Hello, my name is Simon Measures. I'm the Christian minister behind the Teaching Pages web site. I've been in Christian ministry since 1975 and I have been ministering over the internet via email and web pages since early 1997.

I am also the pastor of Harvest Field Church. This is the church my wife, Ruth, and I planted in Cheltenham in 1992.

The emphasis in my ministry is on Christian teaching (while maintaining pastoral care as a priority within the church). I have a heart-felt desire to see Christians well established in their faith. I delight to see believers grasping the wonder and power of the precepts and promises of God.

Ruth and I live in Cheltenham. Cheltenham is in the beautiful county of Gloucestershire in England. Nearby are the Cotswold Hills which we can see from my office and from some of our bedrooms.

Ruth and I work very closely together in ministry. We begin each day in prayer and counsel together. We unitedly respond to prayer requests and promptings by standing together in agreement about them.

Besides aiding me in ministry Ruth also keeps the house looking great and cooks superb meals. This is an big job because, not only are some of our own children still at home, but we also accommodate foreign students studying English in Cheltenham.

We have five children - Ben, John, Julianna, Angelina and Arthur.

Ruth originates from Klaten in Central Java, Indonesia. I met her there in 1980. Our eldest son Benjamin was born in South Sumatra, Indonesia. John in Singapore and Julianna and Angelina in Jakarta. Arthur was born in Cheltenham, England. [The family photo shown here was taken in 1996.]

Prayer has played a very important part in the lives of our children. Ruth and I have prayed over them from their earliest years. In those prayers we have quoted to the Lord often His wonderful promise found in Isaiah 54:13. This begins, "All your children shall be taught by the Lord."

I home schooled the children in their foundational school years. This continued until 1997 when they entered state financed schools. They excelled in the local schools they attended, not only continuously getting good grades, but also finding favour with both teachers and pupils alike. Arthur is still in school. The older four all went on to good universities, two of them attending Oxford University.

The very first version of the Teaching Pages web site was designed and built by my son Benjamin at the age of 14 in 1997. He presented me with the vision at a time when Christian ministry via the internet was at a very fledgling stage. It didn't take me long to recognise what an amazing opportunity it was presenting for ministry to all the nations. (The accompanying photo appeared in a newspaper at the time reporting on the web site.)

Ben continues to provide great support and help to my ministry. Thanks to him I'm able to run the Linux operating system on my office computer. These days Ben is a partner in an IT security and forensics company.

After the first version of Teaching Pages I took over the design and build of the Teaching Pages web site. I now construct and maintain the site using xml and xslt. As a spin off from this I occasionally do "tent-making" building web sites for organisations and small businesses. (Tent-making refers to apostle Paul's occasional occupation.)

To be continued