VINNY
COMMONS though born in England and based in Southport, his
family roots are in Southern Ireland. Vinny was converted in
1979 while studying at Manchester University. He has a sports
background, playing football to a very high level, and continues
to coach on a part-time basis at a professional football club.
During the past thirty years he has travelled extensively
preaching the gospel to all ages with a particular strength in
young people’s work. He is a member of the Association of
Evangelists and has been a leader with United Beach Missions and
on the staff of Young Life.
DAVID
JACKMAN is a past President of the Proclamation Trust, formed in
1986 to encourage ministry that seeks above all to expound the
Bible as God's Word for today. Under its auspices he was
founder-director of the Cornhill Training Course. He is involved
now in the Trust conferences for preachers and in producing
distance learning materials and books. Before joining the
Proclamation Trust, David was Senior Minister of Above Bar
Church, Southampton. He studied theology at Trinity College,
Bristol, and worked for six years as a staff worker with the
Inter-Varsity Fellowship (now UCCF). He read English at
Cambridge University and was for four years a grammar school
teacher. David is married to Heather and they have two married
children and four grandchildren. He has written several books.
His spare-time interests include historical biography, piano
playing and walking.
NOEL
DARRAGH grew up in a farming community in Northern Ireland and
became a Christian during his teenage years. He and his wife,
Olive, studied at Emmanuel Bible College, Birkenhead. Noel did
further studies with Trinity Theological Seminary. For
twenty-nine years he was pastor of a Congregational Church in Co
Antrim, N Ireland where his Bible teaching and pastoral gifts
were much in evidence. Noel has served on the Council of The
Faith Mission since 1992 and in October 2007 he became Mission
President. They have two married children and four
grandchildren.Born into a missionary family,
JOHN
BRAND has served as pastor of two congregations in England and
for fourteen years was in a leadership role with AIM, eight of
these as European Director. John joined the staff of The Faith
Mission Bible College (FMBC) as Vice-Principal in September
2007. He was appointed Principal in 2009. John is passionate
about training young people in preparation for Christian service
and in encouraging expository Bible preaching. He is married to
Caroline and has two grown-up sons.
SANDY
ROGER is a former Principal of FMBC and now serves as Parish
minister at the Middle Church in Coatbridge. He continues to
exercise a wider ministry of teaching, preaching and lecturing
throughout the country. In recent months his congregation has
experienced a spurt of spiritual and numerical growth, and is
looking for the spurt to become a torrent. He maintains strong
links with The Faith Mission.
ROBIN
SYDSERFF is minister of St. Catherine’s Argyle Church in
Edinburgh. Prior to that he was Director of Ministry at The
Proclamation Trust in London, working alongside David Jackman
and Dick Lucas. Along with David Jackman he continues to edit
the Teach the Bible series published jointly by Christian Focus
Publications and PT Media. Before full-time ministry, Robin
trained as a chartered accountant and then lectured in
accountancy and finance at Heriot-Watt University. He is married
to Sally and they have three children.
JOHN
SHEARER came from a coal mining community in Lanarkshire and was
converted in his late teens when on holiday in Inverness. He
spent two summers with OM in France in the early 1960's before
going into FMBC and working for four years with the Faith
Mission in the Midlands of England. John is married to Jan who
also trained at FMBC. Feeling the need for more theological
training as the result of a growing call to pastoral ministry,
he did further studies at the Irish Baptist College in Belfast.
John has served the Lord in churches in the North and South of
Ireland as well as in Musselburgh where he is currently the
Pastor. John has been involved in lecturing at FMBC.
PATRICK
JOHNSTONE had a nominal Christian upbringing, but no knowledge
of the gospel until a friend at university confronted him with
the claims of Christ. After completing an honours degree in
Chemistry at Bristol University, Patrick taught for a year
before leaving in 1962 for Bible College in South Africa,
followed by service with the Dorothea Mission in Southern
Africa. Patrick married fellowmissionary Jill, and they had
three children. The first edition of Operation World was written
to provide fuel for prayer. Its purpose is still the same:
prayer for the Church and world evangelization. In 1978 he was
invited by WEC International to become their Mission’s
International Research Director. In 1980 they settled at the WEC
International Office based at the UK HQ and began an expansion
of Research Office information and also developing strategic
advances and goals for WEC. Much of Patrick’s research work is
aimed at making information readily available to potential
recruits and missionaries, and at developing practical
strategies to speed the final completion of world
evangelization. In 1992 Jill went to be with the Lord, but not
before writing You Can Change the World, a prayer handbook for
children. The children’s book was edited and rewritten by Daphne
Spraggett and published as Windows on the World in September
2001. The sixth edition of Operation World was published in
2001. It is estimated that the total number of copies in all
editions and nearly 20 languages now exceeds 2.5 million.
Patrick has also written the book The Church is Bigger than You
Think, which challenges common misconceptions about the mission,
growth and nature of the Church. In February 1995 Patrick
married Robyn Erwin, a WEC missionary from the USA who had
worked for several years in the International Research Office
before spending a time with a WEC field in the Middle East.
