Andrew Patterson has been minister of Garvagh Free Presbyterian Church, Northern Ireland since June 2002. Born in Portadown, County Armagh, he previously ministered in Ardaragh Free Presbyterian Church, County Down from November 1994. He is a weekly contributor to the Radio Ministry of the Free Presbyterian church, Let The Bible Speak, and serves on the Mission Board and the Education Board of the denomination. He also has been appointed chaplain to the University of Ulster in Coleraine.