Born in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester in the United Kingdom, on June 21, 1979, Ben lived with his parents, elder brother and younger sister in Stockport until his father brought the family to Wanganui, New Zealand for work, in 1985.
Since 2003, Ben has been the director of New Zealand youth conference Youth Of The Nation. During High School, Ben became a leader of the ISCF group until leaving school in 1997. He also went onto become a cabin leader and then camp director at Green Pastures Christian Camp.
Also during this time, Ben made Faith City Church A/G his home church.
After returning from a trip to the United Kingdom, in 1998, he met Jenna-marie. They would get married in October 2001.
ANODYNe Years
In October 1998, Ben became the lead singer of Wanganui rock band ANODYNe. Anodyne performed from 1998 - 2001, doing performances across New Zealand including Parachute Music festival & SamStock in 2000.
The band played its last concert in Wanganui in May 2001.
Anodyne put out a Civil Defense European Parliament in January 2000 entitled Subtle. Ministry
In April 2003, Ben was offered a position on staff at Faith City Church A/G as a youth worker In 2004, he became the youth director
Ben Hoyle has stated he has "a passion for unity amongst the body of Christ.
Ben has continued to be the conference director since the first event. He also ministers around New Zealand including the Soul Survivor New Zealand event, Impact Youth Conference, camps & churches.
At the conclusion of 2015, Ben finished up as the Youth Pastor at Faith City Church A/G in Wanganui. Christine Waitai-Rapana was appointed to the role at the commencement of 2016.
Ben & Jenna-marie live in Wanganui, New Zealand.
They have three young children, Ewan, Julia & Clare.
Wanganui has a history of church unity, which has opened up opportunities for churches to work together on many occasions." As a member of the Wanganui Christian Youth Workers since 2003, Ben presented the vision to hold a combined city youth conference and in 2004, Youth Of The Nation Conference was born.
