Joe Donnelly:Hope in the Inner City

Somethimes I get asked " So what's the empahisis on applied theology at IBI all about?" Marye there is no better answer to this than to tell a story of one recent MA graduate, Joe Donnelly.

Joe grew up in Ringsend, an inner city dockland area. There wasn't much hope or opportunity in Ringsend in those days. As a kid he used to vandalise the 'foreign' local Protestant mission hall. or get wasted on cider in its back yard at nights.
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No Ivory Towers at IBI

first published in VOX magazine Issue 11 July 2011
David Blevins, Laurna Nolan, Joe Donnelly, Rosemary Lindsay and Kirsty Harnden, reflect on what they learnt and how they are putting those lessons into practice in the "real" world!
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Kevin Barrett Evening student

When a friend suggested that I join him on the evening course in IBI I was looking for some ‘formal’ Bible study but had no idea that Tuesday evenings would become the highlight of the week for the next three years as my initial one year commitment got extended and extended.
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Sarah Kingston - BA student

“I’m from Bandon, Co. Cork, grew up in a family of 7 children with Christian parents, and became a Christian when I was 7 or 8 at a camp. I attend Carrigaline Baptist Church where I am mostly involved in youth ministry with clubs and a youth group as well as camp work. After school, I studied Nutritional Science in UCC for four years.
At an IFES conference during third year at UCC I was challenged about what I was going to do with my life and.. Further Detail

     

Cormac Shaw - BA student

I was born and raised a Catholic in a place called Ravensdale just north of Dundalk. I came to Dublin to study at UCD, graduating with a B.Comm in 1984 and qualifying as a Chartered Accountant in 1988.  I have worked in various businesses over the past 20 years at senior management and director level.
I became a believer in 2002 and realised I had a lot to learn about my Christian faith.  I signed up for an evening course at IBI later that year... Further Detail

     

Mark Montgomery - Diploma Student

From the beginning of my 5th year in secondary school I knew that I wanted to come to IBI for two reasons. One, to deepen my own walk with the Lord and two, that I would learn to share and teach God's word in a more effective way. Further Detail

     

Steven Hamer- Evening Course

Do you ever think that you know what God ought to be doing in your life? I did. For a long time I wanted God to take me out of my workplace, take me off to bible college, and put me into some ministry. I thought that as long as I was working in the marketplace I couldn't be working for God.  Further Detail

     

Lucy Kelly BA student

My time at IBI as been an experience that I cannot describe fully. The greatest testimony for it is the transforming effect it has had on my life, both personally and in my ministry. Further Detail