Trustees
Mr Jeremy Taylor
Secretary
Jeremy is secretary of the GTS board of trustees. He is also a partner in a local law firm in Cirencester. He is married to Claire, and keeps fully occupied at home with 3 young children.
Jeremy is a partner in a local law firm in Cirencester, a drummer in St Andrew’s worship band in Churchdown, and the current chair of Gateway’s board of trustees. He is married to Claire, and keeps fully occupied at home with 3 young children – although he does manage to dabble in theology and ethics when he can!
Andy Kingston-Smith
Andy grew up in Chile and started working life as a solicitor. He then served as a missionary in Bolivia with his family and following his return to the UK has worked in Higher Education for the past 18 years. He was an MA tutor at Redcliffe College, and after 10 years recently stepped down as Postgraduate Programme Director at ForMission College.
He contributed to and co-edited the book Carnival Kingdom: biblical justice for global communities, has co-written a training programme on biblical justice with International Justice Mission, and contributed to the Justice Bible. He is co-founder, with his wife Carol, of the jusTice initiative and is now continuing at ForMission in a new MA tutor role. He has four grown-up children and enjoys sports, the outdoors, gardening and walking the dog with Carol.
Ron Begbie
Ron Begbie is from South Africa where his early faith and passion for biblical social justice led to confrontations with the apartheid state and a period in exile. After 10 years practicing architecture in London, he and his wife Anthea and two children returned to democratic South Africa where he spent 27 years in social entrepreneurship and development consulting. In 2022 Anthea was recruited back to the NHS and they’ve settled in Gloucestershire.
Ron continues to work with the Izenzo NPO teams in South Africa assisting churches in dealing with unemployment, often as high as 80% in church plants. His next task is developing contextual theology for ground up programs addressing systemic economic transformation. He enjoys paddling surfskis in storms at sea, gardening and time in wild mountain places.
Alan McCann
Alan is a Northern Ireland–based minister currently serving as Senior Minister of an Elim Pentecostal Church. He is married to Stephanie, and together they have five children.
Alan holds an MA in Theology from the University of Cumbria and has recently completed a Master of Research in Biblical Interpretation at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David. His academic interests include Pentecostal hermeneutics, Pentecostal church history, and the Gospel of Mark. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Biblical Exposition at Liberty University, USA.
Prior to full-time ministry, Alan spent 12 years working as a professional youth worker and sector manager. Outside of his vocational roles, he enjoys supporting his local Irish Premiership side, Dungannon Swifts, reading, and listening to what he readily admits is questionable music.
Dr Colin Edwards
Originally from New Zealand, Colin trained in medicine and worked in South Asia in a mission hospital for seventeen years. Whilst there he changed tack in his career and moved to working beside the church, gaining a PhD in Mission and Theology in cross-cultural contexts. On moving to the UK in 2008 he worked in mission education with Redcliffe College, and in Christian Muslim engagement. The focus that GTS has on learning more of God, learning the bible, and learning to grow his Kingdom here on earth, is a great fit for Colin and he would love to see it flourish.
Di Mattos
Di has a background in Law and nearly a decade of trustee experience of Gorsley Baptist Church. Married with three children, most of her time is spent raising the next generation and supporting her husband in business, but she is passionate about the study of scriptures and teaching of the Word, and enabling others to draw closer to God through a deeper understanding of His Word. Di also enjoys growing a cut flower garden, making quilts and drinking tea in the sunshine.
Mrs Claire Power-Browne
Grants and Trusts
Claire is currently Director of Operations for the charity Teens in Crisis (TIC+) and a member of St Andrew’s, Churchdown. She has held a variety of management roles including director of strategy for Auditel, and overseas programme manager for the Trussel Trust – responsible for the development of the ‘Houses of Hope’ project in Bulgaria.
Claire has great experience adapting to new situations due to being regularly posted with her husband to new locations while raising 3 children, 2 dogs, 1 cat and a number of chickens. They have recently realised their dream of renovating a house and small holding in the Forest, near Mitcheldean. She is a keen runner, enjoys flavoured coffee, and believes that exploring theology and discovering new insights in faith is a golden opportunity no one should miss.