I was called to full time work in 1993, and upon completion of my studies in Queens University Belfast, commenced training in the Whitefield College of the Bible in 1994.
My first full-time post came in 2000 when Dr John Douglas asked if we would be prepared to go to Lock Free Presbyterian Church (Australia) for two years. As a recently graduated student and just newly married, we readily accepted the offer. The words of Ecclesiastes 9:10 “Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might” have always been a challenge to me.
Upon our return to Northern Ireland we accepted a call to Tyndale Free Presbyterian Church, where we spent ten very happy years. As well as being a minister to the Tyndale congregation, I also served as a chaplain to our QUB and Stranmillis students, and as a part-time teacher in Portadown Independent Christian School.
Our previous time in Lock FPC had left us with an ongoing interest in the Lord’s Work in Australia, and in the summer of 2012 we felt the Lord would have us to return to that part of his vineyard and render service there.
We finally arrived in Tasmania in October 2013 and have taken up the work in Kingston Free Presbyterian Church. The work is small and has been without a permanent minister for a while, but there is great enthusiasm amongst the people for the Lord, his Word, and his Work.
It is our prayer that the Lord will be pleased to use our ministry here to the building up of his people, the restoring of the cold of heart, and the conversion of the lost.
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