Sam grew up in South-West London, and looks back with huge thankfulness for his early years at Dundonald Church, where his parents and numerous patient Sunday School volunteers kept banging on about how Jesus died on the cross for his sins. That reality became increasingly precious to him over his teenage years, realising his own sin and own need for God’s mercy.

Being perennially unable to decide what to do with his life, he studied French, Maths, Italian and Music as an undergrad in Durham, but mostly spent his time rowing, developing a taste for Belgian beer and meeting his wife Katherine, with whom he shares four kids - Nathan, Ella, Toby and Jude. He started working for a church after uni, and planted Roehampton Student Church alongside an MA in Audiovisual Translation. He still doesn’t know what to do with his life, but loves pointing students to Jesus, and is excited to keep doing that as Student Minister at CCM.