Contributors
Contributors
Damilola is on staff at KXC and at the Evangelical Alliance. She has been deeply formed by the Scriptures and relishes the opportunity to share in their wealth and wisdom with others.
Rich is the National Leader of New Wine and Vicar of All Saints Worcester. He is married to Kath and together they love parenting, authentic community with friends and raising up younger leaders.
Kath leads alongside Rich on the New Wine National Leadership team, helps to lead All Saints Worcester and leads IJM's work with churches in the UK. She has the joy of parenting 3 teenagers and loves dog walking with friends.
Joe shares the role of Head of Worship with Pedro Neto. He is Creative Lead at Yeovil Community Church
Dr. Andrew Ollerton is a theologian, pastor and author of Romans: A Letter that makes sense of life (Hodder) and The Bible Course (Bible Society). He's married to Charlotte and they have 3 kids.
John is the Vicar of St Peter's, Rock Ferry, Birkenhead - a great place to be! He is also a full-time wheelchair user and trainer, speaker and author on disability, and advise disability.
Malcolm leads St Mary's Loughton, Essex. His new book, 'Saturated with God' is about his heart's cry for revival in the UK. He is married to Caroline and has three teenage children.
Glenn Packiam is the Lead Pastor of Rockharbor Church in Costa Mesa, California, and the author of "The Resilient Pastor", and "The Intentional Year", which he co-authored with his wife, Holly.
Mark heads up New Wine’s Urban Ministry. He is the vicar of Stockton Parish Church.
Pedro shares the role of Head of Worship with Joe Hardy. He is the Worship Pastor at Holy Trinity Leicester.
Richard Jackson has been Bishop of Hereford since 2020. He is passionate about the surviving and thriving of the rural church.
Mike Royal is the General Secretary of Churches Together in England CTE, the official ecumenical instrument of the churches in England. CTE have established a Racial Justice Working Group, bringing together several church denominations working together for racial justice. Mike is a Pentecostal Bishop with the Apostolic Pastoral Congress and also a Trustee of New Wine.
Paul is vicar of Christ Church Clifton, Bristol and Regional Director for New Wine South West.
Suzan heads up New Wine's Rural Ministry. She is the Incumbent of three rural churches in Shropshire.
Ian is Associate Archdeacon for The Diocese of Sheffield, working as a leadership coach to church leaders.
Jess is head of New Wine's Accessible Church Ministry. She is passionate about everyone being able to engage in church. Jess also works as a support worker for adults with additional needs.
Gareth leads St Philips in Salford and oversees New Wine’s Church Pioneering & Planting Ministry.
Sarah is the vicar of the United Benefice of St Stephen with St James in the predominantly Muslim neighbourhood in Blackburn. As well as being Assistant Archdeacon of Blackburn, Bishop’s Advisor on Minority Ethnic /Global Majority Heritage Matters, and a member of General Synod and Board of Trustees of the Emmanuel Theological College which offer her opportunities to share experiences of living and now working in a multi-faith society.
Tom is an engineer working to reduce emissions in his local area, he wants to help others understand what steps we can all take to tackle climate change.
Joel is a Youth Minister at St Thomas' Newcastle where he leads a worshipping community of young people and supports churches in the Newcastle Diocese to effectively engage youth & Children. He, and his wife Alicia have been heavily involved in LUMINOSITY since its beginning!
Alicia is a Schools & Community worker at MINE, in Newcastle. She works with youth & children in areas of deprivation, doing assemblies, mentoring and community groups. Alicia, and her husband Joel have been leading youth venues at New Wine since 2018!
Wole is Head of Young Adults and leader of IMPRINT Church.
Gareth is vicar at St. Luke’s, a growing resource church in Maidstone. He is passionate about seeing the church released in the power of the Spirit for God’s mission. Gareth is married to Zoe a leadership coach and they have one son.
Rachel is Head of Partnerships Development at Spurgeons Charity, with a passion to see lives transformed through love in action. Rachel is part of the leadership team at Yeovil Community Church and founded a family support programme, Yeovil4Family, supporting families with complex needs in partnership with the local authority.
Lee lives in Newcastle and serves as the Head of Luminosity overseeing youth provision for New Wine.