Ridley Hall, Cambridge

Ridley People: Teaching Staff

The Reverend David Male

Reverend David Male is Tutor in Pioneer Mission Training while also being Fresh Expressions Adviser for Ely Diocese.

Before coming to Ridley David was for seven years Vicar of the Net Church, Huddersfield. This ‘network type’ church, which he started with a small team, was one of the pioneers of fresh expressions in this country, and is the first church mentioned in the Mission Shaped Church report.

He helps Dioceses and churches throughout the church think about and develop fresh expressions of church and church plants. He is an Associate Missioner of the Fresh Expressions team and Leader of the Mission Shaped Ministry Course for Cambridge and Suffolk. He has also been regularly working in Australia and the USA helping to develop new churches in these countries. David is Guest Lecturer for the Global Missional Leadership DMin through George Fox Evangelical Seminary. He is a member of the Church of England's College of Evangelists (from April 2010).

He has a real desire to develop and support pioneers. He is part of the group which has developed an national annual conference for pioneers. He is involved in training, supporting and mentoring pioneers and writing for and about pioneers.

David is passionate about creating communities that connect with unchurched people and helping to create the leaders to enable this to happen. He describes his work at Ridley as creating the ecosystem to enable pioneering ministries to flourish. He is also planting a new church with some friends to connect with the sports community.

His book Church Unplugged: Remodelling Church without losing your soul (Authentic Books) looks at how to create a new church through ten essentials that create an indispensable framework for church planting today.

He served two curacies in Leicester and Huddersfield.

Married to Heather, they have 3 children, Jenny, Holly and Callum. He loves playing and watching most sports which involve a ball and no water! He is an avid Huddersfield Town fan. His other interests include the media, films and eating!