A pastor preaching to the congregation during a Sunday service

Aaron Whitfield

Head Pastor · Preaching, vision and very strong coffee

Portrait of Pastor Aaron Whitfield

Aaron Whitfield

Head Pastor since 2008

His story

Pointing to Jesus, Clearly and Often

Aaron arrived at Cedarfold in 2008 with his wife Hannah, three small children and a sermon series on Romans that the valley still talks about. Eighteen years later the children are grown, the series has become a book shared with new members — and the welcome is warmer than ever.

Before Cedarfold he served as a youth worker in the city and trained at seminary in Oxford. He preaches most Sundays, chairs the trustees, and insists on making the tea himself after the evening service.

What Aaron oversees

  • Sunday preaching and the yearly teaching programme
  • Vision, trustees and our partner missions abroad
  • Alpha evenings for the curious and the questioning

His favourite verse

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes.”

Romans 1:16