site church with congregations in and around Guildford, Woking and Aldershot. As the European hub for the 24-7 Prayer movement the church connects with thousands of others from around the world at the Wildfires Festival in Spring and the 24-7 Prayer Gathering in Autumn. He is the Chair of Relational Peacebuilding Initiatives (RPI) based in Geneva, working to bring relational solutions to long standing conflict situations in various parts of the world. The current main focus is the Korean Peninsula. After 70 years of bitter division, North and South Korea have now begun political talks aimed at replacing recrimination with co-operation. What is needed is a parallel process which will bring economic growth and social transformation to the whole Peninsula. RPI is already working behind the scenes to develop a partnership model that will enable North and South to agree together the values, goals and priorities in each of the main sectors of society. This is vital if economic progress is to be demonstrated in the short-term and the possibility of peaceful unification nurtured for the future. He was the founding Chair of Tearfund USA, which was established in 2018 as a member of the global Tearfund family. He retired in January 2022 when his American successor was ready to take over. In September 2018 he had retired as Chair of Tearfund after serving his full term of 10 years. During this time he visited Tearfund's work in 47 countries, encouraging partners and local churches. Tearfund is a Christian relief and development agency "following Jesus where the need is greatest". It is committed to eradicating poverty through 3 primary channels. Firstly through its disaster relief capacity, it is able to bring front line emergency help to those communities ravaged by war, earthquake or other calamities. Secondly working through it worldwide partners and a global network of local churches, it is able to transform families and communities by empowering the local church to mobilise resources that are available and inspire collective action to tackle poverty in all its forms. And thirdly through its advocacy, Tearfund highlights the impact of climate change, injustice and corruption on those least able to cope. It calls governments and global institutions to account, arguing for concerted global action and a fairer allocation of resources to meet the needs of the poor and oppressed. In 2008 he was appointed Chairman of the Shell Pensions Trust Ltd, one