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Irish fire grows: Kinfire Christian Festival

Irish fire grows: Kinfire Christian Festival

Mark Loughridge

Two years ago saw the start of Kinfire, a new and unique conference/festival for Christians in the Republic of Ireland. About 600 gathered for the inaugural event – fast forward just two years and a larger meeting space was needed for the 850 who had registered to come!

Great teaching abounded, especially from local pastors on the main stage, including Mark Smith (pictured), and from a variety of speakers in the seminars – including Michael Ots on evangelism and Crawford Gribben on the exciting early history of the Irish church.

Small but united evangelical churches
letter from Dublin

Small but united evangelical churches

Lois McCrea
Lois McCrea

Over 80,000 UK citizens live in the Republic of Ireland (ROI). With such close proximity to the UK, there are many similarities between our two countries. However, there are also many differences.

The differences are especially evident during the summer as primary-school children in the ROI enjoy a two month summer holiday, with secondary-school children having three months off!