Ian Rutherford is the City Centre Minister based at Methodist Central Hall in Manchester.
Before entering the ordained ministry Ian was a Commercial Solicitor for over 25 years. His final role was as the Legal Lead for Gateshead Council's landmark construction projects.
Ian is committed to civic engagement and his current priorities in Greater Manchester are Housing and Homelessness, Challenging Hate Crime and Climate Change. He chairs a number of social justice organisations - Greater Manchester Homelessness Faith Network, Manchester City Centre Street Pastors and Greater Manchester Citizens.
Ian is the chair of Red Letter Christians UK's Housing & Homelessness Forum.