David is a Methodist pastor in Belfast, Ireland, with an explicit vocation to peacebuilding and community ministry. He is now Superintendent of Belfast Central Mission, one of the oldest Christian charities in Ireland, delivering care to young and old. In the course of his ministry he has chaired a number of local and regional community initiatives, facilitates political dialogue and is a director of the 4 Corners Festival, an innovative ecumenical programme of events which encourage the citizens of a still divided Belfast to explore different spaces in the city, physically, ideologically and spiritually.