Life & Faith

Caring for the drunk and the vulnerable in the party capital of Europe. --- “It was a square mile that had more pubs, clubs, and bars than anywhere in the European continent.” San Antonio, Ibiza. According to Brian Heasley, it’s the “playground of the rich and famous”, a “stomping ground of the young and drunk”, a beautiful place with an underbelly. “There’s a darker element – everybody’s taking drugs, somebody’s selling drugs,” he says. In 2005, Brian decided to move there – with his wife and two young children, then aged six and nine. It was a challenging environment to raise a family, but it’s where they felt God wanted them to be. “Church needs to be in broken places,” Brian says. Brian and his wife found themselves walking the streets of Ibiza asking themselves: What does a church look like in Ibiza? So, they started asking people if they could pray for them. Many of them were drunk, a little confused, sometimes wary, or even a little freaked out. But most of the time, they were up for it. That first sum