EN: Tell us about your background.
JM: I was born in Coventry. I worked in the technical publications department of Sir W.G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Ltd.
I became a Christian through the American evangelist Billy Graham being relayed from Harringay in London to the Methodist Central Hall in Coventry. I decided that this was what I was seeking and that I needed to repent of my sinful nature and receive God’s forgiveness through Christ.
At the age of 23 I left my job and, after two years at Bible College, went into pastoral ministry. Supported by my wife Lisa I have pastored churches in Humberside, North Devon, the Black Country and Derbyshire.
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