CONFERENCE

BY ICEJ STAFF WRITER

ICEJ-Ireland, under the direction of Brian Silvester and his faithful team, hosted its annual national conference in January, drawing over 200 Christians from both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The attendance was larger than expected following three years of cancelled conferences due to Covid, but participants were now eager to get together for fellowship and teachings on Israel. Another draw was the rich worship sessions by three different musical teams, including two younger worship groups that attracted many attendees from the next generation.

Barry Denison, ICEJ Vice President for Operations, came from Jerusalem to join the roster of speakers, which also included Brian Silvester and Stephen Cargin.

After the two-day conference, Barry ended the weekend ministry trip by speaking in the Sunday morning services at two churches in Belfast. There also were productive meetings with local pastors who were new to the work of the Christian Embassy.

Barry was accompanied by his wife Deborah Denison, and in every location he also shared about her time volunteering as a trauma nurse for the IDF’s “Operation Good Neighbor”, which involved Christian medical teams going into southern Syria during its long, brutal civil war to treat the wounded.