Making Jesus Known in the Marketplace

The book of Genesis is a good place to start if you want to understand what God has to say about ‘work’. In Genesis we discover that the Hebrew word for ‘work’ Avodah also is used for ‘worship’ - when we work we also are worshipping the God who created us in ‘his own image’.

In Genesis, we discover who we are and why our work is something that God is very interested in.

So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. Genesis 1:27

Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.” Genesis 1:28

The Genesis Network launched in January 2021.
We are a ‘movement not an organisation’.

Forming out of a previous marketplace ministry, Genesis began with a board of trustees and a single HUB in Lisburn.

Now we have nine HUBs meeting monthly across Northern Ireland. We host events throughout the year, collaborating with organisations who also seek to see our marketplace transformed by Christian leaders.

Genesis Network is a Company Limited by guarantee and is registered with The Charity Commission Northern Ireland.

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Why Genesis Network?

The need to engage Christian business leaders

Business can be lonely and an intimidating place to be as a Christian. We believe there is a need to have a network together to encourage, support and challenge.

The need to equip Christian business leaders

Business comes with a lot of challenges, as does your faith. We think it is important that these two areas of your life are not separated but thought through carefully how they are integrated and lived out.

The need to give business leaders opportunities to explore faith.

There is more to life that business. We believe that it is important to give people the opportunity to explore faith in an atmosphere that is familiar and journey with them in authentic relationship.

Meet our Team

  • Daniel Jackson

    DIRECTOR

    Daniel is the Managing Director of Cornerstone NI, a Belfast-based property development company that has a focus on regeneration. He is passionate about how he can use his property business to bring light and hope to the parts of the city that he develops and the communities that live there.

    Daniel has been on Genesis committee since its formation in January 2021. In this next season, Daniel is excited about how The Genesis Network can become a movement that motivates followers of Jesus to bring gospel transformation in the places that they are working in.

  • Jack Taylor

    OPERATIONS LEAD

    Jack’s role with Genesis started in December 2022, coming from a background in Youth and Young Adult Ministry in a local Church. He also studied at Belfast Bible College, with his studies particularly focusing on Leadership and Mentoring.

    Jack is also a Co-Founder of a MedTech startup aiming at reducing agency spend for the NHS. He loves people and being able to connect people’s needs with solutions as best as he can.

    Contact Jack: jack@thegenesisnetwork.com

  • Victoria Shields

    CHAIR

    Victoria Shields is the Director of The Skin Health Clinic based in Newry Co.Down. Her clinic specialises in helping people manage problematic skin conditions as well as promoting skin health .

    As a Christian in business Victoria is passionate about using what God has entrusted her with to help others meet christ through daily encounters in her business and with her team. Being in a community of other Christian business owners brings me great encouragement and I am excited to see more of Christ in the marketplace through being part of the Genesis network.

  • Liz Cousins

    TRUSTEE

    Liz has a wide range of business and charity interests through her Directorships in Warmflow and associated businesses. Warmflow is Northern Ireland’s leading manufacturer of oil-fired boilers and operates out of a state of the art, 150,000 sqft production facility in Lisburn.

    Liz also is actively involved in the House of Vic-Ryn Trust and in the CS Lewis Institute. Liz shares a passion with her husband for encouraging businesspeople and professionals to consider what generosity looks like in their life.

  • Alastair Hair

    TRUSTEE

    Alastair is the founder and Managing Director of Hanover Systems. Operating since 2007 Hanover Systems offer control, monitoring and distribution systems for Mechanical and Electrical Building Services and have clients across the UK and Ireland.

    A real people person he loves the energy in the room at our events and building relationships with other leaders that are seeking to live their life for Christ in their business life.

  • Cherith Crymble

    TRUSTEE

    Cherith is joint Managing Director in MacCorkell Legal & Commercial Limited, a private client and commercial legal practice based in Lisburn. 

    In her day-to-day role, Cherith works alongside businesses and charities of all types and sizes, providing advices on a range of legal issues.

    She loves having the opportunity to serve both her staff team and clients alike with a view to seeing Christ’s kingdom advanced in the marketplace.  Over the past couple of years, Cherith has been really encouraged through attending Genesis Network events, and in particular, being part of the Lisburn HUB.

  • Paul de Cock

    TRUSTEE

    Paul is passionate about helping people and organisations figure out what it means to live and work in alignment with the Kingdom of God.

    He loves getting alongside leaders and helping them and their organisation thrive. He does this through coaching, consulting and training.

    Paul has a PhD in Psychology and has worked extensively in academia before developing a personality test based on insights from the Bible.

    He lives in Coleraine with his wife Ramona and their four children.