The FIEC appointed John Stevens to serve as its first-ever director from September 2010.

Educated at Cambridge University, where he became a Christian in his final year, John was a law lecturer for 16 years until 2007, combining this role with his responsibilities as one of the three pastors  of City Evangelical Church, Birmingham, which he helped to found in 1999. The church now has a regular congregation of 300. John is married to Ursula and they have four young children.

Alongside his other ministries, John was co-chairman of the A Passion for Life steering group, a member of the Midlands Gospel Partnership steering committee and runs the Midlands Ministry Training Course.