I was born and brought up in East Sussex before moving to the North East of England in 1983 via Germany. I had a nominal Christian upbringing. As a child I did attend Sunday school at the local Anglican Church for a number of years and then as part of my leadership role in the boy scouts I also attended church parades once a quarter.

After my father died in 1971 I left further education and started an apprenticeship as a dental technician. In 1979 I moved to Germany to further my career. It was while I was there that I met Annelie who in 1983 became my wife and we moved from Germany to the North East of England. We have two grown up daughters, Claudia and Nicola, who no longer live at home.

I worked in Guisborough for three years before starting my own business in 1986 supplying dental crowns and bridges to local dentists. In 1987 I moved to new premises in Guisborough and over the next few years the business grew. At the beginning of 1994 I had an experience with God which made a profound change in my life. After this I found my business no longer held the same appeal.

In 2001 I took four and a half months off work to attend the Amazing Facts Center of Evangelism in Sacramento, Northern California. After graduating from the college I found it difficult to go back to my previous vocation and looked to sell my business. In 2002 I took part in an evangelistic campaign in Ghana. This was followed by a similar campaign in Bulgaria in 2003. I sold my business in 2002 and then continued to work for that business for two years on a free-lance basis. I used Friday each week to do door-to-door work in the Middlesbrough area.

In 2005 I was invited by the North England Conference of Seventh-day Adventists to work with the Sheffield district of churches as a Bible Instructor. I spent two years in Sheffield before being moved to the Middlesbrough district of churches to work there as a Bible Instructor with Pastor Peter Jeynes. After Pastor Jeynes was moved to the Kettering district in September 2008 I was asked to work together with the local elders to steer the three churches while a new pastor was looked for.

In January 2009 I was appointed as licensed minister to the Middlesbrough, Darlington and Durham churches. My hope is that I may equip these churches to bring the eternal gospel of Jesus Christ to the people of their districts through personal contacts and evangelistic outreach. It is also my aim to help each member grow in their own personal relationship with Jesus, through prayer Bible study and devotion, that they may be ready for the soon coming of Jesus.