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Peter Davies is married to Vanessa. They have two teenage sons,
Matthew and David.
They came to Bristol in 1992. Peter is the senior Pastor of
elim@bristol city church, a church that aims to be a light to the
city and a blessing to the nations. This multi ethnic church is located
in the centre of Bristol. The church has a regular attendance in excess
of 600 and continues to be one of the fastest growing churches in the
south west region.
e@b is involved in a number of partnerships within the city
centre aimed at coming alongside those caught in the valley of tears.
Peter has a long established history in pioneering community initiatives
that offer employment and also practical care to those in need. His
ability to think strategically has enabled him to take up roles in a
variety of denominational and interdenominational activities, he also
lectures on the subject of leadership in a variety of fields. Peter has
an MA in management.
With his wife Jenny, Peter Kay is in his tenth year as Pastor of Ivy Church
in St
Pauls in Bristol. The Kays spent several years training pastors in
Kenya during which time Peter designed a course on urban mission. In
1993 the family returned to Bristol to study missiology including the
historical impact of the church on the urban communities of Britain.
Together with other ministers Peter founded Spysco - a community based
project aimed at providing skills and activities for unchurched young
people in St Pauls. Peter and Jenny aim to relocate to Burundi, East
Africa in 2006.
Dave Day is the team
leader at Bristol Christian Fellowship and has worked
with many churches in the UK and overseas in an advisory capacity. Much
of
his time is spent developing projects in some developing countries, the
most
recent being a
children's village for Aids orphans in Zambia. He is married to Rhian
and
has 3 adult children and is a proud grandfather.
Mike Pears is currently
minister at Cairns Road Baptist church and has been living in Bristol
with his family since 2000. Mike's involvement and interest in inner
city social action started in Peckham where he worked for 14 years. Here
he was mainly involved in the areas of employment and education and
church based social and political action. Since being in Peckham Mike
has studied and worked in Vancouver for 3 years.
Rob Scott-Cook is
part of the leadership of Woodlands group of churches and the Bristol
region Celebration Churches Network. He is also a chaplain to the
University of Bristol and chairman of The George Müller Foundation. Rob
has a great heart for Bristol and especially for those that are
marginalised.
Anne White is a
councillor, and chairs the Environment, Transport and Leisure Scrutiny
Commission.
Roger is married to Angie and they have two young children. He is
part of the wider leadership team of Bristol Christian Fellowship and is
Adviser for New Churches with Christian Aid, working with evangelical,
Pentecostal and charismatic churches throughout UK and Ireland.
From 1992 to 1999, Roger and Angie taught at a Christian school in
Zambia, where Roger was Head of Humanitites and he was also very
involved with local churches and projects. As a result of their
experiences and friendships in Zambia they became much more aware of
global injustices, such as debt (the Jubilee 2000 campaign) , and the
need to consider fairtrade, the Trade Justice campaign and lifestyle
issues. Since 1999, they have been raising awareness of these issues and
encouraging action, for example through writing the popular "Act Justly"
booklet for small group Bible study (downloadable from www.surefish.co.uk/actjustly).
Roger co-founded BCAN's Global Issues Forum in 2003, with Janet Mills
(TEARfund and Woodlands).
Paul is married to Sue, and they have three boys - Alan (1987), Philip (1989) and
Ian (1992). You
can read more about Paul and Sue if you go to www.hazelden.org.uk.
Paul is part of the leadership team at Highgrove Church, and runs
Crisis Centre
Ministries, a local Christian charity helping homeless people.
Paul is also a Co-Chairman of the Sea Mills & Coombe Dingle
Community Project, and Chair of Voscur (Bristol's CVS).
Julian Marsh is currently Chairman of the BCAN Steering Group. He is 57 years of age, married to Liz, and they have three grown-up children, two of whom are married and all are committed Christians with roles and responsibilities in their local church. They have two lovely young grandsons too!
Julian is Chief Executive of the George Müller Foundation in Bristol which comprises three separate charities which embrace work amongst children, young people and families (through churches), the elderly (through residential care) and the financial and prayer support and encouragement of many Christian workers world-wide (through providing a link between donors and recipients eabling the former to serve the latter through prayer and financial support).
A significant part of the work today is in supporting local churches as they seek to serve their local community. The three core values of faith, care and evangelism are central to all the work done by the Foundation and it seeks constantly to encourage and resource Christian social action in those areas.
The key characteristic of the Foundation however is not found essentially in what it does but in the distinctive, begun through the remarkable work (started in 1834) of George Müller which continues today, of never fund-raising nor declaring financial needs other than to God in prayer, so that there may be a living demonstration that God still answers prayer today and that He might be glorified in all that is done.
This distinctive has been present right from the outset of the work and as it changes to accommodate the ever-changing needs in local communities, this aspect of the work remains unchanged. So today the Foundation wants to see people in communities cared for, amd understanding the gospel, and the work of churches in their communities being built through faith, trust and prayer, knowing God's provision in every way.
Julian is also a Core Leader (in Portishead where he lives) of their local church which is now a large independent church which meets in the local secondary school (of which he was Chair of Governors for 7 years).
Julian with his wife were involved in planting a church from scratch in the local community which now forms part of this church. Julian has much contact with a number of churches in the Bristol area providing advice and help to leaders and serving as a Trustee of a number of them. He and Liz also have links with two churches in southern Poland and provide regular input
Julian started his working life as a Further Education College Lecturer and following that he had a career in local government educational administration becoming a Senior Education Officer before entering full-time Christian work as a Pastor. He and his family have experienced what it is to live by faith with no certain source of income, all of which has prepared them for his present role.
Julian's mission is to see local church equipped, inspired and resourced to reach out into their local community mainly in the Bristol area, especially amongst the most needy.
Julian currently works with the national charity Care for the
Family as the project manager for "Bringing Home The Prodigals" -
one of the biggest projects that the charity has undertaken (see www.prodigals.org.uk for further details).
He is one of the Elders of Living Waters Church in Clevedon, where he
worked for 10 years. During that time he served as administrator and
music director. He was involved in setting up and developing: a
Counselling Centre; a Debt Advice Centre; a drop-in youth project; a
community alcohol and drug forum; a schools puppet theatre; and
small-business lunch club and seminar programme, amongst others (see web.living-waters.org.uk for further details).
He trained as an accountant and is the finance director for a handful
of companies and trustee for a number of trusts. He has worked as the
music director for Colin Urquhart, Don Double and Yinka Oyekan.
Julian, has been married to Lynda for 23 years and has two teenagers,
Suzi & Dave. He is the Treasurer for BCAN.
Mark is 45, married to Kathy and they have three school aged boys.
They have lived in the St Andrews district of Bristol since the mid
1980s. A Christian since childhood, he has been a member of Redland
Parish church for nearly 20 years. He is currently on the PCC with a
particular interest in mission, for example initiating Redlands support
for the Saturday Soup run. He also has a keen interest in Scouting and
has been instrumental in rebuilding the 63rd Bristol Scout Troop in St
Andrews from mid 2003.
Mark is a sales and marketing manager by profession, with a degree
and a Diploma in Marketing. He has worked for several IT companies for
over 20 years. In his current role he is helping several large
commercial and public sector organisations sell to and support small
businesses, through the use of internet based marketing and sales
solutions.
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BCAN (Bristol
Christian Action Network)
