Background
He was born in Bedfordshire in the East of England and educated at Bedford Modern School.
He was born in Bedfordshire in the East of England and educated at Bedford Modern School.
When he was 18, he was conscripted into British military service with the Royal Navy. The navy sent him to Sydney, Australia, where he was approached by evangelist Frank Jenner, who asked him, "If you should die tonight, where would you go? When World World War II ended, he attended a Bible college and then went into business. In 1957, he became the pastor of a Baptist church in Bugbrooke, Northamptonshire.