Roger Forster. Photo: Tearfund
Roger Forster is a Vice President of Tearfund and one of the leading modern figures within the non-conformist church in the UK. In 1974 he co-founded the Ichthus Fellowship with his wife Faith. The Fellowship began as a 14-strong congregation in Forest Hill and has become a network of congregations numbering thousands of people across the UK.
Roger graduated in mathematics and theology from St John’s College, Cambridge and has worked in the Royal Air Force.
He is the author of several books that include God’s Strategy in Human History, Reason, Science and Faith, Christianity, Evidence and Truth, The Kingdom of Jesus, Prayer, and Trinity.
Roger has held a long-term reputation for being a radical, provocative thinker, committed to issues of poverty and injustice.
He says, 'Tearfund’s vision of serving the least favoured peoples is so close to Jesus’ heart. I can’t not be in touch with these wonderful workers who change our gifts into love and compassion.'