Andy Hawthorne

Andy Hawthorne outside Message Trust Manchester HQ, July 2014

Andy Hawthorne, OBE is a British evangelist, author, and founder of The Message Trust, a Christian mission organisation based in Manchester, UK.

He has been a speaker at New Wine, Spring Harvest, Soul Survivor, Keswick Convention, and other Christian conferences in the UK. He was one of the founders of Hope 08 and the Hope Together initiatives.[1]

The Message Trust has been working with young people and communities across the UK for over 30 years; its initiatives and work have been particularly directed at those who are traditionally hard to reach, in prison, or from disadvantaged communities.[2] Originally focused in Greater Manchester, The Message now works across the UK, with hubs in Scotland, Wales, London, the Midlands, and the North East, as well as Manchester. They also work internationally in Cape Town, South Africa, Vancouver, Canada, and Annaberg-Buchholz, Germany.[3][4][5][6]

  1. ^ "Hope Together : Andy Hawthorne". www.hopetogether.org.uk. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  2. ^ "OBE awarded to young people's champion Andy Hawthorne". EAUK. 16 June 2011. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
  3. ^ "Our History". The Message Trust. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Tim Tucker and Andy Hawthorne explain the vision of Message South Africa". The Message Trust. 2 March 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  5. ^ Hawthorne, Andy (16 December 2016). "Andy's Review of 2016". The Message Trust. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  6. ^ "The Message launches in Germany". The Message Trust. 10 April 2018. Retrieved 14 January 2019.