KINGSLAND - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Family and Children 's Lead
Bright works part-time as the Family and Children's Lead, overseeing our children's work on Sundays, Messy Church, toddlers and other family activities. Bec and her husband Nathan have been part of Kingsland Church for years and felt called to step up and make a difference. Bec has joined the team and oversees the Children, Youth & Student Ministries with Shaun.
Job Titles:
- Prayer and Spirituality Lead
Gail Mitchell is our Prayer and Spirituality hub Lead, overseeing the diverse prayer life and spiritual formation of the church. Her teams organise daily prayer in tongues, regular church prayer meetings, soaking sessions and various ways of discovering and developing our spirituality.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Senior Leadership Team
- Pastoral Lead
Ian Davies works as our pastoral Lead, overseeing the fellowship and helping us care for each other with love and enthusiasm through our discipleship groups and various means of pastoral care "I give God thanks for being able to serve Him here at Kingsland Church. I truly believe God has given me an extra helping of His love and compassion for his people. A heart to help nurture, develop, encourage and to look after people well." Ian also leads the Wednesday at 1 congregation
Job Titles:
- Member of the Senior Leadership Team
- Outreach Lead
Karen Loring works part-time as our Outreach Lead, helping us reach out in a way that looks like love. Karen doesn't like the word ‘Evangelist', but she is one! Using her wisdom, love for people, the presence of the Holy Spirit, and boldness to speak of Jesus, she is effective in helping people encounter God and an encouragement to the rest of us to do the same. Karen and her team run Alpha, Spirit Cafe and various training courses at Kingsland Church.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Senior Leadership Team
- Strategic Lead
Neil Loxley works as our Strategic Lead at Kingsland, helping to shape the culture, vision and direction of the church, mainly through his preaching on a Sunday morning and overseeing our training hub. Neil has been a Minister at Kingsland Church for over 35 years. "I love to see people grow in their relationship with God, and it excites me to see this time and again as people get hold of who Jesus is, how the Father loves them or what the Spirit can do. It's exciting to see the changes this brings."
Job Titles:
- Compassion Ministries Lead
Samuel Okafor is our Compassion Ministries Lead, directing our charitable work like Precious Bundles, an under-5 clothes scheme, our free school holiday lunches, Kingsland Counselling, etc. Samuel has been in Kingsland for many years, preaches regularly and wants to make a difference in his workplace, in the community and through the church.
Kingsley and Sharon Osei-Tutu are our Health and Well-being Hub leads. Both Sharon and Kingsley are local GPs who desire to see people well in every area of their lives. The Hub includes some health seminars, some of the active things that happen at the church, like walking, cycling and exercise and some of the things that promote well-being, like the choir and games club.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Senior Leadership Team
- Youth Lead
Shaun Almond works as our youth Lead, helping young people see, know and follow Jesus. He is also our tech guy. Shaun left the States with his wife Livi and settled in the UK in 2016 because of a calling to work with the youth of the UK. With years of youth work under their belts, they followed God's calling, and now Shaun works as the Director of Youth and student Ministries here at Kingsland.