The Board of Alpha Scotland is delighted to announce the appointment of Paul Davie as the new Director of Alpha Scotland. Paul has degrees in Accountancy and Theology from the University of Aberdeen and was a depute Director of Finance at the University before joining the ministry team at City Church, Aberdeen in 1996, where he has been senior Pastor for the last four years. On a wider basis Paul has represented Aberdeen churches on the City Council for the last 8 years, and is widely respected for playing a key role in developing unity amongst church leaders across Aberdeen. His passions are to see the church equipped for mission & ministry, and to see Scotland reached with good news about Jesus. Paul is married to Gillian who is a physiotherapist and they have three lively boys aged 9, 11 and 14.

Paul has been involved in running Alpha courses for over ten years, and an Alpha Adviser for nearly as long. He founded and developed the Alpha regional team for Aberdeen & North East Scotland which he led for many years, and is now an Alpha Resource Church leader. At City Church “classic” evening Alpha, Youth Alpha and The Marriage Course are running regularly, and they are currently supporting the new “Hotel” Alpha initiative. Recently Paul has led teams from the North East of Scotland to Delhi as part of the “My Hope India” Alpha training programme in 2006 and 2007, which has resulted in many new Alpha courses being started.”

Paul says “I am delighted and honoured to have been appointed to this exciting and challenging national role. I am really looking forward to taking Alpha Scotland forward in this next season, encouraging Christians across the nation, and partnering with many others to see Scotland transformed - one person at a time. My goal is see Alpha playing its full part in making Jesus the talk of Scotland once again!”

Paul will commence his appointment on 1 May 2008, and his family are planning to relocate south, most likely to Glasgow where the Alpha Scotland headquarters are, by the summer.