Reverend Canon Andrew Thompson

The Reverend Canon Andrew Thompson MBE is Senior Chaplain of St Andrew’s Anglican Church in Abu Dhabi. He holds degrees in Behavioural Sciences and Islamic Studies, and trained to be a priest for the Church of England at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford. He was ordained in Derby Cathedral. Over the years he has served the Church in the UK and in several countries across the Middle East and the Gulf. His previously authored The Christian Church in Kuwait: Religious Freedom in the Gulf. In 2011 he was awarded an MBE by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II for services to human rights and for promoting interfaith dialogue between Christians and Muslims.