There are several groups of leaders in Kingsland Church.
Senior Leadership Team – Neil, Ian and Karen seek to bring their apostolic, pastoral, prophetic and evangelistic gifts to equip the church. They are also hub leads.
Hub Leads – People who shape, champion and facilitate the various hubs or centres in the church.
The Boards of Reference – work with the hub leads to bring ideas, insight and direction to the church. Together, the boards make a large group of diverse ages and backgrounds who have a significant influence on the direction and activities of the church.
Our Trustees – are responsible for all the legal and financial aspects of the church.
Everyone Else! Kingsland completely depends on the huge army of volunteers who make everything happen, from serving in the cafe and the youth work to organising, facilitating and serving in all sorts of capacities.
Senior Leadership Team
Neil Loxley
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.”
Use our contact form to connect with Neil.
Ian Davies
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
Use our contact form to connect with Ian.
Karen Loring
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.
Use our contact form to connect with Karen.
Together, Neil, Ian and Karen make up the Senior Leadership team overseeing the whole church.
Hub Leads
People who shape, champion and facilitate the various hubs or centres in the church.
Youth Hub
Shaun Almond
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.
Use our contact form to connect with Shaun about our youth work programme.
Children & Family Hub
Bec Bright
Family and Children’s Lead
Bec 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.
Use our contact form to connect with Bec about the Children and Families Center.
Here for Good Hub
Samuel Okafor
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.
Use our contact form to connect with Samuel about our compassion ministries.
Prayer & Spirituality Hub
Gail Mitchell
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.
Use our contact form to connect with Gail about Prayer and spirituality.
Health & Wellbeing Hub
Kingsley and Sharon Osei-Tutu
Health and Well-being Leads
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.
Use our contact form to connect with Kingsley and Sharon about Health and Well-being.
Boards of Reference
The Boards of Reference work with the hub leads to bringing ideas, insight and direction to the church. Together, the boards make a large group of people of diverse ages and backgrounds who significantly influence the direction and activities of the church.
Trustees
Our Trustees are responsible for all the legal and financial aspects of the church.
There are around 40 groups outlined in our opportunities leaflet. Half of these are discipleship groups where we take the Sunday teaching deeper, and the other half are a variety of courses, activities, or get-togethers.
Everyone Else!
Everyone else. Kingsland completely depends on the huge army of volunteers who make everything happen, from serving in the cafe and the youth work to organising, facilitating and serving in all sorts of capacities.