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
Alex 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.
Brad Green
Trustee
Brad Green serves as Professor of Theological Studies at Union University (Jackson, TN), and as Visiting Professor of Philosophy and Theology at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (Louisville, KY). He and his wife Dianne live in Jackson, TN, where they work with university students at their local church. Brad and Dianne also helped found Augustine School, a Christian liberal arts school in Jackson.
Claire Thompson
Trustee
Claire studied Law at Cambridge before qualifying as a solicitor. Having previously worked as a charity lawyer for Edward Connor Solicitors, she is currently an in-house commercial solicitor. She is involved with student ministry at her local church and is a member of the Lawyers’ Christian Fellowship.
Tony Watkins
Trustee
Tony is the Fellow for Public Engagement at Tyndale House. His PhD explored ideas of flourishing in the prophetic literature and narratives in today’s media. Tony has been a speaker and writer on the Bible and media for many years. He previously worked in partnership with various organisations including the Lausanne Media Engagement Network, Damaris Norway, and IFES Graduate Impact. He was an adjunct lecturer at NLA University College, Norway, and has been a visiting lecturer at several other academic institutions. Tony is married to Jane, who is Director of Mentoring for Growing Young Disciples.
Tim Laurence
Director
Tim studied English Literature at Oxford and law in London where he then served as a banking lawyer and as London chairman of the Lawyers’ Christian Fellowship. His later theological education includes a ThM from Westminster (PA), and a PhD from the University of St Andrews. He has been entrusted with the oversight of UCCF and IFES Europe’s academic ministry through their partnership with the Trust, and was previously 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 Jo Pinfield. He understands university ministry and holds postgraduate degrees in both English Literature (Dartmouth College and King’s College London) and Theology (University of Cambridge) 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 at St Andrew the Great.
Joanna
Pinfield
Projects Coordinator
Jo coordinates the historical outreach work at the Round Church Visitor Centre, and provides operational support across the board, with special responsibility for Forming a Christian Mind conferences and termly evening events from Cambridge Apologetics and Life in the Round. She holds an MPhil in Early Modern History from the University of Cambridge, where her research focused on popular religious beliefs and cultural attitudes in post-Reformation England. She previously studied at the University of Exeter and has worked in university administration.
Emily Clarke
Ministry Support Officer
Emily grew up in Canterbury, Kent and moved to Cambridge in 2022 to study Theology at the Faculty of Divinity. Across her degree, she specialised in topics of Christian Doctrine, Church History and New Testament Studies. Her final year research culminated in a dissertation on the pastoral implications of St Augustine’s preached theology of the Resurrection.
Emily is involved with the administration of various ministries at The Foundations Trust, including coordinating hospitality and administration for the Cambridge Christian Study Centre. She attends St Andrews the Great Church, and is involved with the Student ministry there.
Emma Diez
University Ministry (P/T)
Emma is the Assistant Coordinator of Good News for the University, IFES Europe’s academic ministry organised in partnership with The Foundations Trust, which is focused on equipping students and scholars to pursue their work in the light of Scripture, and to see how their field itself can help them to point colleagues and others toward Christ for salvation.
Jacob Hargrave
University Ministry (P/T)
Sophie Jones
Resource Developer (P/T)
Sophie produces and curates resources for undergraduate arts and humanities students, helping them connect their studies with the gospel. Alongside her work for the Trust, Sophie is studying for a PhD at Union Theological College, Belfast, having completed a Master’s degree in Music at the University of Cambridge. Her Master’s research, supervised by Professor Jeremy Begbie, explored the theological potential of musical imagery within the imaginative literature of C.S. Lewis.
Andrew Fellows
Co-chair: Cultural Apologetics Volunteer
Andrew is a Christian apologist, author and former chairman of L’Abri International, currently serving as minister at St Thomas’ Church, Cambridge. He was Director of L’Abri England for about fifteen years before moving to Cambridge. He co-chairs our planning group for the Cambridge Apologetics and Life in the Round programmes, and leads postgraduate group discussions each Thursday in the Cambridge Christian Study Centre.
Martin Herdegen
Co-ordinator: Association of Christian Postgraduate Groups Volunteer
Martin is a Professor of Mathematics at the University of Stuttgart, Germany, doing research in Financial Mathematics. Having pioneered Christian postgraduate student groups in Zurich and Warwick, he now coordinates the IFES Europe Association of Christian Postgraduate Groups in a voluntary role in which he also supervises a small team of volunteer academic mentors.