Editing Bethel Church, Mansfield Woodhouse (section)

===John Hibbert===
Hibbert said he wished "to know god" since he was a young child.<ref name="preacher" /> Hibbert stated in an interview: "As a boy of 11, 12, and 13 they could not keep me away from it. I was in every single service soaking up the preaching, listening to these missionaries tell their stories. I can remember standing in these congregations ... and with tears streaming down my face and saying, 'Lord I want to do whatever you want me to do in this world. I want to be your servant for the rest of my life.'"<ref name="preacher" />

He was raised in central England, and attended a technical college where he received education as a draftsman.<ref name="preacher" /> Hibbert served as an [[ordained minister]] in a [[Pentecostal]] church,<ref name="thesect" /> and rose to the level of assistant minister in [[Rotherham]], in a parish of the organisation Assembly of God.<ref name="preacher" /> Hibbert is married with three daughters and an adopted boy originally from [[Honduras]].<ref name="preacher" /> He met Spademan in 1972: "I saw a hesitation in her eyes. I sensed she was in need. And so that was it."<ref name="preacher" /> Hibbert commented on claims that individuals were pressured to donate funds to his organisation: "Certainly no pressure was ever put on anybody (to give)," he said. "You have never met a more selfless giving group of people than the people in this church and that includes this ministry."<ref name="thesect" />