People
Serving Together for the Gospel
Catalysing Effective Ministry
Our trustees bring a wealth of first-hand leadership experience covering every decade since the 1950s. They have seen that while organisations matter, their effective gospel ministry usually turns on drawing gifted and godly people – paid or unpaid – to work together around a common goal from a range of organisational contexts.
The Foundations Trust provides the vision and funding to facilitate this.
Trustees
Lindsay Brown
Trustee
An Oxford graduate in History, Lindsay Brown served as International Director of the Lausanne Movement, global General Secretary of the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students, overseeing ministry in over 150 countries, and as the Founder of the Fellowship of Evangelists in the Universities of Europe (FEUER).
John Lennox
Trustee
A Cambridge graduate in Natural Sciences, Prof Lennox is a world renowned author and speaker, mathematician, philosopher of science and Emeritus Professor at the University of Oxford. He has debated Richard Dawkins and has headed the FEUER Academic Speakers’ Network since its inception in 2016.
Ranald Macaulay
Trustee
As an undergraduate Ranald studied law and theology in Cambridge in the 1950s where he met Francis Schaeffer, whom he then joined at L’Abri in Switzerland. He married the Schaeffers’ daughter Susan, and together they established English L’Abri in Hampshire, and the IPC church network. Ranald is the founder of the ministry at the Round Church, which began formally in 2001 under its earlier name Christian Heritage.
Alex McIlhinney
Trustee
Dr McIlhinney studied history at the University of Glasgow and University College, London, then followed a career in public service and in business. He was a director of Stewards Company Limited for thirty-four years, and served for twenty years on the J.W. Laing Trust committee, for the last seven as Chairman.
Tim Laurence
Trustee and Director
An Oxford English graduate and former lawyer, Tim is the Director of The Foundations Trust and also holds roles in UCCF (Head of Strategic Research) and IFES Europe (Director of Academic Ministry), which were established to work in partnership together and with this ministry in Cambridge as its local base. Tim’s ministry experience includes serving as European Director of The Veritas Forum.
Staff
Anja
Lijcklama à Nijeholt
University Ministry (P/T)
Originally from the Netherlands, Anja co-ordinates the University Ministry programmes across Europe, carrying the same role with IFES Europe, UCCF and the Trust, as a result of our partnership. She has a particular focus on the development of resources and training materials which draw from the ministry and feed back into the work: the Gospel and Academia Project. She also coordinates the Fellows Programme and the E-Network. She has a Master’s in Theology from Oak Hill College with a particular interest in Charles Taylor and theological anthropology. She now attends Eden Baptist Church.
Jon
Savage
Projects Manager
Jon provides operational oversight for The Foundations Trust, with the assistance of Joanna Pinfield. He understands university ministry and holds postgraduate degrees in both English Literature (Dartmouth College and King’s College London) and Theology (Cambridge University) and has particular strengths in serving and facilitating the vision of the project leads.
Jon grew up in the USA, and now lives in Cambridge with his wife Eunika, who is originally from Slovakia. Together they attend church and serve on the student team at St Andrew the Great.
Joanna
Pinfield
Projects Coordinator
Jo has a Master’s degree in History from Cambridge University and a background in university administration. She coordinates the historical outreach work at the Round Church Visitor Centre and provides administration support across the board, with special responsibility for the daily management of the Study Centre, and Life in the Round outreach ministry.
Sophie Jones
Ministry Support Officer
Sophie, originally from Northern Ireland, recently completed a Master’s degree in Music at the University of Cambridge. Her research, supervised by Professor Jeremy Begbie, explored the theological potential of musical imagery within the imaginative literature of C.S. Lewis. She previously studied Music at Durham University, where she focused on the songwriting process for the Christian church.
Sophie is involved with the administration of various ministries at The Foundations Trust, including coordinating hospitality and administration for the Cambridge Christian Study Centre. She enjoys being part of the planning group for Life in the Round and Cambridge Apologetics. With a particular interest in the rich potential offered by music and the arts more broadly, Sophie looks forward to incorporating the arts into future events. She attends Eden Baptist Church.
Daniel Gilman
Apologetics Ministry (P/T)
Daniel is a PhD student in History at Cambridge University looking at public speaking in Wilberforce’s abolition campaign. Daniel worked briefly for RZIM as an apologist in his native Canada, after having served as a speech-writer for the Canadian Parliament. An alumnus of our Fellows Programme, Daniel now coordinates programme planning and delivery for Cambridge Apologetics and the FEUER Academic Speakers’ Network for evangelistic academics across Europe.