Who's who

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

Chairman and Trustee: 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 now Senior Pastor. Vaughan has been involved with 9:38 from the beginning and leads the Annual Conference, 'Only One Life'. In his spare time he writes books and plays cricket, tennis and golf.

The other members are:

Trustee: 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.

 

Trustee: 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. 

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.

Mark O'Donoghue. Mark works for St Helen's Bishopsgate with workers in the City of London. Before training for ministry he as a corporate lawyer for six years. He is married to Claire and they have 3 children. In his spare time he enjoys following and watching cricket, rugby and football, and watching the West Wing. 

Trevor Pearce.Trevor is Youth Worker at All Souls Langham Place in London. Before moving to central London with his wife Ewa and three daughters, Trevor spent four enjoyable years as a Youth Worker at Bridge Chapel in Liverpool. His Bible training has included being one of the students to attend the very first year of the Cornhilll Training Course in 1992,under both David Jackman and Dick Lucas. Trevor's hobbies are spending time with his three adorable daughters and wife and watching West Ham whenever he possibly can.

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. 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, before joining three rural parishes in Essex earlier this year. 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.

Matt Morgan. Matt is the Administrator of 9:38. He spends his time organising the conferences, speaking with church leaders about apprenticeship schemes and running the organisation. He is married to Ruth, a forensic scientist, and they are based in Oxford at St Ebbe's Church, where they are involved in the 20s and 30s group and an afternoon church plant.  

 

 

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