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    Adrian Birks

    Church. The Coign, Woking

    After leading the Newfrontiers church in Fleet for 10 years, Adrian joined the staff of the Coign Church, Woking in 2005 with responsibility for worship and teaching. He holds a degree in Theology (MTh) from Spurgeon’s College, London and is involved in training leaders, travelling widely in the UK, Russia and Ukraine. Adrian has been married to Jenny for 20 years and they have three children: Joel, Chloe and Isaac.

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    Andrew Wilson

    Church. King's Church Eastbourne

    Andrew is an elder at Kings Church in Eastbourne. He has theology degrees from Cambridge (MA) and London School of Theology (MTh), and is currently studying for a PhD at Kings College London. Andrew is the author of Deluded by Dawkins, Incomparable and GodStories, and has written articles for The Times and Christianity. Andrew's next book, If God Then What? Wondering Aloud about Truth, Origins and Redemption, will be released in April, published by IVP. He is married to Rachel and they have two children, Zeke and Anna.

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    Andy Johnston

    Church. ChristChurch, Hailsham

    Andy is lead elder at ChristChurch, Hailsham, UK. His love of Church History began over 25 years ago when he studied for a Ph.D. on the Reformation. He has written books on Luther and Calvin and teaches Church History in a variety of training and leadership contexts. He and his wife Janet have three children.

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    Chine Mbubaegbu

    Church. New Community Church

    Twitter. @ChineMbubaegbu

    Chine is editor at the Evangelical Alliance and a member and trustee of New Community Church. She read Theology at Cambridge University and has written for a number of regional and national newspapers. She has a passion for reporting religion’s impact on society and is an Associate at Lapido Media. When not writing about religion, she volunteers as press officer for London Nigerian Rugby Club. When she is not writing, she loves reading and hosts a book club with her neighbours.

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    Dave Rigby

    Church. King's Community Church

    David has been involved in full-time Christian ministry for more than 25 years, having previously worked as an economist. Prior to leading King's Community Church in St Albans he led the Newfrontiers church in Brentwood for ten years. David and Jacky married in 1970, and have four grown-up children and two grandchildren – so far!

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    Dave Bish

    Church. Frontiers Church Exeter

    Twitter. @davebish

    Website. http://thebluefish.org

    Dave has worked with the Universities & Colleges Christian Fellowship for most of the last decade, serving students as they work together to to build the local churches. He also had a very brief career in retail banking. He's been involved in leadership within Frontiers Church Exeter for the last 3 years. He married Em in 2002 and has two sons.

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    David Stroud

    Church. ChristChurch London

    David leads ChristChurch London & the work of Newfrontiers in the UK. He is passionate about building churches that engage effectively with the surrounding culture and equipping Christians to have a positive influence in shaping society. He is the author of Planting Churches, Changing Communities.

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    Emily Woods-Abraham

    Church. Church of Christ the King, Brighton

    Emily is an award-winning blogger who has also written articles for Christian magazines, newspapers and other publications, including the Newfrontiers magazine. She has also been involved in leading a young women’s teaching group at CCK, and is currently involved in the CCK Communications team. Emily loves all things creative and writing and she wishes she had more time to read. She is married to Galen and they both make their home by the lovely but windy Brighton & Hove seafront.

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    Graham Clark

    Church. ChristChurch London

    Twitter. @MostModestMan

    Graham is currently working for the newfrontiers media team and is doing the Frontier Project. For the last 3 and a half years he's been going to ChristChurch London and before that was at New Life Church in Milton Keynes. He has a passion to serve God in everything. He enjoys: Writing, working, maths, badminton and all things geek.

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    Greg Haslam

    Church. Westminster Chapel

    Greg was born and raised in Liverpool. He is married to Ruth and they have three grown-up sons and two granddaughters. Greg studied Theology and History at Durham University. After teaching high school he trained for the ministry at the London Theological Seminary before moving to Winchester where he pastored for 21 years until his call to Westminster Chapel, London in March 2002.

