John Hindley
Plant Leadership
John Hindley (Minister)
"Despite sounding about as southern as Surrey, I was born in Yorkshire, and began life in Guiseley. My dad was a bank manager, and we moved round the country a lot – down to Oxsted in Surrey when I was six, up to Edinburgh at nine, down to Langley, a village near Stratford at twelve. I went to Uni in Exeter to do History and Politics, planning to become a History teacher. God had other plans! I’d been brought up as a Christian, and been to a range of churches. At Uni I was struck by the wonder of Jesus’ death on the cross in my place, and the need to tell others about it. I worked for two years in Chesham, Buckinghamshire as a church youth worker. I loved the idea of being able to tell people about Jesus full-time, so studied the Bible at Oak Hill College in London for three years, then came up to Bolton to be ordained in the Church of England and serve as assistant minister in St Paul's church, Astley Bridge. Flick and I got married a year after that. We moved to Manchester in July 2004 to be part of The Plant. So far we are really enjoying being pointed towards Jesus Christ by our friends and our service here - he is a great Lord and worthy of all praise!"
E-mail: john@theplant.net