My father died suddenly whilst I was still only 12, and added to this grief, was the loss I suffered following the sale of the farm and everything I had come to love, including my donkey and cart and even my pet dog.
Five years later, at the age of 17, life became so unbearable at home in Northern Ireland, that I ran away not only to escape but to try and begin a new life in England.
This new life was to take me into the Army and the Royal Engineer's Regiment at Aldershot in Hampshire. Soon this new life was to rob me once again of someone I had come to love so much.
I discovered that the girl to whom I was engaged to be married, was being unfaithful and this stirred up all the previous grief that I had struggled with in the past. I was so devastated that I came to believe that there was no reason for my continuing to live, so I attempted to end my life.

I have read that "We can live for 40 days without food, 8 days without water, 4-6 minutes without air, but ONLY SECONDS without HOPE."

I was introduced to hope by John, a member of the Parachute Regiment, he contacted me in a Bar just a few days after my suicide attempt. After a brief discussion, John and I prayed together, and I remember my prayer. "Oh God if you can heal my broken heart and dry my tears and give me hope, I'll go to the Nations of the world to tell them of the hope you have given to me."
I got up from my knees that night, a changed man, as I began my personal relationship with Jesus
It's now over 42 years since I began my hope filled journey.
I can not say that life has always been easy, simply because I came to faith in Jesus, but I can say that He has helped me to keep going when things got rough. He has helped me through the most severe of trials, including the death of my first wife with cancer after 23 years of marriage in 1983. The Lord has also brought me through two major heart attacks, the last of which was whilst I was a Missionary in Uganda, East Africa, where I had been working for about 6 years. In April 1995, the Lord helped me through a triple by-pass, heart operation.

At the moment I am the Pastor of the Finchley Christian Fellowship, an Elim Pentecostal Church which meets every Sunday at 11:00am for worship in the Youth Theatre situated at 142 High Road, East Finchley, London N2 9ED. The High Road is shown at the (A1000) on a map

I first came to Elim in 1959, just after I was born again and Elim Headquarters appointed me to my first Pastorate in September 1963.

If you are ever in the Finchley area in North London, please do come and visit my church. You can be assured of a great welcome. Our Sunday morning service of worship and teaching begins at 11.00 am. Please also invite your family and friends in the London area to visit us. They will be richly blessed.

We broadcast our Sunday morning service LIVE over the Internet from 11:00am (GMT) UK time  Full details are on my Internet Ministry website which can be located by clicking on this button.

_{In June 2001 the Lord enabled me to release my first professional Gospel Album "A Song from the heart." You can buy a copy of the Album on line, it has 14 Gospel Songs on it and is available either as a CD or Tape. Please click the button below for details of the Album.}