 He has received the following honorary degrees

Haire was ordained as a Christian minister in 1972.During part of 1972 he served in the Presbyterian congregations of Kells, Co. Meath and Ervey, Co. Cavan, in the Republic of Ireland.From 1972 to 1985 he was a missionary of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, serving in Halmahera in the Molucca Islands and Sulawesi, Indonesia, where he worked as a lecturer and principal at Halmahera Theological College, and as professor of theology at the Christian University of Indonesia at Tomohon, Sulawesi.