Leadership

Elders

A team of Elders, which includes the Minister, is recognised by the Church as being called by God to serve the whole of church life.  Recognition of Elders is in line with biblical understanding and they have the spiritual, pastoral and visionary oversight of the Church.

The Eldership team meet most weeks to seek God’s heart and vision for the Church, based around prayer and Scripture. In turn they oversee, care for and develop the Ministry Areas.  Elders are also Trustees of the Church as a charity. 

Minister
Stephen Thompson was called as the Minister from 28 April 2014.  Having planted and ministered in churches in Northamptonshire and Hull, Stephen was previously ministering in a Baptist church in Virginia, USA.
He is married to Ester and they have two children, Naomi and Caleb.  Stephen has a passion for preaching God's word and for making and discipling followers of Jesus. 

Andrew Ingrey-Senn
Andrew has served in the church since 1995 soon after he and his wife Marion joined the Church.  With oversight of worship, he has a heartfelt desire to see everyone released to be worshippers in Spirit and in Truth. Together with Marion, they have led Alpha and other small groups and Marion now leads the Seniors' Ministry.  Andrew has owned businesses in the motor, finance and service industries but now devotes most of his time to the life of the church and to his family. Andrew is the Church Secretary.


Paul Leinster
Paul and his wife Felicity have been members of the church since 1989 and have 3 children and 6 grandchildren. Over the years Paul has had leadership roles within house groups, young people’s and overseas work. He worked for a number of large companies on environmental, health and safety matters and then joined the Environment Agency. He retired from full-time employment in 2015 and now works part-time for a variety of organisations. Paul is the Church Treasurer. 
 

Will Partridge-Underwood
Will joined the Church as the Youth worker in 2009 having been involved with young people's work for many years, latterly based in a church plant in Hull.  His calling as an Elder was recognised in September 2013 and in January 2020 he was recognised as Associate Minister.  Will's wife, Sharon, is the Church's Pastoral Coordinator. 


Ian White
Ian was recognised as an Elder in January 2020.
He is married to Lynn and has four children. Ian is a self employed painter and decorator and oversees the maintenance of the Church's properties.  He is passionate about the power of prayer, looks after ministry prayer offered after services and runs discipleship courses for men.  
 

Ministry Leaders

In order to fulfil our Vision and Mission as a Church, we believe that every Member should be encouraged to discover his/her God given gifts and abilities and to use them in His service.  To enable the Church to function effectively, we have established Ministry Areas in which Members can fulfil their calling.

Ministry Leaders are recognised to have leadership gifts in a particular area of the Church's life and work.

Click here for more information on Ministry Areas