LEADERS

Graeme & Fran have spent most of their ministry church planting in the West of Ireland. They helped to establish Galway Christian Fellowship and have worked with others to establish the Plumbline family of churches and ministries around Ireland.

Graeme developed the Exploring Manhood course to help equip men for the challenges of contemporary manhood. He initiated Choose Life as an outreach to people who are feeling suicidal and set up Hope Counselling to give spiritual help and support to those who need it. He has written ‘Making sense of Life when it Hurts’ ‘Journey to Wellness’ ‘Angels in our Territory’ and ‘Angels and You’. Graeme and Fran have spent 10 years as missionaries in France and have 4 grown up children and 6 grandchildren.

Fran has a degree in education and a diploma in theology. Graeme has a degree in civil engineering, a diploma in counselling and a Masters in Theology. They both have 50 years of experience in various types of ministry.

LECTURER

Kevin, along with his wife Michelle are the co-founders of Encourage International a ministry that seeks to bring much needed encouragement, inspiration and practical training to local churches across the globe. With over 30 years experience serving both as a local church pastor and as a bible teacher, Kevin has a passion to see the local church grow and be equipped in and through the Word of God.

Having travelled and ministered extensively over the years, Kevin & Michelle now reside in County Galway, where their work also includes a strategic partnership with Discovery Church and Christian Churches Ireland, in both the development of a new church planting strategy for the West of Ireland and the development of a new leadership training programme.

Kevin holds a Masters Degree in Applied Theology and is part of the regular lecturing faculty with Christian Churches Ireland.

Counting every day as a blessing of God’s grace, Kevin more than anything, desires simply to continually grow as disciple of Jesus, seeking to live out his life through the glory of God’s presence.

TEAM & TEACHING

Liam is originally from Kilkenny but has spent the last eight years living and working in the midlands reaching young people with Christ’s love. He is married to Debi and they have one daughter, Abigail.

Liam is passionate about cultural transformation, seeing God’s Kingdom come in Ireland as it is in heaven. He’s also passionate about seeing people discover the Father’s purpose for their lives and using their gifts to impact not only the church but the world too.

Liam finished Christian Academy himself in 2017 and he finished Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry first year in 2023. Christian Academy is built into his DNA with his own parents also attending many years ago.

Liam currently heads up Youth for Christ in Ireland, an evangelistic organisation committed to putting Christ in the future of Ireland by investing in teenagers and youth workers around the nation.