A bit about me…

I grew up in the Midlands, with Scouts, rugby and competitive swimming dominating my childhood. It was a combination of Scouts, a girlfriend and a retired university lecturer that brought me to faith in Jesus Christ.

I studied Civil Engineering at Aston University, including six months each year working on a building site or a drawing office. During my first year placement I had profound encounter with God while cycling home from work. I was overwhelmed by a vision of people ignoring Jesus and falling to destruction, and I heard God inviting me to do something about it. That was the dawning of my call to become a Minister. It was the same summer that I met Cynthia, and we married in 1986.

I trained for Ministry in Cambridge at Westminster College & Fitzwilliam College, and was ordained as a URC Minister in 1992. Throughout my 30 years in pastorate ministry (1992-2022) I served Plymstock United Church, coupled with other churches or ministries. Initially this was split 50-50 with Laira United Church (URC/Methodist) and then with Pilgrim Church (URC/Methodist). For five years I worked nationally as an Evangelism and Renewal Advocate with GEAR – the Group for Evangelism And Renewal in the URC.

Dunamis

In 2022 I began working for Presbyterian-Reformed Ministries International (PRMI), a global training and equipping ministry, helping churches, individuals and Ministers grow in co-operating with the Holy Spirit. I serve on the International Executive Leadership Team and am Director of the Dunamis Institute.

I also provide leadership as Director of the Dunamis Fellowship in Britain and Ireland. It’s a training and equipping ministry, helping churches, individuals and Ministers grow in co-operating with the Holy Spirit.

My involvement with Dunamis has led to writing or contributing towards several publications.

Blog

I blog just a little, with several aims. In part I write-up some sermon highlights, a desire that emerged as I began preaching through the book of Acts. Other posts are personal reflections about topics and teaching that I find interesting, occasionally as a ‘popularised’ adapatation of material that I discovered elsewhere.

The image that I’ve used speaks to me about the Holy Spirit:-

• As the breath of God, the wind freely blowing where he wills.
• As living and life-giving water, welling up from within.
• As tongues of fire falling on the first disciples with Pentecost power.
• As the One who produces life and grows spiritual fruit in us.