Bev has been in senior church ministry for over 25 year, pastoring two churches over that time, first in her native Australia and then in the UK where God called her with her husband in 1996. A church planter, she has mentored scores of leaders and planted a number of churches each led by pastors she has trained.

Together with her husband, Bev leads Christian Growth International, a movement of churches within the UK, which is now commencing to plant churches into USA and Australia. Her passion is the development of leaders, both women and men, and this, coupled with her gifted communication style, has caused her to be sought after as a conference speaker and mentor to leaders in different parts of the world, including USA, Australia, Uganda, Eastern Europe, as well as her base in the UK.

Bev's book, ‘Catalysts:You Can be God's Agent for Change' has received great reviews as she explains with passion and simplicity the need for Christians to actually live what they believe, in order to change their world. She is also the author of numerous articles as well as ‘Catalyst', an email newsletter for leaders.

Bev is the visionary and Chief Executive Editor for Liberti, a magazine for Christian women who are serious about making a difference in their world. She is almost finished her MA in Global Leadership with Fuller Theological Seminary and is the Principal of M:POWER Ministry Training College, Essex UK.

Bev's passion for social justice has resulted in Cherish Uganda (www.cherishuganda.org), a ministry for abandoned children suffering from HIV/AIDs.

Married since 1971 to Rick, she is the mother of 4 fantastic children, mother in law to another fantastic 4 and currently has 4 little granddaughters and one grandson.

Read Bev's Gifted for Leadership articles:

– "Confrontation: Fight or Flight?" (November 11, 2008)