ICPF Board Members
The board of the ICPF have many years experience of being involved in Christian Police Organisations in their respective countries.
As well at being involved in organising International Conferences, a number of Board Members have visited Christian Police Organisations around the world, to provide support and fellowship.
Whilst all member organisations and associates act completely autonomously and the I.C.P.F. The Board of I.C.P.F are at the disposal of any member organisation to provide guidance and advice as requested.
Don has been married to Eleanor for over forty years. They worship in a Baptist Church near London where Don is involved in the teaching and music ministry.
They have two grown-up children, one of whom lives and works in the USA.
Don was a police officer in London for over thirty years and throughout that time was involved with the Christian Police Association (UK) both at a local and national level. Leaving the police in 1996 he took up the full-time role of Assistant Director of the CPA, becoming its Executive Director in 2005, a post he still holds. He also serves as Chaplain to the Police Rehabilitation Centre in the South of England.
Whilst still serving as a police officer, he completed studies at Spurgeon’s College in Pastoral Care and Counselling and the Cambridge University Diploma in Religious Studies, graduating in 1990.
Over the years he has ministered in many churches in the UK and in a number of countries throughout the World. He is also an instructor with the Pointman Leadership Institute and been overseas with them to Russia (twice), Estonia and Romania, Nigeria and the Czech Republic giving seminars on Ethical Leadership and Anti-corruption.
Felix is our newest Board Member and is married with 2 children. He attends a local Pentecostal Church.
He joined the police in Switzerland in 1992 and currently serves in the Federal Criminal Police.
On joining the police, Felix started Bible Studies in his local area and was able to link up with other Christian officers through the Christian Police Association in Switzerland. He current serves as it’s President.
He firmly believes that police officers are called of God, as they maintain peace and ensure that democratic values are maintained.
He looks forward to working with the other Board Members in progressing the work of the International Christian Police Fellowship.
Tony became a Christian when he was 18yrs old through Christian friends and God revealing himself. He trained as a Psychiatric nurse in East London before joining Essex Police in June 1975.
His last post being as the Inspector in charge of Management & Development training for Essex Police before his retirement in September 2005. He had been an active member of the UK Christian Police Association and the Essex Branch Leader.
He has been involved in training Police Chaplains for a number of years and is now himself a Police Chaplain in Essex Police. He has been to Romania a number of times and also Macedonia. He is an Elder at Braintree Elim church.
He lives in Essex with his wife Linda, he has 4 grown up children and has 1 granddaughter.
Matthias has been a police officer for 33 years and serves in the state of Baden-Württemberg in Germany. He is married to Monika and has two children. The family attend an Evangelical Church.
Matthias started his career in Stuttgart and is now serving in the southern black forest area. His current assignment is as an assistant chief and head of the burglary, grand theft and prevention department. At the moment he is also teaching as a co-professor at a college in the subject of Ethics.
He has been a board member of the German Christian Police Association since the eighties being responsible for foreign contacts and founded in 1993 together with two other members a group to serve police officers around the world in building up moral and ethical values.
Matthias has visited all continents to present seminars about Ethic in Police Leadership (except Australia). In 2003 he was sent to Brussels to represent Germany in the Joint Situation Centre for the foreign ministry in a diplomatic status.
In Southern Germany he visits churches to share with them about being a Christian and a Police Officer.
Bert joined the Royal Air Force Police in 1971 and served in N.Ireland, Germany and Scotland. Whilst serving in the RAF, Bert joined the Christian Police Association. On leaving the RAF in 1976 he joined Strathclyde Police and retired in 2002.
During his police service, he was Branch Leader of the Strathclyde Branch of CPA twice. He currently is a member of the National Council of the CPA. And serves on various Committees.
He has two grown up children and has recently become a grand father for the third time.
Prior to moving to his present church, he was an elder in his previous church for 18 years.
He is the Webmaster for the ICPF and CPA web sites
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Simon has been a Police Officer with Essex Police for over 26 years and currently holds the rank of Chief Inspector and is a nationally accredited Senior Investigating Officer. He is married to Linda and they have one dog called Chelsea.
Simon has been involved with the UK Christian Police Association since 1990,and served as a Branch Secretary and as a UK Council member. He has been involved with the Federation of Christian Police Fellowships (now the International CPF) since 2001, and was Chair of the International Board till 2011.
Simon has been a baptised, born again Christian for over 30 years and is Minister at Eastwood Evangelical Church, near where he lives. He led a Church in Albania, whilst serving on a Police Mission there. He is also a visiting lecturer at Sitotwet Bible College, Kenya where he lectures on leadership to students and delivers seminars to local church leaders.
He has an Honours Degree in Theology and is currently studying part time for a Masters
in Preaching at Spurgeon Baptist College in London.
