Andy Hawthorne
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Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
is a British evangelist, author and founder of The Message Trust
The Message Trust
The Message Trust is an award-winning Christian charity working to improve the lives of young people in Greater Manchester, UK and beyond through the Eden Network....
, a Christian mission organisation based in Manchester
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
, England.
Working for nearly 20 years with young people in the area, his initiatives have been particularly directed at those who are traditionally hard to reach, in prison or from disadvantaged communities.
In recognition for his services to young people, he was awarded the OBE in 2011.
In the early days of The Message, Andy was a member of the Christian band World Wide Message Tribe
World Wide Message Tribe
The Tribe, formerly the World Wide Message Tribe , were a British Christian dance band. Their aim was to "to communicate the gospel to young people in Greater Manchester"...
who had success in the UK and American pop charts.
He is a popular speaker at New Wine
New Wine
New Wine is the largest UK network of charismatic churches and Christians. It originated in 1989 as a Christian festival run by two Anglican clergy from St Andrew’s Church Chorleywood: Bishop David Pytches and the Rev. Barry Kissell...
, Soul Survivor, Keswick Convention
Keswick Convention
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, and other Christian conferences in the UK. With Mike Pilavachi
Mike Pilavachi
Mike Pilavachi is a British charismatic Christian evangelist and author of Greek Cypriot descent. He is the co-founder and leader of the Soul Survivor charity based in Watford, United Kingdom. He is also the Senior Pastor of the Soul Survivor Watford church, based in North Watford, which he set up...
from Soul Survivor and Roy Crowne of YFC
Youth for Christ
Youth for Christ is the name of a number of previously unaffiliated evangelical Protestant religious campaigns which led to the creation of Youth for Christ International in 1946....
, he was one of the founders of the Hope 08
Hope 08
Hope 08 was a united Christian social justice and evangelism campaign that planned to transform Great Britain during the year 2008.-Background:...
and subsequent Hope Together initiatives.
Andy is married to Michele and together they have two children, Sam and Beth.
Books and publications
- Hope Unleashed, Survivor Books, 2009. ISBN 9781434764485
- Diary of a Dangerous Vision (Revised), Survivor Books, 2008. ISBN 9781842911846
- The Smile of God, Survivor Books, 2005. ISBN 9781842912362
- Diary of a Dangerous Vision, Survivor Books, 2004. ISBN 9781842911846
- Mad For Jesus: The Vision of the World Wide Message Tribe (with Craig Borlase), Hodder and Stoughton, 2000. ISBN 0340745630
- Get God (with Jim Overton), Zondervan, 1999. ISBN 9780551032255