Church Elders

According to the Bible, the church is to be led by qualified and called men as elders. Simply put, a church elder is a man called by God to be an overseer. According to the Bible, elders are to be known for their prayer life (1 Tim. 2:8), modelling Christ-like service (Matt. 20:26-28 ; 1 Pet. 5:2), and being practically responsible in their homes, as well as in the workplace (1 Tim. 3:4-7). Not just any man can serve as an elder; they must be qualified to do so.

Our Elders

Paul is married to Sue and they have 4 children; all married, and 8 grandchildren. Paul has lived in Loughborough since his mid-teens and Sue moved here when they were married in 1987.

Paul works as CEO of an organisation that Sue and he established to provide safeguarding training and consultancy services. Sue works as a manager in a local authority overseeing the provision of training and professional development to staff.

Paul has been involved in the leadership of Grace from the beginning and looks forward to seeing what God does with His church in the future. His passion is helping people on their journey of faith through Bible-based teaching in the power of God’s Holy Spirit.

Steve is married to Pam and they have 3 sons all married and 4 beautiful grandsons and 1 beautiful granddaughter. Steve and Pam have lived in the Loughborough area for over 50 years and been married for over 40 years.

Steve and Pam joined Grace Church when Steve retired from leading Mountsorrel Baptist Church for 30 years and now continues to preach in local churches most Sundays.

Steve says it has been great to see God working in and through Grace Church, growing in numbers and growing in Christlikness.

Martin is married to Alison and they have three children, a married daughter living in Derby and is involved with her church there; a son who is also a member at Grace Church, and a young daughter who loves Sunday School. They were married in 1989. Martin and Alison have lived in Loughborough since 2006 and have been members of Grace since the beginning.

Martin works in a local care home looking after people with learning difficulties, and has worked there since 2006. Alison works in a local school, helping children who are struggling in their education.

Martin is interested in church history and if he could meet one person from our past it, would be George Whitefield. Martin also has a passion for the persecuted church and raising awareness of their plight, and is involved with Open Doors UK.

Brian has been married to Katrina for over 26 years and they have 3 grown up children together. Originally from America, Brian has lived in England since 1997 and the family moved to Shepshed near Loughborough in 2006. Brian is a long-serving Police Officer with Leicestershire Police and Katrina works in a secondary school as a Teaching Assistant.

Brian and Katrina joined Grace church with their family in 2013 and have enjoyed serving in the Student, Sunday school, Worship and Men’s ministries and leading a Community Life group.

Brian is passionate about the Children and Young Adult ministries at Grace and is excited to see how God has increased both the numbers of the children within the church and continues to spiritually develop the young adults in their walk of faith.

Church Deacons

The term deacon comes from the Greek word diakonos meaning servant or minister. The office of deacon is first mentioned in Acts 6 . As the burden of ministry grew for the early church, elders, in addition to prayer, study, leading, and teaching, were also taking on large workloads to serve the needy in the church and handle the administrative functions of the church. As a solution, the elders appointed deacons to assist the elders in these responsibilities. Simply put, these are men and women who are called by God to serve others in practical ways.

Our Deacons

Digital media TEAM

Adam Turner

ADMINISTRATION TEAM

Joanne Bassford

Young Adults team

Kate Allan
Josh Allan
Adam Turner