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Derek Tidball
Cara Grant
Abi Figueroa
Steve Maltz
OUR CONTRIBUTORS FOR THIS ISSUE
Bob Lunt
Bob and his wife Margaret, a retired vicar, served with the South American Mission Society (SAMS) in Northern Argentina, where Bob coordinated the translation of the Bible into the Wichi tribal language. He later worked as SAMS Resources Officer and now serves in a group of three churches in the Rotherham area. He is married with two daughters and a grandson.
Derek Tidball is now retired and lives in Leicester. He served as a Baptist pastor and spent much of his time in theological education. He is a former principal of London School of Theology. Since retiring he has devoted himself to teaching in Bible colleges at home and overseas, to writing, preaching and mentoring. He is married to Dianne and they have two young grandchildren.
Andy Robb is an award-winning author and illustrator with 60 books to his name. He is also the creator of Derek the Cleric. Andy lives in Essex where he and his wife Jane lead Revival Church Billericay. He is a dad and a grandad. Find him at: www.andyrobb.co.uk or read his blog at: https://andyrobb.substack.com
Becky leads alongside her husband, Paul, at All Saints’ Woodford Wells in NE London, and is a New Wine England Ambassador. She enjoys teaching, mentoring and generally helping people understand and grow in their discipleship. She has two adult children, both on the autistic spectrum, which has presented daily challenges but has added a richness to life that would otherwise be lacking.
Kevin is an Ordained Minister in the New Testament Church of God, the largest black majority church in the UK. As a musician, he came to Christ in his twenties through his interest in gospel music, having never attended Sunday school or a church before this. Kevin is Lead Chaplain for Notts Healthcare NHS Trust (Mental Health), leading a multi- faith team of 35 chaplains. He is married with three children.
David Spriggs
David Spriggs is a Baptist minister who, after leading three local Baptist churches, moved to the Evangelical Alliance as their Head of Evangelism from 1992-1997. Then he joined The Bible Society, working on projects to do with the Bible, church and culture. He has written several books dealing with Christian leadership, the Bible, spirituality and prayer. He is married with three children and nine grandchildren.
Cara has been writing for Living Light for many years and has also written for Woman Alive magazine and Scripture Union. She and her husband Nick have been married for over 40 years, and now have nine grandchildren. They are involved in both the pastoral and marriage ministries at their church.
Abi was a missionary in Colombia for 10 years with Latin Link and now lives in London with her Colombian husband and 2 young daughters where they work with the youth and children’s ministries in their church. Life passions start with adventuring anywhere in the world close to Jesus, and hopefully include being outdoors and good food!
Steve is the author of over 30 books, with an emphasis on speaking to our culture. He is also a blogger and scriptwriter and is the founder of the Foundation conferences and runs the Saltshakers website, which promotes a Hebraic understanding of the faith. Steve has authored scores of computer games, including the first available Christian games and educational software in the 1990s. He is married with 3 sons and 3 grandsons.
Celia has worked alongside husband Lyndon at CARE for forty years, currently as Prayer Champion and Team Chaplain. Recently ordained in the Anglican Church, via the Caleb Stream for people of retirement age (or not!), Celia also serves part-time as a curate in her local West London parish church. With two sons and a daughter living close by she enjoys sharing fun, food and faith with their family.
Andy Robb
Becky Harcourt
Kevin Shaw
Celia Bowring