The Rev. Matthew A. Laferty, director of the Methodist Ecumenical Office Rome, along with 8 other clergy and laity from the Methodist Church in Britain attended a special conference on synodality and receptive ecumenism, organized by the the Centre for Catholic Studies at Durham University. During the three day conference, Methodists, Baptists, Anglicans, Quakers, Reformed, Anglican, and Catholic participants learned and dialogued about how their various Christian churches discern the Holy Spirit, journey together, and live the mission of the church.
The Rev. Dr. Liz Kent, director of the Wesley Study Centre at St. John’s College, Durham, wrote a paper on the theology and practice on Methodist concepts of synodality.
Sr. Nathalie Becquart from the General Secretariat of the Synod Office delivered the Bishop Dunn Memorial Lecture on 21 June on the subject “Why Ecumenism and Synodality Go Hand-in-Hand.”
Methodist Ecumenical Office Rome 