Pastor Simon was born in Australia and grew up in a missionary family in New Guinea. He moved with his family to the United States, and graduated from Shenandoah Valley Academy in Virginia. He graduated from Andrews University with a B.A. in Psychology and French, and then obtained a J. D. from UCLA school of Law in 1992. He practiced as an attorney doing corporate litigation for three years before entering the ministry. He completed his Master of Divinity degree from the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary at Andrews University. Simon then served as an Associate Pastor at Norwalk Seventh-day Adventist Church, where he was also involved in a church plant in West Los Angeles. Pastor Liversidge was ordained on September 14, 2002. He and Cecilia were married on October 13, 2002 at the Eagle Rock Church. Their son, Liam, was born in 2004 and their beautiful daughter, Mia, was born January 2007. Simon is the Senior Pastor at The Place Church in Newbury Park, CA.