The Rev. Dr. Janet Unsworth (Northern Ireland) is a seasoned member of the IAMSCU Board of Directors, with a long career in education, theological scholarship, church leadership, and ecumenical engagement. Since 2022 she has been serving as an Ecumenical Canon of St Anne’s Cathedral in Belfast, Northern Ireland. She was initially appointed to this honorary position and used this role to explore new opportunities for ecumenical initiatives. She has served as the Canon Preacher on duty at the Morning Choral Eucharist, has been part of the Covenant Council which oversees the covenant entered into by the Anglican Church of Ireland and the Methodist Church in Ireland in 2002, and was also appointed as a the representative of the World Methodist Council to the new Anglican-Methodist International Co-ordinating Committee, where she works Rev. Dr. Edgardo Colon-Emeric (UMC), Bishop Elswith Clare (MCCA), Rev. Dr. Martin Mujinga (African Methodist Council), and Bishop Paul Swaroop (Church of North India). In this role, Dr. Unsworth will and the other members of this committee will be able to serve as a mediators in conversations about how IAMSCU can integrate ecumenical perspectives in its development and activities.
Dr. Unsworth has also been selected as the President of the Methodist Church in Ireland and will be installed on the evening of Thursday June 4th, 2026. The service will be livestreamed on the MCI YouTube channel – https://www.youtube.com/@IrishMethodistOfficial. The International Association of Methodist Schools, Colleges, and Universities (IAMSCU) celebrates Dr. Unsworth’s leadership and wishes upon her the blessings, discernment, and vision to exercise this leading role.