The Trustees are drawn from a wide sector of the Baptist community and provide a range of experience, knowledge and expertise.
Together, they determine BMS’ mission and purpose, and set strategic objectives. Board members are elected via the BMS Council and serve for a maximum period of six years (three years, then re-election). The current Board of Trustees are:
Kang-San Tan
Kang-San Tan is General Director of BMS World Mission. He is Chair of Global Baptist Mission Network of the Baptist World Alliance (2020-2025). Kang-San speak at mission conferences and church events regularly in five continents. Previously, he has also served as Head of Mission Studies at Redcliffe College and Director for Mission Research for OMF. He completed his doctoral studies in Missiology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, USA. He also holds a PhD in Theology of Religions from Aberdeen University.
Publications: Humble Confidence: A Model for Interfaith Apologetics (IVP, 2022, co-author with Benno van Toren); Tan, KangSan. Ed. The Soul of Mission: Perspectives on Leadership, Spirituality and Asian Mission. Kuala Lumpur: Pustaka SUFES, 2007; Tan, Kang-San, Jonathan Ingleby, Simon Cozens, eds. Understanding Asian Mission Movements. Kuala Lumpur: Pustaka SUFES/ AsiaCMS, 2013; Tan, Kang-San, Jonathan Ingleby, and Tan Loun Ling, eds. Contextualisation and Mission Training: Engaging Asia’s Religious Worlds. Oxford: Regnum Books, 2013.
Marc Owen
Born in Swansea, Marc came to faith in Jesus as a teenager and trained for ministry at Bristol Baptist College. He served as Pastor of Priory Street Baptist Church, Corsham and Milton Baptist Church, Weston-Super-Mare before accepting a call to return to Wales to serve as ‘Church Life Secretary’ for the Baptist Union of Wales. In September 2012 he accepted the call to become Pastor of Moriah Baptist Church, Risca. He continues to serve as a Pastor at Moriah and as Ministry Co-Ordinator for the Baptist Union of Wales, alongside which he serves on a variety of Boards. Marc is married to Sarah and they have two grown up children and one granddaughter.
Lynn Cadman
Lynn has over 18 years’ experience working in the charity sector – in regulation, external consultancy and leading an in-house team. Following seven years at the Charity Commission, providing guidance for charities, legal consents (including for BMS), and leading investigations, Lynn worked as a freelance Charity and Governance Consultant as well as head of a new department at the Royal British Legion. Lynn now works part-time for not-for-profit Christian law firm, Edward Connor Solicitors, alongside her freelance work. In 2021 Lynn also completed an MSc in Voluntary Sector Management at Bayes Business School.
Ruth Elliot
After completing a Geography degree at Durham University, Ruth trained as an accountant with Deloitte and has subsequently held a number of finance and corporate services roles in the public sector. Ruth is currently Chief Financial Officer & Director of Corporate Services at the UK Atomic Energy Authority.
Ruth is a member of the BMS Finance and Audit Committee. Ruth is also Chair of a multi-academy trust. Ruth attends Didcot Baptist Church and regularly plays in the worship group.
Simeon Baker
Simeon is the Director of Mission for the Baptist Union of Wales (BUW) with responsibility for encouraging and enabling the local church to respond to the challenges and opportunities of mission within Wales. He works closely BMS and the partnership has helped to develop projects such as the Action Wales Team gap-year program. Prior to this role, Simeon was the Senior Minister at Bethel Baptist in Whitchurch, Cardiff (1998-2012) and Assistant Minister at Ruislip Baptist (1991-1998). He has experience as an Association Trustee (SWBA), Moderator of the Grants Committee (BUGB) and chair of the Mission Board (BUW). He has visited Nepal and worked with youth camps in Poland. Simeon is a Welsh speaker and works with both Welsh and English speaking churches. He is married to Janet and has one daughter.
Marion Carson
Marion Carson was born and educated in Ayrshire, Scotland. She is married to Douglas, who is a chartered engineer. After working for the NHS as a psychiatric nurse she moved to the Church of Scotland’s Board of Social Responsibility for whom she worked as Officer in Charge of a community-based rehabilitation unit for people with mental health problems. She left this in order to pursue a PhD in New Testament Studies, after which she worked for many years as lecturer in New Testament and Pastoral Care at International Christian College in Glasgow. She served for several years on the Missions Board of her home church, Queen’s Park Baptist Church in Glasgow, and is a former member of Global Connections Member Care Forum. Marion serves as Chaplain to Glasgow City Mission and is a Senior Research Fellow at International Baptist Theological Study Centre, Amsterdam. She is the author of The Pastoral Care of People with Mental Health Problems (SPCK 2007) and Human Trafficking, the Bible and the Church (Cascade 2016).
Richard Gray
Richard spent 30 years in the legal and finance sectors in London and Asia and was General Counsel of HSBC Holdings plc until August 2021. He also has significant governance expertise. He is a trustee/ director of three Christian charities (one focussed on the UK and two internationally) and two charities in the sports sector. He also works with a school in Kolkata as it seeks to finance and build a new campus. Richard is married with three children and currently lives in Guildford. He spent his early childhood in South India (hence his love of cricket) and lived and worked for 11 years in Hong Kong and Singapore. He also spent one year studying at the Cornhill training course (run by the Proclamation Trust) and currently leads a weekly bible study at the church he worships at in Guildford.
Tony Agbonasevbaefe
Tony was born in Benin City, Nigeria and became a Christian at the age of 17. He is a researcher and academic with many years of teaching experience in both Nigeria and the UK. He also has over seven years industry experience working in the healthcare and pharmaceutical sector, first in Quality Assurance and later in logistics. He holds a PhD in Marketing from Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge. He is currently a Senior Lecturer at the Business School at Anglia Ruskin University, London. He has written several publications on Leadership and Governance. He is a Public Speaker on societal change, global issues, and an on-air media personality in several national and international media. Tony is happily married and is a member of Perry Rise Baptist Church London.