CPAS is both a charity and a company limited by guarantee. The charity is governed by a body of fourteen trustees, which is responsible for policy and oversight of its work and ministry.
Implementation of this and all matters relating to the day-to-day running of CPAS are the responsibility of the general director and the management team.
The CPAS trustees can be contacted via Caroline Davenport.
- Nick Burt
- Jeremy Clack
- The Rev Tim Crook
- The Rev Geoffrey Firth
- The Ven Alan Hawker
- The Rev Andrea Irvine
- The Ven Dr Gordon Kuhrt
- The Rev Richard Moy
- Richard Owen
- The Rev Andrew Porter
- Helen Simpson
- The Ven Anthony Wells
- The Rt Rev Paul Williams (Chair of Trustees)
Nick Burt
Nick has been a Christian and committed member of various evangelical churches all his life, valuing that tradition of biblical teaching and outward looking mission, and benefiting greatly from lay training, particularly while at All Souls, Langham Place. In more recent years he has been churchwarden and member of the leadership team at St James West Streatham (a CPAS patronage church), including through two interregnums. He has recently retired from a civil engineering design career based largely in London, but also spending significant time in Sri Lanka and Vietnam.
Nick hopes to bring an understanding of the ministry of a 'community' church within the community we serve and a passion for the gospel to be central to that ministry, while still valuing enormously the richness of diversity of culture and tradition. He appreciates the need for lay leadership within the local church and the key importance of relevant training. He has experienced the role of CPAS as patron of an evangelical parish, seen the influence of CPAS youth work on his own children's lives, and been encouraged by CPAS' support of the local church ministry. He will also bring team leadership and personal management skills gained in both parish and secular employment settings.
Jeremy Clack
Profile to follow.
The Rev Tim Crook
Profile to follow.
The Rev Geoffrey Firth
Following the merger of CPAS and Ventures, Geoffrey became a CPAS trustee in the summer of 2010. From 2005 he had served as a trustee of Ventures and since 2008 as its chairman. Part of Geoffrey's role as a CPAS trustee involves serving as a member of the Ventures management committee.
Prior to ordination training Geoffrey worked as a part-time lecturer in finance at the University of Lincoln and combined that with a part-time lay worker in his local church. During that time he also undertook some study in the area of management control. Geoffrey has just finished serving as a curate in Poynton, Cheshire and is looking to shortly begin training as a chaplain with the RAF.
Geoffrey enjoys good coffee, a good book and, to his own surprise, the gym!
The Ven Alan Hawker
Alan is happily married to Jen, with four adult children and 11 grandchildren. Ordained for 41 years, he has served in the North-west, the South-east and the West Country; in UPA and new town estates. In 11 years as an Archdeacon he has served urban, suburban and rural church communities.
His 19 years on General Synod include nine as vice chair of the business committee and four years as chair of EGGS (Evangelical Group on General Synod). Alan is a trained counsellor and an accredited mediator, and convenor for the South-west archdeacons group. He is passionate about church growth, relevant evangelism and high quality leadership in the Church.
The Rev Andrea Irvine
The Rev Andrea Irvine served her curacy at Holy Trinity, Coventry and is a permanent deacon (NSM) at Coventry Cathedral and a school chaplain. Originally an English teacher, she has been an actively involved clergy wife with a focus on evangelism and church planting.
With her husband, John, now Dean of Coventry, she was involved in the early development of the Alpha Course and in the first church transplant from Holy Trinity, Brompton. She has helped run conferences for clergy wives and has served on the steering group of AWESOME (supporting ordained evangelical women).
She is currently eager to see a more mission-shaped cathedral. Andrea says: 'I feel privileged to serve as a trustee of CPAS whose focus coincides with my core passions and experience.'
The Venerable Dr Gordon Kuhrt
Gordon was elected a CPAS trustee in 2007. He and his wife Olive are jointly 'house-for-duty' ministers of Tredington in Warwickshire. Gordon brings with him many years experience of both parish ministry and Christian leadership development. He spent 7 years as the archdeacon of Lewisham and 10 years as director of the ministry division of the Church of England.
His passion is effective ministry and leadership, and has written several books on the subject.
Gordon has gladly served CPAS in many capacities over 45 years.
The Rev Richard Moy
Richard is married to Nicola and father of two pre-school children. He's a pioneer minister in central Wolverhampton married to Nicola who is also a curate of St Jude's Wolverhampton. He likes tennis and football, and is about to start as chaplain to Wolves FC. He has been on General Synod for 4 years, a member of EGGS and the Standing Committee of the House of Clergy, as well as being an Arrow graduate. He is also a trustee of Wolverhampton YMCA which employs 100 people and is passionate about connecting emerging generations with the gospel.
Richard Owen
Profile to follow.
The Rev Andrew Porter
Andrew joined the CPAS trustee board following the merger with CPV (Ventures and Falcon Camps), where he had served as a trustee for seven years with a particular interest in Falcon Camps. Andrew has been involved in Ventures and Falcon Camps in some shape or form since becoming a Christian at university in Bristol, and until a couple of years ago he was the main overall leader on one of the Oswestry Falcon Camps.
Andrew is the vicar of two inner-city Liverpool parishes (one of which is a CPAS patronage) along with his wife Cathy who is also his curate. Prior to entering the ministry Andrew was a research scientist and project manager in the Scientific Civil Service. Andrew and Cathy have two primary age children with another one on the way. In any spare time Andrew has, he loves to watch Science Fiction and is looking forward to the new Stargate series coming out on DVD.
Helen Simpson - vice chair
Helen is a managing director with BT, working on rebalancing BT's corporate social responsibility activities, and developing the BT Group volunteering activities. She has previously led BT's enterprise mobility business, IT partnerships and worked in business development, strategy, portfolio development, change management, and information and technology management for both BT and BP.
As a lay leader in the parish of Brentford, Helen leads community ministry activities. She also supports the London Diocese as a ministerial reviewer. She is married to Derek who is team rector of Brentford and Area Dean of Hounslow. They have three children.
Helen is motivated by bringing together excellent leadership practice, collaborative teams, great ideas and using them to help the Church of England maximise its strategic opportunities for the gospel under God. She has been a trustee of CPAS for 18 months and vice chair for six months.
The Ven Anthony Wells
Growing leaders has always been part of Anthony's DNA. Whether serving in rural, suburban or inner city churches, he has developed collaborative ministry releasing laity into their particular gifts for Christian service. As rural dean in Bedfordshire and Sussex and as Archdeacon of France, he has had a breadth of experience in encouraging churches to grow with a vision for the gospel. After retiring as chaplain of St Michael's, Paris, Anthony is now engaged in rural ministry and leading an interregnum. He has led Alpha and most recently Christianity Explored amongst men in a local pub.
The Rt Rev Paul Williams, Bishop of Kensington (Chair)
Paul Williams became Area Bishop of Kensington in 2009, having spent the previous 10 years as Rector St James Gerrards Cross with Fulmer in Buckinghamshire. His specific ministry interests are in the areas of Leadership Development, Church Growth and Children's Ministry. Having trained for ordained ministry at Wycliffe Hall in Oxford, Paul served a curacy in the London Diocese at St James Muswell, and then as Associate Vicar at Christ Church, Clifton in Bristol. Prior to ordination he studied theology in Durham and served as full-time Youth Minister at St Andrew's, North Oxford. For five years Paul was team leader of a CYFA venture at Milton Abbey.
Paul is married to Sarah and they have three boys, aged 11, 10 and 7. He is enthusiastic towards all sport (especially football) and a keen fell-walker, notably in the Lake District and Exmoor (close to where he grew up).
