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The Kemp Family

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Richard and Margaret met and married whilst at Surrey University and have been a part of the Westborough family for over 40 years. They were called by God to serve in France, where they have lived since 1994. For the last 26 years they have lived in the city of Montpellier in the south of the country. They have three grown up children who have settled in Lyon and Montpellier.

Richard is a pastor with a French church network which emphasises, along with church planting, developing a ministry towards society as a whole.  In this capacity he leads a Christian coffee bar called Chez Théo, together with 4 other churches in Montpellier. The city agglomeration has a population of half a million people and is the home to some 80 000 students giving it a young and dynamic feel.

Richard and Margaret believe that a close relationship between churches is key to the message of Christ impacting French society. For this reason, Richard chairs a gathering of protestant and evangelical pastors which also connects with the wider world of the Catholic and Orthodox churches.

Margaret teaches full time at the University of Nȋmes and from time to time in Montpellier. She is a keen member of the local choir and runs a Scottish dancing club which is hugely popular with local French people. These activities have enabled them to make many friends.

They are both keen to connect the ‘good news of the kingdom,’ as Jesus put it, with the ecological crisis and they regularly teach about this on Sundays and week-ends in various churches across the country. They do this in collaboration with A Rocha France. In their free time they are often to be found identifying birds, plants and butterflies in the beautiful countryside around Montpellier!

Overall, their vision is to make the gospel accessible to ordinary French people, and to show them its relevance today.