Our Pastors & Staff

Pastor nick cassidy

Pastor Nick is the Senior Pastor of Cork Church. He and his wife Kathryn; along with some family members started the church over 25 years ago. Over the years the Lord has been faithful to bless the ministry of Cork Church into becoming a vibrant Christ centred church; built solidly on the New Covenant. Pastor Nick is a seasoned national and international speaker. God has used him to help set up Ireland School of Ministry (ISOM), Global Missions Ireland; as well as Feed Cork - which has become a national ministry. He has led numerous mission trips, hosted leaders conferences all around the world, and has been highly active in sowing into the Irish Church through SummerFire Ministries.

pastor stephen mcbride

Pastor Stephen was born and raised in Donegal, is married to Wilma and they have four children. He left a successful career in Process Engineering to pastor, initially in Derry then joined the Cork Church team in 2006 as Executive Pastor. He served as the National Youth Director for SummerFire Conference from 2006 to 2014 and directs the Worship Ministry of the SummerFire Conference since its beginning in 1997. He enjoys boats, fishing and all things sea related.

Pastor patrick dobbin

As an Associate Pastor, Pastor Patrick leads our Young Adult and Connect Ministries and coordinates our National “Elevate” Youth/Young Adult Movement. Pastor Patrick is married to Laura and they have 2 beautiful little children, Jackson-James and baby girl Georgia.

Pastor Ben Atkins

Ben Atkins is our youth pastor, he has graduated from UCC having studied English and History; and went on to complete a masters in Theology from Mattersey Hall Bible College. Ben stepped into the role of Youth Pastor in September 2022 and works with the 11-17 year olds weekly in our Youth group. He is also one of our worship leaders; he leads worship for the main church and also for our Young Adult Ministry. Pastor Ben is newly married to his wife Katelyn and they reside in Cobh.

Jennet Reyes

Jennet is our Kids Ministry Director. She is married to Adolfo; and they have four children: Lemuel, Caryl, Jaden and Shekhinah. They are from the Philippines; however they have lived in Saudi Arabia for 10 years, ⁠Qatar for 2 years, ⁠and Dubai for 8 years. Jennet oversaw the Kids Ministry in both Philippines and Middle East. The Reyes family moved to Ireland in 2023 and have been a massive blessing to Cork Church. Jennet holds: a Bachelor’s degree in Physical Therapy (Medical Field as Physiotherapist), a Professional Teaching Certificate, ⁠a Master of Arts in Education with a major in Special Education, and she has three years of Bible School training. She has also been certified in: Sign Language, Good Practice in Autism Education, and SPED (Increasing Participation of Autistic/Neurodiverse) - among many other things!

Hamp Sirmans

Hamp is the Director of Feed Cork. Feed Cork opened in 2017 and is Cork City's first ever Food Bank. This ministry aims to help fight food poverty in Cork! Hamp is married to Elmia; and they have 5 children.

The Team