Our Team

Julie McKinley was born in South Africa and moved to Ireland at the age of 9. Julie’s role involves connecting with local Bible projects which promote biblical literacy, and facilitating group engagement with Scripture at local and national levels. She completed her PhD in Jewish-Christian Dialogue at Trinity College Dublin, and is passionate about the idea that biblical text can be a meeting place full of possibility, where multiple meanings can be found in sacred words as we engage in them together. She enjoys creative spaces where poetry, art, nature and Scripture intersect. She lives in Dublin with her husband and four children, and one fluffy rabbit.

Gillian Kingston, Board Chair – Gillian was born in Co. Cork and spent much of her early life in Nigeria. She was elected the first Lay Leader of the Conference of the Methodist Church in Ireland. She is passionate about the beauty and depth of Scripture, and is currently a member of the Fellowship Council for the United Bible Societies, in addition to being recently appointed as a lay Ecumenical Canon of St Fin Barre’s Cathedral,
Cork.

The picture on the right shows Gillian (left) with Rev Dr Jerry Pillay, the General Secretary of the World Council of Churches, pictured at the Westerkerk in Amsterdam at the World Assembly for the United Bible Societies in 2023.