There are 8 Management Committees: Baptist Missions The Churches' Council also appoints the Management Committees to oversee the various areas of Association work. They meet with the Executive Committee and deal with matters of urgency arising between meetings. The Officers of the Association are: President, Vice-President, Ex-President, Honorary Treasurer and Association Director.
The Officers of the Association are: President, Vice-President, Ex-President, Honorary Treasurer and Association Director (Association Director is based at the Baptist Centre. It is from there that all our work commences.īetween meetings of the Churches’ Council the work of the Association is under the control of the Executive Committee of 18 Church Representatives appointed by the Council from among their number and the Association Officers. Our emphasis on the importance of the church as a local company of baptized believers leads us to place the local church at the centre of the life of the Association. It appoints the committees and Association Officers, approves the policy and practice of the Association and reviews the work undertaken on behalf of the churches. It is the final authority within the Association. Churches' CouncilĮach church appoints at least two representatives to serve on the Churches’ Council. It is from there that all our work commences. Matters are handled between sessions by the Executive Committee elected by the churches at the May Churches Council meeting. The purpose of the Council is to hear reports and conduct business. The Churches Council meets during the week of the annual assembly and also annually in November. The Association holds an annual assembly in May.
The Baptist Centre comprising the administrative offices and the Irish Baptist College is located near Moira, County Down, Northern Ireland. The ABC Insight is a bi-monthly magazine serving the churches. Departments include Baptist Women, Baptist Youth, Missions, Welfare, and Training (Irish Baptist Historical Society and Irish Baptist College). These member churches of the association have over 8500 members with a worshipping congregation ofm over 20,000 each Sunday. The Association of Baptist Churches in Ireland comprises 115 Baptist churches. Organisation Christian denominations in the UK v
The Union returned to its original name of the Association of Baptist Churches in Ireland in 1999 highlighting that they are an association of churches of like mind which seek to work and fellowship together. They supported Charles Spurgeon during the Downgrade Controversy that raged in the Baptist Union of Great Britain. But desire for independence caused the Irish Baptists to follow their own path which was evidenced in the stting up of the Union in 1895. Irish Baptists initially had a close relationship with the English Baptists. The Irish Baptist Association was organized in 1862, and was replaced by the Baptist Union of Ireland in 1895. By 1653, there were 10 churches (9 in the south and 1 in the north). 8 Northern and Southern Regional Development Committeeīaptist work was started in Ireland by the middle of the 17th century.
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