Pete was born in Sussex and raised in Kent. Following jobs in the pharmaceutical industry he trained at Cliff College and Queens College, Birmingham. He married Helen in 1980 and they moved to the Truro circuit where his eldest son was born. The family then moved to Sri Lanka where Pete was Superintendent minister of the Hatton circuit, a fast growing group of Methodist churches in the central mountains. Most of the circuit's members worked in the tea industry. In Sri Lanka Pete helped to develop a new order of evangelists for the Sri Lankan Methodist Church.

In 1990 the family, now including a daughter, returned to Britain. Pete was minister of Brixton Hill Methodist Church in south London. After four years there they moved to the Lincoln (north) circuit. In that circuit Pete helped a church to develop a structure of small groups.

In 2002 Pete became District Mission Enabler for the Lincoln & Grimsby District and was also a minister in the Lincoln (south) circuit. In 2005 Pete was appointed as the first Methodist 'Fresh Expressions Missioner' and became part of the new ecumenical 'Fresh Expressions' initiative.

And so back to the South West of England - in 2009 Pete became our Chair of District. "It's great to be back in the south-west" Pete says, " I feel very much at home in Exeter and am feeling really blessed to be living in such a wonderful area."

Dave Martin joined the leadership team in September 2006. His main role is to encourage churches to tackle evangelism - helpfully defined as "making more disciples of Jesus Christ". Dave preaches regularly, leads church and circuit weekends and days on mission and he is really enthusiastic about the way in which God is at work in the churches across the District.

"As the training officer I try to help equip the Methodist movement with the things they need to do mission and ministry in today's world. I'm immensely excited about what God is doing through Methodism - we have great roots, roots that can still produce great shoots and great fruits!"

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