Ireland: new fire kindled
Mark Loughridge
Great Bible
teaching, great
fellowship,
great fun, great encouragement – all these
marked the inaugural Kin(cid:30)re Festival in
Kilkenny, Ireland. Six hundred Christians
from all over Ireland gathered to worship,
learn, fellowship and hang out together.
The idea for Kinfire was born out of an
online prayer meeting hosted by the Irish
Gospel Partnership (IGP),that attracted over
300 people
from all across
Ireland. The
question was asked: ‘What if we were able to
get this many people together in person to
spend time together around God’s word and
to be encouraged by simply being together?’
And so Kinfire was born.
Church plants spurred on by Irish mission initiative
Mark Loughridge
At least two new churches have been planted in Ireland in tandem with the recent ‘What’s the Story?’ (WTS) outreach initiative in Ireland.
Christ City Church in central Dublin (some members pictured) had been looking to plant a church in the more residential area in the south of the city to reach the people there.
letter from the
island of Ireland: come over and help us
Mark Loughridge
A recent survey carried by Aontas (an association of Irish evangelical churches) has found that there are 115 towns with a population of over 5,000 people where there is no evangelical witness at all.
At present Ireland has the lowest percentage of evangelicals in the English-speaking world. Because of this very low percentage, it is difficult for the church in Ireland to produce sufficient leaders to meet current needs. Therefore, there remains a constant need for missionaries.