{"id":17,"date":"2026-10-06T22:24:23","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T21:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cppt.global\/index.php\/people\/"},"modified":"2026-10-10T00:51:47","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T23:51:47","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cppt.global\/index.php\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Our people<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meet the leadership.<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Director<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Revd Dr Simo Frestadius<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Theologian, ordained Elim minister and director of training at Kensington Temple, London.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read full biography<\/summary>\n

As well as being the director of CPPT, Simo (PhD, University of Birmingham) is the director of training at Kensington Temple, London. He is a theologian and ordained minister in the Elim Pentecostal Church. He was previously the vice-principal of Regents Theological College, Malvern and the chair of the European Pentecostal Theological Association.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He is currently vice-chair of the Pentecostal Education Commission; PhD supervisor at Bangor University; Fellow of the Manchester Wesley Research Centre; and Research Fellow at the University of South Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His publications include Pentecostal Rationality: Epistemology and Theological Hermeneutics in the Foursquare Tradition<\/em> (2020 Bloomsbury T&T Clark) and Pentecostal Public Theology: Engaged Christianity and Transformed Society in Europe<\/em> (2024 Palgrave Macmillan), co-edited with Mark J. Cartledge.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Chair<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Revd Malcolm Duncan<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Pastor, preacher and theologian leading Kensington Temple, London City Church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Malcolm Duncan is a pastor, preacher and leader, currently leading Kensington Temple, London City Church. He is a Pentecostal public, practical and pastoral theologian, with specific research interests in the role of the pastor in the public square and the role of the Bible and the gospel in public life and civil society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He is the theologian-in-residence for Spring Harvest and the Essential Christian Group and serves on several national steering groups and councils of reference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Malcolm is a member of the Evangelical Alliance Council; fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts; fellow of the Institute for Pentecostal Theology; member of the European Pentecostal Theology Association and the British and Irish Association of Practical Theology. He is the author of 16 books.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Our people Meet the leadership. Director Revd Dr Simo Frestadius Theologian, ordained Elim minister and director of training at Kensington Temple, London. Chair Revd Malcolm Duncan Pastor, preacher and theologian […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-17","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cppt.global\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cppt.global\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cppt.global\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cppt.global\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cppt.global\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/cppt.global\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77,"href":"https:\/\/cppt.global\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17\/revisions\/77"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cppt.global\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}