Hi there!

I was sixteen when I discovered the Church. Not the building where our Scout Group met, at the corner of the road, but the people. It changed my life.

I discovered a community of people who had faith in Jesus Christ. People with a purpose, whose lives were being changed because God's Holy Spirit was at work in them. The Bible describes them as "the household of God" ...a family.

The Church at Plymstock is truly a family, with people of all ages and abilities. I wish it was perfect, but people have to cope with all of my faults, and I have to learn to cope with theirs too!

But I also know that Jesus is 100% committed to his Church and, somehow, through his Church he allows us to experience hope, love, acceptance and purpose.

There's a great part in the Bible that invites us to: "Taste and see that the Lord is good." God wants us to discover for ourselves that there's something genuinely good about the Christian faith. It's not a dry, dull and dreary set of rules. Rather, it's about:

• Having an authentic relationship with a heavenly Father who loves us.
• Living in a place where heaven's power touches earth and changes lives.
• The challenge of living with purpose and making a difference in Jesus' name.

Jesus repeatedly invited people to "Come, follow me." It's a journey of faith, and he promised to be with us every step of the way.

We'd love you to walk that journey with us.  Come and meet our Jesus, and see where he takes you...

A Brief bit of Biography

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 helped me come to faith in Jesus Christ.

I studied Civil Engineering at Aston University, on a 'sandwich course' ...which meant six months working on site each year. During my first year I had a profound encounter with God on a bicycle, 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 start of my call to become a Minister.  It was the same summer that I met (and fell in love with) 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. Having served two other Plymouth Churches (Laira and Pilgrim), I now work part-time for GEAR - the Group for Evangelism And Renewal in the URC. It's a role which takes me to a variety of churches leading workshops on evangelism, prayer and renewal in the Holy Spirit.

I am also involved with providing leadership for the Dunamis Fellowship, both here in Britain and also overseas. It's an exciting training and equipping ministry, helping churches and Ministers grow in co-operating with the Holy Spirit. And it has led to two publications: "Mission Enabled" (a GEAR booklet) and "Growing the Church in the Power of the Holy Spirit" (published by Zondervan, and co-authored with Brad Long and Cindy Strickler).