Proclaim Trust and Barry Woodward

Barry is the founder of Proclaim Trust and began his Christian life at the Branches. He and his wife Tina now worship at The Bridge Church, Greater Manchester but speak and keep in touch with the fellowship. Howard Smith, an Elder at Branches, is on Proclaim's Board of Trustees.

Barry grew up in a great, but non-Christian home, in Salford, Greater Manchester. At 16, he left school with no qualifications and became drawn into the drugs scene, taking cannabis, amphetamine and LSD. This led to a life of heroin addiction and drug dealing.

After being dependent on heroin for 14 years and spending time in prison, Barry had 'an encounter with God', which resulted in his life being totally transformed. This was followed by a calling from God for him to be an evangelist. Since then, he has worked with a number of evangelistic organizations and studied full time at Cliff Bible College.

Barry is a contemporary evangelist who has a passion for God and his church, and he is committed to relevant communication of the Christian faith. He's an ordained minister with the Assemblies of God denomination, in the UK, is an associate evangelist with J.John of the Philo Trust and wrote 'Once an Addict'.

For more information please take a look at Proclaim's own website www.proclaimtrust.org