Meet the team

At Christ Church every member has a part to play. There are a handful of people working in a full-time paid capacity. Their role is to equip the rest of the church family to serve.

Ministry Staff

Gareth Mitchell Gareth is our Lead Pastor. Gareth leads services and preaches regularly, chairs Elders meetings, and oversees our pastoral care, music, amongst many other roles as Lead Pastor. Gareth is also involved as a Trustee of Contagious Bible Ministries and the Four Counties Gospel Partnership.

Steve Neal Steve Neal is our Pastor to the Community.  He oversees our small groups in The Way, and helps the church family share the good news of Jesus in our local community.

Phil Hammersley Phil is our Associate Pastor. His responsibilities are across all areas of church life - getting involved in our mid-week meetings and ministries, meeting with people, and leading and preaching on Sundays. Phil has oversight for the Youth & Children's work at church, and manages the team who work in this area.

Bethan Sunners Bethan is one of our Children's & Youth workers. Bethan works part-time with responsibility for different elements of mid-week and Sunday Children's & Youth work.

Katie Prime Katie is one of our Children's & Youth workers. Katie works full time with responsibility for our mid-week and Sunday Children's & Youth work.

Evelyn Sharpe Evelyn is our Pastoral worker, and works alongside the Pastoral Team supporting many people within the church.

Elders

Gareth Mitchell Gareth is our Lead Pastor. Gareth leads services and preaches regularly, chairs Elders meetings, and oversees our pastoral care, music, amongst many other roles as Lead Pastor. Gareth is also involved as a Trustee of Contagious Bible Ministries and the Four Counties Gospel Partnership.

Steve Neal Steve Neal is our Pastor to the Community.  He oversees our small groups in The Way, and helps the church family share the good news of Jesus in our local community.

Glyn Hodges

Graham Newton

Andrew Wintersgill

Jos Rowe

Pete Gibson