glúnta
planting the Gospel in rural Ireland
What is glúnta?
Glúnta is a ministry endeavour of Calvary Church Loughrea to catalyse, support and resource rural church planting across Ireland.
Ó ghlúin go glúin in Irish means “from one generation to the next.” However, the literal translation is more poetic: “from knee to knee.” Think of a child sitting on a parent’s or a grandparent’s knee, listening to them recount their stories, passing wisdom from one generation to the next. This is how stories are shared, how love and faith are shared.
Our vision as churches should be to see the gospel impact lives and communities from one generation to the next—this is the heart of glúnta.
10:2040
Our vision is to identify, build a team, and plant a church in 10 rural Irish towns by the year 2040.
At present there are approximately 100 Irish towns that are without a Gospel preaching church. Through the identification of a town, a core group, and with support and resources, we aim to plant and established church in 10 of these towns by the year 2040. It is imperative that the DNA of the churches that area planted is that of a church planting church, so training and support will be given that these churches would reach future generations by raising up disciples to plant the Gospel in other unreached towns across Ireland.