HBC - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Project Manager at Crossroads Community Hub
Abi is the Project Manager at Crossroads Community Hub, a project connected to HBC which exists to serve those in need in our community.
Abi joined HBC in 2019 when she moved to Chester to study with the Light College (formerly known as the Light Project). Since joining she has been involved in various parts of the life of the church, including working with our young people and being a part of the worship team.
Andy is a 10 year old trapped inside the body of someone much older. He is yet to grow up and can usually be found with a big smile on his face. He has been in Chester for over 20 years - initially coming to study at Chester College and is still here. He has been working for HBC for over 14 years as a Children's and Youth Community Worker which gives him the excuse to be very childish and get paid for it! He also works for Chester Schools Christian Work as a Primary Schools worker so spends most of his working life with 7-14 year olds.
Away from work Andy enjoys both playing and listening to music - his favourite instrument to play is the piano but as it's not the most portable of instruments you'll usually see him with a guitar or ukulele. He also enjoys walking, especially in the mountains or by the coast, walking dogs, he loves watching sports, as well as being an avid Dr Who fan (he still has the Tom Baker style scarf his mum knitted him when he was 7 and it is still one of his favourite possessions!) He is happiest when he is spending time with people he loves whether at work or play and is always open to an invite for coffee.
Ed has been in Chester since 2002 working and living in Blacon for the majority of that time with his wife Lynsey and their children.
Ed has been Associate Leader of HBC since September 2013 after being on placement from Bible College.
Ed came to Chester to work with the Light Project in 2002 where he stayed for 8 years. He has a passion for mission and encouraging the church to reach people for Jesus by being disciples who make disciples. His main responsibility at HBC is to oversee the Children's, Youth and Families work which covers a wide range of clubs and activities both church and community based. He also works with the leadership team thinking about our mission across Chester as a church.
In his spare time he loves to spend time with his family with trips to the zoo, watching movies and generally having fun. Ed also loves listening to and playing music, leading worship and playing the guitar. His favourite bands range from Rend Collective & Jesus Culture to the Foo Fighters! He is also a passionate football fan and supports Manchester Utd.
Hazel has been at HBC for over 20 years. She is Andy's PA and Office Manager and also works for Link Up and Fresh Streams. Hazel has three grown up children, 3 grandchildren, a dog, and a Fiat 500 called Bella! She loves live music gigs, eating out and spending time with her family and close friends.
Jo grew up on the Wirral then went to university in Lancaster. She moved to Chester 12 years ago to be closer to her job at a large bank, although she now works for a charity based in Chester.
She loves music and is part of the worship team, playing piano, among other instruments, and sometimes providing some vocals.
Jo, her husband and their daughter started attending HBC about 4 years ago.
Katharine is a Baptist Minister in Training and on placement at HBC. She loves sharing Jesus with anyone and everyone and encouraging faith in God.
She's from Manchester originally but lived in Scotland (Glasgow then Aberdeen) a long time, where her kids were born and she picked up a slight Scottish twang. She and her family have lived in Warrington for the last ten years where her husband is a Baptist minister.
The loves of her life are Jesus and her family. When she has time and money she loves to go to the theatre, opera, ballet or cinema and loves having ‘Deep and Meaningfuls'. She also loves to laugh and be silly and tells jokes very badly.
Job Titles:
- Associate Leader of HBC Chester
Paul has been an associate leader of HBC Chester since January 2019. Paul is employed as the leader of Overflow Church, Winsford which has a kingdom alliance with HBC Chester.
He is married to Beth with two children Millie and Josh. Paul and Beth have a heart to help every individual discover who God has created them to be. Paul has a heart to invest in the next generations and to see them being released into their call. As a family they love being outside and have normally had their first BBQ before the end of March. Paul is also involved in bringing apostolic input into Riverhouse Life Church in Pembroke.
Rachel has been the Youth Worker at HBC since 2010 and is also wife to Dave and mother to Milo and Lily-June. Rachel loves to cook and play super geeky board games! She has belonged to HBC since she joined as a student in 2007, when she felt God strongly calling her to the church and was excited about the many opportunities to serve young people in the church and local community.
Job Titles:
- Administrator
- Church Secretary
Part of the Leadership Team, Ruth is also Church Secretary / Administrator overseeing the organisation, its policies and procedures, membership, buildings management and office. She sees HBC with Jesus' beating heart at the centre and her role within that vision to help preserve, guard, maintain and extend His glory in the way that the Church operates.
Andy and Sue have been married since 1988 and they have lived in Hoole for the past 25 years - all of their married life!
They have been at Hoole Baptist Church for all of these 25 years. Through this time Andy's role has changed considerably: he was Youth Pastor, then became the Pastor and now is known as the Team Leader. He is an accredited Baptist Union Minister. Sue spent 16 years teaching at what was St James' Junior school and then Hoole Primary School. Sue now works 3 days a week combining her time as a RE Consultant for East Cheshire Local Authority and for Chester Diocese. On her other 2 working days she is working closely with Andy in leading HBC, with oversight of Prayer, Prophetic and Creative areas within the church, and in their work across Chester.