Carl Beech
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| Born | Carl Beech 19 February 1971 |
| Education | Spurgeon's Theological College |
| Occupation(s) | CVM General Director, Speaker & Author |
| Spouse | Karen (199?—) |
| Website | http://www.cvmen.org.uk http://www.carlbeech.com |
Carl Beech became a follower of Jesus at the age of 18. Having had a burning ambition to join the armed forces, he distinctly heard God call him to fight a different sort of battle. After studying a degree in engineering he worked variously as a financial consultant, church planter, youth worker, and senior pastor of a large multi-congregational church. He now heads up Christian Vision for Men,[1] a national movement [2] focused on introducing men to Jesus and equipping the church for the task.
A regular conference speaker around the UK such as New Wine and Spring Harvest. He is currently involved in pioneering some groundbreaking evangelistic projects involving media and the web. He is founder of codelife[3] and the author of Spadework,[4] Groundbreaker[5] and Real Men, Real God, Real Spirit.[6]
Carl sits on the Evangelical Alliance Council.[7] He is also on the Council's of Fusion (student movement)[8] and Restored.[9] Carl is Consulting Editor of Sorted Magazine,[10] "for men, for life"!
Carl enjoys sporting challenges and has recently cycled from Land's End to John o' Groats, Calais to Nice and the length of Italy - all in under 9 days. In 2010 he ran the London Marathon.
In February 2008, Carl was interviewed by Christianity Magazine in an article called "No man's land" and it was also featured on video on Premier. TV[11] The article was followed up in the next issue with an article entitled "A man's world".[12]
Bibliography
- Spadework, Scripture Union Publishing, 2007, ISBN 1844272591
- Groundbreaker, Scripture Union Publishing, 2007, ISBN 1844272761
- Real Men, Real God, Real Spirit, Grove Books Ltd, 2008, ISBN 1851746773
References
- ^ Carl Beech on the CVM website
- ^ CVM is a UK wide network that contains over 1000 churches
- ^ The codelife website
- ^ Spadework, published by Scripture Union and is used as bible instruction in churches across the UK find on Amazon
- ^ Groundbreaker, published by Scripture Union find on Amazon
- ^ Real Men, Real God, Real Spirit, published by Grove Books Ltd and is used in bible colleges across the UK find on Amazon
- ^ The Evangelical Alliance (EA) represents over 1 million people in the UK. EA UK website
- ^ Fusion exists to serve the church in generating a 21st century student movement that sees many thousands of students respond to christ. (website)
- ^ Restored is an international Christian alliance working to transform relationships and end violence against women (website)
- ^ Sorted Magazine is published monthly by Steve Legg and is available from their website sorted-magazine.com
- ^ Premier. TV. Carl's interview remains one of the most popular on the largest, most comprehensive Christian web TV in Europe Premier.TV website
- ^ A man's world? article in Christianity magazine archive