Dr. Stafford Carson, President's Professor of Evangelism and Missions and Frank Barker Chair of Missions and Evangelism is a graduate of Ulster University, Queen’s University, Belfast and Westminster Theological Seminary.
He is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church in Ireland and has served three congregations in Ireland since graduating from Westminster Seminary in 1980.
He was Executive Vice-President at Westminster (2000-05) and has served as Executive Principal and Professor of Ministry at Union Theological College, Belfast (2013-2020).
He was Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland in 2009- 10.
In 2022 he was appointed as Executive Director of Global Ministries at Westminster and has taught a range of preaching and pastoral theology courses in Westminster’s residential, online, and global initiatives programs. In April 2024 he was appointed to the Barker Chair of
Mission and Evangelism and in 2025-26 served as Interim Dean of Pastoral Theology at Westminster.
He is married to Patricia and they have three grown-up children and three grandchildren. He enjoys cycling and is a passionate supporter of Ulster Rugby.