“Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison,” Matthew 4:12
On the evening of Friday 20 March 2026, Rev. Ivan Foster sat down and shared his memories of the 1966 imprisonment of Foster, Dr. Ian Paisley, and Rev. John Wylie.
That event lit a fire across Ulster, and resulted in unprecedented growth in the Free Presbyterian Church, with many new churches founded out of that persecution.
The meeting was held at Moneyslane FPC. Rev. Daniel Henderson introduced Rev. Foster.
Read sermon notes here
To read more about Rev. Foster’s jailhouse witness to IRA gunman Joe McCann in 1966, as mentioned in this presentation, please see Joe McCann, IRA gunman, and his three months under the gospel.
View a video of this event below:
While he was in prison, Rev. Foster was given this precious item by one of the men who was in jail for burglary. That man had taken a white hanky and decorated it with coloured inks, and mounted a picture of Ann, Rev. Foster's girlfriend and now his late wife. This item was given to Ann on her 20th birthday, a few days after Rev. Foster was released from prison on 23rd October, 1966.
"He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love," Song of Solomon 2:4