Our team are all volunteers, supported by our very part-time paid administrator.
Jonathan is Lead Minister of Christ Church Chineham, an ecumenical partnership that welcomes people of all denominations, or none. As well as a Christian he is a husband, step-father, coffee lover, glass artist, musician and all-round techie (sometimes in that order). After studying science at University, he went on to become a programmer and then systems engineer. During that time he was very involved in the leadership of his local church. It was there that he met his wife Martha, and where God called him to ordained ministry in the Church of England. He loves preaching and working with other Christians ways to help people come to know all that God has done for them, and how to follow Jesus more closely. They have been in Chineham since July 2018, and you may see him walking (or running) with their rescued greyhound.
David is a former Newfrontiers Pastor, he now worships at Mosaic Church Basingstoke and is Coordinator of Basingstoke Street Pastors, Project Coordinator for Basingstoke Night Light Winter Shelter, Administrator for 1CB and an NHS Hospital Chaplain. David is married to Ann and they have two daughters and two granddaughters. In his spare time you are likely to find him pounding the trails around Hook as he trains for Marathons, Ultramarathons and Triathlons.
Dave Bishop moved to lead Basingstoke Baptist Church in December 2016 following over 20 years leading churches in Sussex. Passionate to see the united churches of our town ushering in the Kingdom that Jesus proclaimed would change the world. Love the Bible, chatting to Jesus daily, seeing the Holy Spirit transform lives and living in the reality of being a son of an awesome Heavenly Father. Honoured to have travelled in India, Africa and the United States teaching church leaders and being privileged to support churches in the UK selecting leaders. Married to Carol who teaches at the local 6th form college, we’ve two married sons and a New Zealand Huntaway X dog called Bruce. Outside of the ‘church’ community I love motorcycling and volunteer as an ‘on call’ Blood Biker transporting urgent medical items.
Deanna qualified as a nurse in London before volunteering for relief work during the Biafran War and in Zimbabwe. She worked as operating theatre sister for several years and travelled as a ‘trolley dolly’ for a few more. As a trained Relate counsellor with Bachelor and Masters’ degrees in Theology, she taught and worked as a College Chaplain in Reading for over 20 years. From a theatrical family, Deanna has spent many years as a choreographer for sacred dance/drama contributions to high profile liturgies e.g. at Westminster Abbey etc. Widowed in 2021, she has three sons and five grandchildren. She lives in Oakley and is an independent Celebrant and a special minister for St. Joseph’s Catholic church in South Ham,. She runs a Widow and Widowers group and loves big hats, The Chelsea Arts Club and her garden.
Pete is a leader of Community Church Tadley. He is a trustee for Basingstoke Street Pastors and The Safe. His heart is to see a generational improvement in health and wellbeing across the town and is focused on helping to inspire, enable and equip people and organisations to navigate and lead this change. He is married to Marian and has three married daughters and two granddaughters. Music and sports are among his other interests, and he loves to walk Britain's coastline - hoping to at least complete the west coast within his lifetime.
BJ (as he is fondly called) has served as Lead Pastor of Praise Embassy since May 2006. He has been married to his university sweetheart Seun, since 2005. His passion is to see revival in the UK and to raise exemplary christians who will serve as role models in society. At the age of 17 PBJ attended bible college where he studied Children & Youth Evangelism, he later went on to study Chemical Engineering and in 2005 obtained a Masters in Information Systems from Portsmouth University. When not doing church work or writing, he likes to go for a run and enjoys watching football and movies.
Robin is one of the leaders of Hub Community Church, part of Community Churches Connected in Basingstoke and he also leads Basingstoke’s Healing On The Streets (HOTS) team. He is married to Margie who is also one of the Hub church leaders and they have a daughter and two sons who live in London and Australia. His interests include playing guitar, walking and more recently running.