PRINCIPAL

Jonathan is married to Jenny and has three children. He has been pastor at Hamilton Road Baptist Church in Bangor since 2010 and is one of the co-founders of the Irish Men’s Convention. He serves the College as Principal and teaches Biblical Theology, Theology of Worship, Homiletics and Pastoral Studies. His desire is to see men and women equipped to serve the Lord with passion in this contemporary world.

DIRECTOR OF TRAINING AND LECTURER IN BIBLICAL STUDIES (OLD TESTAMENT)

Davy holds BD, MTh and PhD degrees from the College, along with a BSc from Queen’s University. Before becoming Director of Training in 2019, he served with Baptist Youth and in several pastoral roles, and is now an elder in Antrim. He teaches Biblical Hebrew and Old Testament, writes extensively on Old Testament themes, and contributes to journals and platforms such as The Gospel Coalition, For The Church and 9Marks.

COLLEGE MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR

David is married to Liz and has three children. He is an elder in Ballykeel Baptist Church and is also on the Child Evangelism Fellowship European Education Advisory Committee. Before joining the Irish Baptist College in the summer of 2025 David was a primary school principal.

POSTGRADUATE DIRECTOR & LECTURER IN HISTORICAL THEOLOGY

David pastored Gilnahirk Baptist in Belfast for 15 years before joining the College’s full-time teaching staff in 2013. He also teaches on Cornhill Belfast, specialising in Historical Theology, Apologetics, Baptist Ecclesiology and Baptist History. He has contributed to several works on Jonathan Edwards and Irish Christianity, and authored Meeting Christ at His Table (2023). His articles appear in the Journal of the Irish Baptist Historical Society, Reformed Theological Journal and other theological journals.

LECTURER IN BIBLICAL STUDIES (NEW TESTAMENT)

After some 25 years of pastoral experience in Ireland and Scotland including a period at Charlotte Chapel Edinburgh, Peter joined the College staff in August 2010. His main responsibilities are teaching New Testament and Biblical Languages. Peter has been published in the Journal of the Irish Baptist Historical Society and Semanatorul.

REGISTRAR

Lynette joined the College staff team as Registrar in June 2018. Originally from Belfast, she moved to Coleraine to study Social Psychology & Sociology and later worked in business for a number of years. She lives in Belfast with her husband Paul. Church, family, friends & travel keep Lynette busy outside of IBC.

Debbie joined the College part-time in 2023 after previously working as a PE teacher. She also works part-time for Newtownards Baptist as Church Administrator as well as co-ordinating the Children's and Youth work.

LIBRARIAN

Claire is married to Andrew and is a Theology and History graduate of Queen's University, Belfast. She joined the College team part-time in February 2019 and spends the rest of her time working with Child Evangelism Fellowship.