Our Personnel

Directors / Trustees
Geoff Ruston: After a career of 13 years with the National Westminster Bank, Geoff worked with Gospel Literature Outreach in Motherwell for 26 years in various capacities including responsibility for the wholesale depot, bookshop and other Business activities. For a number of years he acted as GLO treasurer and has regularly been involved in literature evangelism in Europe. For many years he was a local church elder and missionary secretary. He and his wife Janet now devote the majority of their time to developing the ministry of OPAL.
John Lewis: After a career in industry, John has worked for 20 years in publishing, first with STL/Paternoster, and then OML International. As a result of these two ministries and later the International Bible Society coming together, a new organisation, Biblica, has been formed. He now heads up a division of Biblica that distributes literature to the Christian book trade mostly in the developing world.  He is active in his local church where before spending 4 years in the USA, he was an elder.
George Munro: George has worked in the North East of England as a GP for over 35 years.  He is an active member of his Church and has served as an Elder for some time.  Over the years he has been actively involved in Gideon Ministry in the North East presenting God's Word in schools, prisons and other establishments.  He has a passion for overseas mission and has visited a number of countries seeing Gods work there.  Seeing the need for Bibles and good literature has encouraged him to be actively involved in the work of OPAL.
David Young: Following university and 4 years of training in accountancy, David spent 5 years in full-time Christian ministry in France.  Since his return in 1991, he has worked with a major Christian distribution company IBS-STL UK (formerly Send the Light) in various capacities i.e. Company Accountant, Personnel Manager and Director of Human Resources and Communication.  He has a keen interest in literature ministry and overseas mission.  He is also a trustee with a Carlisle youth based ministry.  David is married to Christine with 3 children and they are active in their local church.
Associate Workers Paul and Angela Lewis: Over the last several years Paul and Angela have been involved in Christian book production. They worked together at Authentic Publishing USA for 5 years where Paul was the Graphic Designer and Angela was the Editorial Production Manager. For the past 4 years they have run their own graphic design and book creative service agency, Luz Design. They live in South Atlanta with their daughter Holly.

Council of Reference
Dr Ian Burness:
Studied medicine at Aberdeen University and worked as a medical missionary in Africa for 13 years. Now serves as General Director of Echoes of Service.

Mr Alan Gamble:
Combines professional work in law with service as a Trustee of Interlink and an active Bible teaching ministry.

Mr Pieter Kwant:

Pieter was born in the Netherlands but came to faith in South Africa, where he met his wife.  After working there for 14 years in the theological book trade, he moved back to the Netherlands to work with L'Abri before coming to England in 1987 since when he has worked with IVP, STL and was managing director of Paternoster Press.  With a mutual passion for literature, the arts and mission, he and his wife have their own literacy agency and a small publishing company, Piquant Editions.  His largest project to date is the one-volume Africa Bible Commentary written by Africans for Africa.  Pieter currently works as International Director for Langham Partnership coordinating their programme for literature distribution in several languages and their creative initiative which encourages writers and publishers in the Majority World.

Mr Nelson Logan:
Retired engineering manager,  committee member of Harvest Fields and council member of the Retired Missionary Aid Fund, former trustee of Gospel Literature Outreach.

Dr Stephen McQuoid:

Grew up in Ethiopia where his parents were missionaries and qualified as a nurse before

studying Theology.  He has a Dip.Th. from Belfast Bible College, a BA in Biblical Studies from Trinity College, an MA and a PhD in Theology from Trinity Theological Seminary, and

a MTh from the University of Wales and is the author of ten books.  He is currently General Director of Gospel Literature Outreach.