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Larry and Kathy Dunne

  • Ireland
Ireland may be small with a population of 4.58 million, but it is the most Catholic country in the world, even more than the parameters of the Vatican itself.  In America, you may find a reasonable number of Christians within the Catholic Church; this is not the case in Ireland.  The country is currently at 0.4% Christian, which includes a wide spectrum of churches.  As a result, there is only a handful of “solid, bible-based, Christian evangelical churches.”  Therefore, Church-Planting is at the forefront of their evangelism efforts. 

Larry and Kathy have been married and living in Ireland for 28 years.  They have 3 children, Nathan, Bethany, and Naomi.  Prior to 1991, they were in part-time ministry while Larry worked his commercial fishing business.  Fishing out at sea was where he suffered the loss of his right arm back in 1985.  Since 1994, they have enjoyed full-time ministry through Evangelism and Church-Planting both on the East and West coast of Ireland.

Much of Larry’s work involves Door-to-Door and Street Evangelism.  Kathy enjoys developing relationships, hosting, and ministry communications.  A profitable time takes place during the summer months with the leading of Summer Teams and a large variety of Outreach work.  After 16 years treading ground and sharing the Gospel, Larry and his Evangelism Team have planted 5 Churches in the main towns of County Mayo and now moving into County Longford for their 6th Church-Plant.  The team also run a small Christian Bookstore near their Westport church.  With Larry’s Irish fishing background, there has been a huge open door, evangelizing those living on the nearby Islands.  They have been able to get into a number of public schools (which are all Catholic), teaching children the Bible Explorer Program as an aid to the schools’ religious curriculum.  Each year, the leadership produce a professional, evangelistic, Free Magazine that is collectively distributed all across Ireland by Irish Churches.  It has been a great opening tool for Larry’s Door-to-Door work.  All the magazines can be read on www.4you.ie.  Larry has also enjoyed times of Evangelism Training and Discipleship, equipping church members on how to share their faith effectively.  One of their biggest joys has been to see their long-time Seekers & New Believers Bible Study turn into their 5th Church-Plant in Claremorris town.

Please pray for Blessing and Growth within their 5 Church-Plants and for their Longford town Church-Plant in progress.

Larry works with each Church-Plant weekly – please pray for his continued stamina spreading the Gospel and for direction as the ministry expands.

They have been helping a couple small, struggling Churches on the East coast with their Evangelism – please pray for their fruit and growth.