ABSTRACT

This chapter examines memory articulated through the lens of Pentecostalism as a means to better comprehend the relationship between faith and the migrant experiences of making home in a post-Celtic Tiger Ireland. The diasporic journeys undertaken by many African Pentecostal migrants are often remembered through the lens of their faith. The chapter suggests that the church provides not only a sense of community for those who feel marginalised by Irish society but also a way of applying what it refers to as a faith memory as a mechanism through which sense is made of crisis and recovery. It discusses personal narratives, memory verses, testimonials and prophecies, both in real life and online, as ways through which this faith memory is enacted. 'Being on fire for Jesus' means that all aspects of the life journey, including the diasporic journey, are understood and remembered through the lens of Pentecostal faith.