As we complete our 75th year of ministry in Ireland, we want to take time to reflect on God’s goodness to us over the years. Some of you have been with us on this exciting journey from the earliest days, others joining more recently. However long you’ve been involved, and in whatever capacity, we trust you’ll rejoice with us that “thus far the Lord has helped us” (1 Samuel 7:12).

Looking back on our time as National Directors fills our hearts with joy as we recall God’s grace and faithfulness in our lives and ministry. We are so thankful for godly leaders who came before us and those who encouraged us through the highlights and blessings, challenges and difficulties.

“Church to Children” was an exciting ministry project. A short gospel book was written for children called ‘The Fixers’. This was made available to churches to deliver to homes in their area, along with a correspondence course to follow-up the children. Many churches reached unchurched children in their locality with almost 20,000 gospel books distributed.

Another literature project saw 3,000 gospel resource packs called “Unravel” go into our local primary schools across Ireland. Teachers and Principals greatly appreciated this excellent resource.

One of the biggest challenges we faced was to ensure that CEF of Ireland complied with new Charity Act legislation brought in by the government. We had to look at many things including our governance, finance and accounting and our charitable purpose. We valued the help and expertise of each person who helped to make sure things were done in the right way and we praise God for his help to complete this long process.

To mark the 65th anniversary of CEF of Ireland, we organised a special spiritual retreat for all our workers and missionaries from around the world. It was such a blessing to have the whole CEF family together and we really appreciated the ministry of Pastor Robert Morgan (USA) and Mr Reese Kauffman (then CEF President).

We were so thankful for God’s wisdom, grace, and strength during those years. God takes ordinary people and does extraordinary things through them!

This article first appeared in our summer 2025 edition of Every Child, the CEF of Ireland quarterly National Newsletter. You can subscribe to a digital or paper copy of Every Child for free by clicking here.