Who's who

The Trustees of 9:38 are:  

Vaughan Roberts

Vaughan Roberts studied law at Cambridge University before a brief spell doing student ministry in South Africa. Since 1991 he has been on the staff of St. Ebbe's Church Oxford, where he is now Senior Pastor. Vaughan has been involved with 9:38 from the beginning. In his spare time he writes books and plays cricket, tennis and golf.

Richard Coekin

Richard is married to Sian and they have five children. He is senior pastor of the Co-Mission Initiative, a group of congregations in Wimbledon and Mayfair. He is also involved in teaching the Bible to workers in Westminster and is Chairman of the London Men's Convention.

Ian Garrett

Ian Garrett is the Assistant Minister at Jesmond Parish Church in Newcastle. Having grown up in Hamshire he first went to Newcastle as the student worker. He has been involved with 9:38 from the beginning and runs the Student Conference, 'A Life's Work' each year. He is married to Tessa. 

9:38 is run by an executive committee who are all involved in full-time gospel ministry at churches around the country:

Mark O'Donoghue (Chair)

Mark has been minister of Christ Church, Kensington since September 2011, prior to which he was the City Minister of St Helen's Bishopsgate for seven years. Regularly in demand as a conference speaker, Mark studied history at Durham University where he was converted and spent seven years as a mergers and acquisitions lawyer before leaving law to study theology at London's Oak Hill College. Mark is married to Claire and they have three young children, all of whom share his passion for Chelsea FC and his angst over England's cricket and rugby teams.

Christopher Ash

Christopher is in his 7th year as Director of PT Cornhill. Before that he served for four years on the staff of St Andrew the Great in Cambridge and then seven years leading a church plant from there to All Saints Little Shelford. Christopher is married to Carolyn, who is also part of the Cornhill team, and they’ve been entrusted with three sons and a daughter.

Andy Gemmill

Andy Gemmill has been the minister at Beeston Free Evangelical Church since 1998. Prior to joining Beeston, Andy worked at St Helen's Bishopsgate in London and then at Spicer Street Independent Chapel in St. Albans.

Chris Green

Chris has worked in various churches, and is currently Vice Principal at Oak Hill Theological College, where he teaches preaching, mission and church leadership. He has written commentaries on 2 Peter, Jude, 2 Timothy and Acts, and is now working on a book on the doctrine of the Church He is married to Sharon and they have two boys, Edward and Alex.

Andrew Nicolls

Andrew is the pastor of Christ Church Kingston and married to Hilary, with two young children at school in Kingston. Andrew has been a Christian for over 20 years and used to be a doctor.

Danny Rurlander

Danny is the Senior Pastor of Moorlands Evangelical Church in Lancaster. He is married to Emma and they have four children. He trained at Moore Theological College in Sydney after which he served in a parish church in Merseyside for three years. He also teaches doctrine subjects on the North West Ministry Training Course in Leyland. Danny enjoys good coffee, child-friendly walks in the Lake District, and ticking things off to-do lists.

Carrie Sandom

Carrie converted at the age of 13. She trained as a school teacher and taught Maths before going to Wycliffe Hall, Oxford for three years of theological training. She has been involved in student and women's ministry for 15 years working in churches in the City of London and Cambridge, and then three rural parishes in Essex. She is now women's worker at Christ Church, Mayfair. She teaches women at the Cornhill Training Course in London and regularly speaks at the Proclamation Trust Women in Ministry conference. Her interests include walking in the Lake District and reading thrillers.

The committee subscribes to the UCCF doctrinal basis. 9:38 is a registered charity (charity number 1092881)