Andrew Beddoe

Andrew Beddoe grew up with a heart for unreached people groups. He assumed, growing up in Australia, that this would mean going overseas. But when he was in his early twenties, God began to open his eyes to an unreached people group in Australia, people he has come to call ‘everyday people’. God gave Andrew the idea to train everyday Christians for ministry and service through the Vocational Training and Education Sector where many learn their trade and vocation.

It is Andrew’s conviction that in order for churches to reach and disciple everyday people, they need everyday Christian leaders. He is grieved that everyday people are not better represented in Reformed evangelical churches. In 2010, Andrew left international student work with AFES at Wollongong University to trial a pilot program with the Ministry Training Strategy called the Blue-Collar Ministry Apprenticeship.

After five years, he was so encouraged by the fruit of the ministry in the lives of the students that he started Vocational Bible College.