VINNY
COMMONS though born in England and based in Southport, his
family roots are in Southern Ireland. Vinny was converted in
1979 while studying at Manchester University. He has a sports
background, playing football to a very high level, and continues
to coach on a part-time basis at a professional football club.
During the past thirty years he has travelled extensively
preaching the gospel to all ages with a particular strength in
young people’s work. He is a member of the Association of
Evangelists and has been a leader with United Beach Missions and
on the staff of Young Life. 
DAVID
JACKMAN is a past President of the Proclamation Trust, formed in
1986 to encourage ministry that seeks above all to expound the
Bible as God's Word for today. Under its auspices he was
founder-director of the Cornhill Training Course. He is involved
now in the Trust conferences for preachers and in producing
distance learning materials and books. Before joining the
Proclamation Trust, David was Senior Minister of Above Bar
Church, Southampton. He studied theology at Trinity College,
Bristol, and worked for six years as a staff worker with the
Inter-Varsity Fellowship (now UCCF). He read English at
Cambridge University and was for four years a grammar school
teacher. David is married to Heather and they have two married
children and four grandchildren. He has written several books.
His spare-time interests include historical biography, piano
playing and walking. 
NOEL
DARRAGH grew up in a farming community in Northern Ireland and
became a Christian during his teenage years. He and his wife,
Olive, studied at Emmanuel Bible College, Birkenhead. Noel did
further studies with Trinity Theological Seminary. For
twenty-nine years he was pastor of a Congregational Church in Co
Antrim, N Ireland where his Bible teaching and pastoral gifts
were much in evidence. Noel has served on the Council of The
Faith Mission since 1992 and in October 2007 he became Mission
President. They have two married children and four
grandchildren.Born into a missionary family, 
JOHN
BRAND has served as pastor of two congregations in England and
for fourteen years was in a leadership role with AIM, eight of
these as European Director. John joined the staff of The Faith
Mission Bible College (FMBC) as Vice-Principal in September
2007. He was appointed Principal in 2009. John is passionate
about training young people in preparation for Christian service
and in encouraging expository Bible preaching. He is married to
Caroline and has two grown-up sons. 
SANDY
ROGER is a former Principal of FMBC and now serves as Parish
minister at the Middle Church in Coatbridge. He continues to
exercise a wider ministry of teaching, preaching and lecturing
throughout the country. In recent months his congregation has
experienced a spurt of spiritual and numerical growth, and is
looking for the spurt to become a torrent. He maintains strong
links with The Faith Mission.
ROBIN
SYDSERFF is minister of St. Catherine’s Argyle Church in
Edinburgh. Prior to that he was Director of Ministry at The
Proclamation Trust in London, working alongside David Jackman
and Dick Lucas. Along with David Jackman he continues to edit
the Teach the Bible series published jointly by Christian Focus
Publications and PT Media. Before full-time ministry, Robin
trained as a chartered accountant and then lectured in
accountancy and finance at Heriot-Watt University. He is married
to Sally and they have three children. 
JOHN
SHEARER came from a coal mining community in Lanarkshire and was
converted in his late teens when on holiday in Inverness. He
spent two summers with OM in France in the early 1960's before
going into FMBC and working for four years with the Faith
Mission in the Midlands of England. John is married to Jan who
also trained at FMBC. Feeling the need for more theological
training as the result of a growing call to pastoral ministry,
he did further studies at the Irish Baptist College in Belfast.
John has served the Lord in churches in the North and South of
Ireland as well as in Musselburgh where he is currently the
Pastor. John has been involved in lecturing at FMBC.
PATRICK
JOHNSTONE had a nominal Christian upbringing, but no knowledge
of the gospel until a friend at university confronted him with
the claims of Christ. After completing an honours degree in
Chemistry at Bristol University, Patrick taught for a year
before leaving in 1962 for Bible College in South Africa,
followed by service with the Dorothea Mission in Southern
Africa. Patrick married fellowmissionary Jill, and they had
three children. The first edition of Operation World was written
to provide fuel for prayer. Its purpose is still the same:
prayer for the Church and world evangelization. In 1978 he was
invited by WEC International to become their Mission’s
International Research Director. In 1980 they settled at the WEC
International Office based at the UK HQ and began an expansion
of Research Office information and also developing strategic
advances and goals for WEC. Much of Patrick’s research work is
aimed at making information readily available to potential
recruits and missionaries, and at developing practical
strategies to speed the final completion of world
evangelization. In 1992 Jill went to be with the Lord, but not
before writing You Can Change the World, a prayer handbook for
children. The children’s book was edited and rewritten by Daphne
Spraggett and published as Windows on the World in September
2001. The sixth edition of Operation World was published in
2001. It is estimated that the total number of copies in all
editions and nearly 20 languages now exceeds 2.5 million.
Patrick has also written the book The Church is Bigger than You
Think, which challenges common misconceptions about the mission,
growth and nature of the Church. In February 1995 Patrick
married Robyn Erwin, a WEC missionary from the USA who had
worked for several years in the International Research Office
before spending a time with a WEC field in the Middle East.