Minister, Writer, and Speaker
Glen Scrivener is a speaker, writer and ordained minister. He serves as the Director of Speak Life, an evangelistic ministry that seeks, through preaching and media, to captivate both church and world with the love of Jesus. He is a YouTuber, podcaster, the author of ten books including the award-winning 'The Air We Breathe', and he presents the digital evangelism course 321.
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Andrew has spent many years working as a consultant psychiatrist in Belfast alongside part-time work providing biblical counselling. He is an elder at his church in Portadown, Northern Ireland. He tutors on the BCUK Certificate Programme in Belfast. In collaboration with others, Andrew is responsible for taking the lead in developing the Certificate Programme and other advanced skills training.
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Pastor of Ballycullen Community Church
Originally from Donegal, Jeff worked as an accountant in Belfast before moving to London to study at Cornhill and Oak Hill Theological College. While there he met his wife Caroline, and together they have four children – Josh, Abby, Conor and Chloe. Jeff has served as pastor of Ballycullen Community Church in Dublin since 2009, contributes occasionally to the Christ Centred and Clear podcast, and is a keen (and hopeful) Liverpool supporter.
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Lecturer & Elder
Kevin was born in Canada and moved to Ireland in 2022 with his wife, Christine, and their two young children. He serves as one of the elders of Douglas Baptist Church (in Cork), while also lecturing in Old Testament for Munster Bible College.
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Pastor of Calvary Church Ballina
David is married to Brooke, and together with their four children they live in Ballina Co. Mayo, where David is the pastor of Calvary Church Ballina.
While now a proud Irishman, David grew up in Australia and worked as a Secondary School teacher, before studying Theology at Sydney Missionary and Bible College. While at Bible College, God laid Ireland on their hearts. After an initial year with Grosvenor Road Baptist in Dublin, they moved over to the wild west in 2012 and have been there ever since! David enjoys roasting, making and drinking good coffee, going for a family walk in beautiful Mayo, and shouting at the TV as Liverpool let another lead slip.
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Matthew Spandler-Davison serves as the Ministry Director for Practical Shepherding. He oversees the work of the Practical Shepherding Ministry Team with responsibility for Church in Hard Places, Cohorts, and International ministries.
Matthew is the church planter and a preaching pastor of Redeemer Fellowship Church in Bardstown, Kentucky.
He is also the co-founder and Executive Director of 20schemes, a church-planting ministry in Scotland’s poorest communities.
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Originally from Newtownabbey, Co Antrim, Warren has been a Pastor in the Reformed Presbyterian Church of Ireland since 2001, serving congregations in Coleraine and Newtownabbey. In 2023 he became Pastor of Covenant Christian Fellowship in Galway City. He also teaches Greek and New Testament studies at the Reformed Theological College in Belfast. He is married to Ruth and they have four daughters, Erin (married to Sam), Bekah, Caitlin and Bethan. He enjoys reading, running and walking.
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Jonathan Rea leads New Irish Arts, a parachurch organisation which seeks to exploit the beauty of the Arts to encourage people to worship God. This is achieved through choral and orchestral concerts, a vibrant youth choir and orchestra, and by leading worship at events like Kinfire. Jonathan studied music at Cambridge and now enjoys teaching adults to think critically, creatively and practically about church music ministry. He also broadcasts regularly as a conductor and speaker for BBC and RTE. He has published a number of choral compositions and worship songs. He is a member of Hamilton Road Baptist Church in Bangor. Leading worship at Kinfire is one of the highlights of his year, and not just because of the burger van
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I’m originally from a small town in southeastern Oklahoma. I met Jesus at a young age and felt called into ministry as a teenager. Shortly after high school, I met Rachel, the beautiful woman who would eventually become my wife. Together, we attended the University of Central Oklahoma (UCO), and I graduated with a degree in sociology.
During that season, I felt drawn to minister among Chinese students on our campus and began learning Mandarin. Rachel and I were married in October 2010. Eight months later, we were on a plane headed for Asia, where we worked as church planting missionaries for two-and-a-half fruitful years. In 2013, I headed home to serve as a Pastoral Resident at Henderson Hills Baptist Church. I finished up an M.Div. at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and accepted a call to be the Lead Pastor at Grace Church in Ovilla, TX. In addition to pastoring, I completed a D.Min. and a Ph.D, served as the VP of Academic Affairs at Southern Bible Institute and College and as an adjunct at other seminaries (including Criswell College and Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary).
We have four amazing kiddos (Timothy, Abigail, Titus, and Jonathan). Together, we love exploring the outdoors, playing baseball, and reading good fiction. I also enjoy writing, hiking, photographing wildlife, mountain biking, and sipping coffee.
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