Rev Ian Phillips leads a team of ministers and staff who are supported by deacons.   

The ministerial team and staff team

The diaconate

Crawley Baptist Church is led by a team of trustees appointed by the church members. This team is made up of leaders we call Deacons and our ministerial staff. The deacons work together with the ministerial staff to provide spiritual leadership and oversight of the church and to act as charity trustees. The church has eight deacons.

 Deacons are elected by the church at our Body Talk meeting in November and serve for a period of three years before standing down. Those standing for election must be nominated by at least three church members, be willing and be eligible to serve. Retiring Deacons may serve again if nominated and voted.

 The current deacons are Ade Aderounmu, Belinda Cordice, Graham Durrant, Sharon Golightly, Shamima Macadjar, Graham Poole, Roney Solomon and Sarah Vincent. Their photos can be seen on the Portrait Gallery

 A Deacon should be a person:

• of mature faith, filled with the Holy Spirit.

• who supports to the full the worship and vision of the Church.

• able to work in harmony with the Senior Minister, other staff and fellow Deacons.

• be a church member for at least 6 months

• meets the criteria laid out in the constitution (i.e. be over 18, not be disqualified by statute to serve as a charity trustee and not be close family member (spouse, parent, child, sibling) of a serving Charity Trustee

In addition, the majority of Trustees shall be baptised accordingly to the practice of a Baptist Church.

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