A country boy who loves Jesus, his wife Jess, and the people of the South Coast. One of the younger rectors of the Sydney Anglican Diocese, Aiden is deeply committed to rural and regional ministry. He grew up in the town of Cooma, NSW, learning to ski and to play soccer. He moved to Sydney for the last few years of high school, before returning to Canberra, where he studied Industrial Design at UC. If he had to choose a career outside of ministry, he would have loved to be a toy designer.

Aiden’s call to ministry came during university. During WWII, toy factories were pressed into service to manufacture the Sten Gun. All of society was mobilised to commit to the “big thing” happening in the world, society’s greatest need. But the biggest thing happening in the world is described in Acts 17: God calls all people, everywhere, to repent; because He has set a day when He will judge the world in righteousness by the man He has appointed: Jesus Christ. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the dead. This is the big reality that drove Aiden into ministry: first MTS, then Moore College, before going to Gunnedah in the Armidale Anglican Diocese as a curate (graduate / trainee) and then Kiama Anglican Church on the South Coast as an assistant pastor. From there he was called to serve as Rector at South Coast Anglican Church (Ulladulla and Milton) and he is so excited to commit to our mission: for our churches to be that lifeboat, to be that rescue ship; tasked to proclaim the Gospel of God’s love and salvation in Jesus to a people who so desperately need it.