About

Clive and Cristina have spent most of their married life in Southwest England, where they brought up their two, now adult, children. They joined Ffald y Brenin as wardens in February of 2020, immediately facing the challenges of running a retreat centre in a COVID-19 world! It has served as an opportunity to lean deep into prayer.

Cristina is half-Spanish and loves to run when time and weather allow. She spent 15 years in church admin and also has experience in event and travel management. Clive is half Welsh and his work has included teaching, church planting and leadership, and painting and decorating – a mix of experience that has lent itself surprisingly well to the tasks and responsibilities of a retreat centre! Though a rugby player in younger years, Clive now prefers armchair sport, especially rugby and Crystal Palace FC.

Anne’s passion as the director of Local Houses of Prayer (LHOP) is to cultivate the presence of God in communities and to see the kingdom breaking in power across the nations.  Anne has trained people from the UK and around the world in how to establish a Local House of Prayer, and the training resources she has developed have been translated into over 20 languages. 

Anne is qualified as an engineer and worked for 18 years as a director of Cygnet. She has lived and worked in India, Malawi and Tanzania, Mozambique and Senegal.  Anne served 10 years on the main board of Tearfund and is currently on the UK board of Mission India and The Wall of Answered Prayer. She is married to David and has two sons. Anne and David attend their local church in the village where they live.

Anna is passionate about seeing the whole of Wales awakened spiritually once again, and has a particular heart for what God wants to do in and through the Welsh speaking community. This has been burning in her heart for about 20 years, and it is her conviction that what happens in Wales has significance for the nations.

Chris’ parents, Peter and Phyllida, founded Ffald y Brenin. Chris has been deeply involved from the very beginning. For him, at its very heart, Ffald y Brenin is all about restoration of the soul. Knowing your value and your true identity results in a fresh freedom for what God plans next for you. 

Chris is founder and chief executive of FSCI – the Foundation for Social Change and Inclusion – a multi-national charity that prevents human trafficking and exploitation in South East Europe. Chris used to lead the Trussell Trust and spearheaded the development of the foodbank network in the UK. Before that Chris spent twenty years in public service in a number of Chief Executive roles in the NHS and the Police. At heart Chris is a social entrepreneur who’s launched over twenty organisations.

Richard is married to Norma and lives in rural Dorset (UK), where they started a church that meets in people’s homes. They have 3 adult children and 7 grandchildren. Richard is a doctor and psychotherapist by profession, but since the mid 1980s his main focus has been Christian ministry, including teaching theology and mission.

He now helps organise the Gathering in the Holy Spirit conferences in Rome and the Charismatic Leaders Fellowship (US). Christian unity is a driving force in his life and since 2012 he’s been involved with the Vatican, representing New Charismatic Churches. Richard has been coming to Ffald y Brenin for over 20 years and loves the fact that people from all denominations/streams come to stay. Celtic Christianity has had a deep impact on him and he feels privileged to serve as a trustee. 

Stuart and Pru originate from Devon and have lived in Wales since they were called to ministry here in 1970. Stuart has served in the Church of Wales in Aberaeron, Llangeler, and St Michael’s in Aberystwyth. He was also a Canon of St David’s Cathedral. Now in retirement, they are involved with the Borth group of churches. They have three grown children and three lovely grandchildren.

Stuart is a fluent Welsh speaker and was a trustee in the early days of Ffald y Brenin, where he has led group retreats over the years. Pru trained as an occupational therapist, but chose to work alongside Stuart in the ministry and was also a Justice of the Peace for 22 years. She has a rich family history with Welsh origins that reaches all the way to China, which she wrote about in her book, Lives from a Black Tin Box.

Huw, a Welsh speaker, was born and brought up in the St David’s area, just 20 miles from Ffald y Brenin. After training as an accountant in Bristol, he travelled to New Zealand and later Papua New Guinea where he had various accounting jobs including serving with the United Church and Mission Aviation Fellowship. On returning to the UK, he settled in Exeter and had a home-based accountancy practice from which he is now in the process of retiring.

In his spare time, he is a volunteer with a charity which helps the homeless, and along with his wife Marg, he enjoys walking and travelling.

Siân is the head of Bible Society in Wales, having previously served as communications pastor at City Church, Cardiff and as director of Evangelical Alliance, Wales. Siân has a background in education and prior to moving to South Wales was head of a performing and expressive arts faculty in a secondary school in north Wales. While a number of her interests revolve around music and all things creative, Siân also enjoys travelling, watching Welsh international rugby and is wholeheartedly committed to seeking out a perfect latte.