Sandy Purdie is a Scot who was born and brought up in Edinburgh. He became a committed Christian in 1972 which refocused his life. After pursuing a career in higher education Sandy felt a real call from God to help the ‘poor and needy’. Initially he worked with Aids sufferers and in addicion before commencing counselling work with his wife. Sandy is qualified to post-graduate Masters Level in Business Administration (MBA).

Sandy was led to work with Jackie Pullinger-To in Hong Kong for a short time in 1988 and after seeing so many miracles wondered if God might have a plan for him to do counselling work. As a result Sandy helped pioneer ACET (Aids Care Education and Training) for people with Aids in Edinburgh, which was the Aids capital in Europe at one time, and then went on to work in a rehabilitation unit for addicts (drugs and alcohol) run by Bethany Christian Trust. All of this was marvellous preparation for the joint call the Lord put on Sandy and Gwen to be full time Christian workers, ministering together.