O’Neill, bjooneill@gmail.com

A Place of Hope and Restoration

The Inter Church Addiction Project began with one man’s dream … Read more...

4 Corners Networking – Weekly Feature on Faith Activism: Fortwilliam and Macrory Presbyterian Church

relationshipsThis week’s featured organisation from the 4 Corners Networking events is Fortwilliam and Macrory Presbyterian Church

The description of the church was written by its minister, Rev Lesley Carroll. Carroll has been involved in a range of reconciliation work … Read more...

4 Corners Networking–Weekly Feature on Faith Activism: Focolare Movement and its annual conference, 2-6 July in Ballycastle

relationshipsThis week’s featured organisation from the 4 Corners Networking events is the Focolare Movement. Focolare is a world-wide movement with various expressions throughout the island of Ireland. It describes itself as:

An international group which takes its inspiration

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4 Corners Networking–Weekly Feature on Faith Activism: Fixers

little-redThis week’s featured organisation from the 4 Corners Networking events is Fixers.

In a week in which a Belfast Telegraph poll reported that two-thirds of young people see their future outside of Northern Ireland, the work of Fixers – … Read more...

4 Corners Networking–Weekly Feature on Faith Activism: Evangelical Alliance

how-does-your-faith-inform-your-activismThis week’s featured organisation from the 4 Corners Networking events is Evangelical Alliance Northern Ireland.

When I was researching my Ph.D., which became my first book, Evangelicalism and Conflict in Northern Ireland (Palgrave, 2008), Evangelical Alliance was one of … Read more...

4 Corners Networking–Weekly Feature on Faith Activism: Embrace Northern Ireland

meet-weaveThis week’s featured organisation from the 4 Corners Festival Networking events is Embrace Northern Ireland (NI). Embrace NI has an excellent reputation for its work with minorities, and has produced a number of useful resources to help others be more … Read more...

4 Corners Networking–Weekly Feature on Faith Activism: The Dock

how-can-we-use-faithThis week’s featured organisation from the 4 Corners Festival Networking events is The Dock in the Titanic Quarter.

Regular readers of this blog will already be familiar with the Dock, which I have written about on several occasions and which … Read more...

4 Corners Networking – Weekly Feature on Faith Activism: Church of the Good Shepherd Monkstown

artsAs I announced last Tuesday, a regular weekly feature on this blog will be about the peacebuilding and reconciliation work of various faith-based organisations and congregations in Belfast. This is aimed to continue the inspiration of the 4 Corners Festival, Read more...

4 Corners Networking – Get Involved! New Weekly Feature on Faith Activism: Clonard Unity Pilgrims

mairtin-o-muilleoirI recently wrote a blog reflecting on the 4 Corners Festival, and asking people to share their stories about the Festival or about their own work as peace activists.

It is the hope of the Festival organisers that it would

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