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    Guy Miller

    Church. Citygate Church, Bournemouth

    Guy leads Citygate Church Bournemouth, where he has been since 1999. He oversees a group of churches in the South West of England, as well as across India, Spain and Portugal. Guy is married to Heather and they have four children.

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    Harman Bhogal

    Church. New Community Church, SE London

    Harman has been part of New Community Church, SE London (bar a hiatus for uni!) since she was a teenager. She is undertaking a PhD in history at Birkbeck, University of London, looking at demonic possession in Reformation England. Dilettante, animal lover, Cineworld Unlimited member, avid reader: she pretty much finds anything and everything interesting and hopes to never stop learning!

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    Ian Galloway

    Church. The City Church

    Ian leads City Church Newcastle, having led the church for over 22 years. Married to Heather, they have lived in Newcastle and Gateshead since 1977, having studied at Newcastle University. Ian & Heather have five children – Katy, Anna, David, Sarah and Joel. Ian enjoys gardening, doing up houses, playing squash and drinking expensive wine.

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    James Patrick

    Church. Emmanuel Church, Oxford

    James is a member of Emmanuel Church in Oxford serving in crèche and with deaf support, and he also attends his local Chabad synagogue each week. He grew up in Papua New Guinea, and his childhood passion for the Bible led him into university degrees in theology, still ongoing. He has chosen to remain celibate for the sake of the coming Kingdom.

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    Jennie Pollock

    Church. ChristChurch London

    Twitter. @Missjenniep

    Website. http://newsong40.wordpress.com/

    Jennie Pollock is editor of UK communications for Newfrontiers and is studying for an MA in Philosophical Studies. She attends ChristChurch London, where she’s learning and growing all the time, and loves London above almost anything else. She reads voraciously to learn lessons from the past and drink deep of the wisdom of today, and longs to see words and the creative arts used to bring about a shift in the norms and assumptions underpinning Western culture.

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    John Groves

    Church. Winchester Family Church

    John leads Winchester Family Church. He has been involved with Newfrontiers for over twenty years as an Ephesians 4 teacher with church oversight. His prophetic gift has been influential in the wider church scene. John is married to Marian and they have three grown-up children.

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    Jonathan Bell

    Church. Churchcentral, Birmingham

    Jonathan came to Birmingham in 1996 when called by God to move to the city and plant what has now become Churchcentral. Jonathan is a gifted Bible teacher involved with training other leaders within Newfrontiers, while leading the team at Churchcentral. Married to Helen, hey have two sons and together are passionate about living their lives for the glory of God and seeing the establishing of a large city impacting church in Birmingham.

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    Liam Thatcher

    Church. Christ Church London

    Twitter. @liamthatcher

    Liam and his wife Helen are currently based in London where Liam works as assistant and researcher to David Stroud. As a Drama and Philosophy graduate with a passion for theology, he spends his free time studying commentaries, writing plays, cultivating a philosopher's beard, and drinking good coffee.

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    Mark Amos

    Church. Reading Family Church

    Mark has been involved in various Newfrontiers Churches since he was a child. He is currently part of Reading Family Church and teaches Religious Education at a secondary school in Bracknell. He studied for a BA in theology in Manchester and has just completed a Research Masters at the University of Nottingham focussing on the Christologies of Karl Barth and Karl Rahner. He is married to Kathryn and they have a son called Benjamin.

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    Martin Charlesworth

    Church. Barnabas Community Church, Shrewsbury

    Martin lives in Shrewsbury with his wife Jane and has three daughters, one is at home and two are married. As well as leading Barnabas Community Church, Martin oversees Social Action on behalf of the Newfrontiers UK Team and also serves on the Theology Forum. Martin plays a lot of squash, and is known for his love of cycling in all weathers. He also enjoys walking the hills of Shropshire and North Wales. He is an enthusiastic traveller, having lived in Pakistan and South Africa.

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    Matthew Hosier

    Church. Gateway Church

    Twitter. @matthewhosier

    Website. http://matthewhosier.blogspot.com/

    Matthew is based in Poole, Dorset, where he shares a house with one tarantula, an indeterminate number of giant African snails, two snakes, two bearded dragons, two ferrets, two dogs, four children, and one wife, and leads Gateway Church. He studied zoology at university before entering church work (and now just has a zoo), and has an MA in Christian Ethics from King’s College, London.

