I am delighted to have the opportunity to serve the Diocese as Mission and Renewal Advisor.  After 15 years in Parish ministry, I am looking forward to the new challenge of encouraging all the Parishes in their growth and development.
 

I was converted from a non-Christian home at 17.  After graduating in agriculture I served a brief time in mission in Pakistan.  I was then an agricultural advisor for seven years before Trinity College, Bristol.  I served my Curacy in All Saints, Lindfield.  For the last 10 years I have been Vicar of Rudgwick where God has been good and we have seen substantial growth.  For a time I was also Archdeaconry Warden of Readers before becoming Rural Dean of Horsham 5 years ago.
 
My heart is to see people so enthused about their relationship with Jesus that sharing Him with others is neither a duty nor a chore.  It is my firm conviction that every type of Church can grow, be they Evangelical or Catholic, stale or fresh expression, as long as people are full of faith and the Spirit.  I am pathologically averse to elevating doubt to a virtue, denial about the realities of where we are, anodyne politeness and talking in a Vicar's voice. 
 

My hope and prayer is that the Mission and Renewal department can become a powerful resource to help enable growth and passion in the Diocese.  Initially, I look forward to a lot of listening in order to see how we might best do that.