Our Structure

Danbury Mission is a church family. We encourage everybody to become involved in helping in some way or other. We have rotas of volunteers to take it in turns to welcome people and give out the Service Sheets, to make coffee after the Service, to put out the chairs, man the creche, etc. Others may choose to help run the Youth clubs or undertake basic maintenance etc.

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Partners Handbook

We publish a Partners Handbook which summarises the govenance of the church. Click on the link on the left to download a copy.

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Elders & Trustees

The Elders of the Church are also Trustees of the Church and of the Church properties. We have 10 Elders - Simon Medcroft our Pastor, Richard Ambor, Trevor Frost, Robert Goodwin, Andrew Green, Tim Green, Steve Packham, Ron Smith, Geoff Spence and Nick Wood. They bring a wealth of different skills into the church from their secular employment but most importantly work together in giving spiritual leadership to the Fellowship of the church. The Elders are affirmed in their role by the entire church fellowship every 5 years. This was last done in Oct. 2006.

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Staff

The Church employs 7 staff on either a full or part time basis:

Pastor - In May 1999 the Church appointed our first Pastor - Tim McMahon. In December 2004 we appointed Simon Medcroft from the Carey Baptist Church, Reading, as our new Pastor to enable Tim to divert his energies to Eurasian Ministries.

Associate Pastor - Neil Blake joined us from Blackmore Baptist Church in June 2010.

Families Minister - Phil Vellacott joined us in Sept. 2007.

Community Worker - Cathy Breen is our Community Worker helping to identify and cater for the needs of the elderly and other vulnerable people within our local community.

Church Administrator - Steph Packham works part time as our Church Administrator, providing secretarial support to the Pastor and manning the church office.

Caretaker - Peter Sharp acts as the church caretaker.

Simon Medcroft	Neil Blake	Phil Vellacott	Cathy Breen	Steph Packham	Peter Sharp

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Church Meetings

Church business meetings are held 3 times a year to facilitate dialogue between the Eldership of the church and the main body of the fellowship on key issues. Close consultation is maintained and especially on major projects such as the recent church extension.

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Finances

As an independent church we have to rely entirely on donations for all our income - but we also have freedom to decide which causes we support in addition to our ongoing Missionary support.

We do not take collections during our services, but ask that people make a commitment to give regularly to the work of the church through bank standing orders - which also ensures all giving is achieved in the most tax advantageous way. All financial matters are under the supervision of a Finance Committee with Tim Green as Church Treasurer.

Click on the link on the left to download the necessary forms for tax efficient giving via Gift Aid or for a Bank Standing Order. Thank you!