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    Mbonisi Malaba

    Church. River of Life, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

    Mbonisi leads River of Life Church in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe as well as being a medical doctor. He is part of the apostolic team that serves the Newfrontiers churches in Zimbabwe where he lives with his wife Tash.

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    Mick Taylor

    Church. King's Church, Catford

    Mick did his theological training at Spurgeon’s College in London, after doing a degree in Urban and Regional Planning at what is now Coventry University where he and Val met. Further studies at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia were sandwiched between serving at Baptist churches in Chelmsford and Brixton Hill, after which he joined the team at the Newfrontiers church at the Kerith Centre in Bracknell. Since 2005 he has been the Teaching Pastor at King’s Church, Catford and set up the London Newfrontiers Training Base there. He is Course Director for Leadership Training in the UK and chairs the Theology Forum.

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    Mike Frisby

    Church. City Church Cambridge

    Mike is married to Denise and moved to Cambridge in April 2005 after 25 years' ministry in Christchurch, Dorset. They have three grown-up children, Rebecca, Lydia and Tim. Mike has a passionate interest in world mission and is actively engaged in teaching and mobilising people within the Newfrontiers churches to reach the nations. He is also a member of Newfrontiers theology forum and teaches in various leadership settings.

  • Mike is the Head of Theology for UCCF. He holds a doctorate in systematic theology from King's College, London and is the author of The Good God: Enjoying Father, Son and Spirit; The Unquenchable Flame; The Breeze of the Centuries and On Giants’ Shoulders. He is married to Bethan and they have two children.

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    Mike Rundle

    Church. Kings Church Seaford

    Mike is married to Zoe and has three children. They attend Kings Church Seaford. Mike has a degree in theology [BA Hons] and a PGCE. He teaches religious studies, ethics and philosophy and, when time premits, does Aikido.

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    Nick Chatrath

    Church. Emmanuel Church, Oxford

    Part of the leadership team at Emmanuel Church, Oxford, Nick is a Cambridge graduate, a McKinsey alum and a gifted evangelist. Having recently completed a Masters at Wadham College Oxford, he began a DPhil in September 2009.

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    Phil Moore

    Church. Queens Road Church, Wimbledon

    Website. www.philmoorebooks.com/

    Phil leads Queens Road Church in Wimbledon. He also serves as a Bible teacher and evangelist within the Newfrontiers family of churches. He is the author of the "Straight to the Heart" series of devotional commentaries. Phil is married to Ruth and they have three young children. Together, they love eating strange and exotic food, watching movies with lots of popcorn, and reading books by Roald Dahl.

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    Phil Whittall

    Church. Hope Church

    Phil Whittal is a church planter in Sweeden. He is married to Emma and has two children

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    Ruth Preston

    Church. Church of Christ the King

    Ruth loves watching films and reading books. Unusually for a 24 year old woman, Star Wars is her all-time favourite saga (she wrote a 60 page book based on Star Wars when she was 12!). Having studied Fine Art and History for her BA, Ruth also likes to watch independent films, ‘Skeletons’ being a good example. Ruth also loves theology and apologetics, for which she developed an appetite during her undergraduate study. She currently works in financial admin, but has recently enrolled on an MA in interfaith relations.

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    Saint Stuffed Shirt

    Church. Ring of Bright Water

    St Stuffed Shirt is a fourth generation pastor, who boasts a superior intellect and proficiency in all nine of the spiritual gifts. He holds degrees from more colleges than he cares to mention, and is the author of a number of books, including the best-selling Puffed Up: A Theology of Arrogance.

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    Sam Poe

    Church. New Community Church, Tacoma

    Sam serves on the Newfrontiers apostolic team in the USA. He and his wife Marlene have traveled widely serving churches in the USA and other nations. Recently they have spent considerable time in Zimbabwe. Sam and Marlene are presently based at New Community Church in Tacoma, Washington USA.

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