Ministry Team
The church is fortunate in having a full-time Baptist minister as well as the part-time services of two Methodist ministers and a volunteer lay minister.
Paul Richards joined us in 2006 as our full-time Baptist minister. He leads the pioneering and outreach work of the church and runs the ‘Space’ services on Sunday mornings. In addition to his work at Christchurch he has pastoral oversight at Great Glen Methodist Church. He is the main point of contact for pastoral concerns.
Jill Marsh is a Methodist minister in the Leicester Trinity Circuit with pastoral responsibility for Christchurch. Her main responsibilities, in addition to leading worship, are for students and young people. In addition to Christchurch she also has responsibility for Bishop Street Methodist Church, in the city centre, for Halstead Methodist Church and the student chaplaincies at the University of Leicester and DeMontfort University.
Gordon Webb is a supernumerary Methodist minister who shares in the ministry at Christchurch, mainly by leading worship and pastoral visiting.
Dr. John Fowler has recently been appointed as a lay minister. He runs the Tuesdays@Sansomes discussion group, leads the Sunday evening services, and helps with Space on Sunday mornings.