The Rt Revd Philip Mounstephen is the 98th Bishop of Winchester, taking up the role 2023. Along with a wider team of bishops and supporting staff they serve over 250 parishes across parts of Hampshire and Dorset. From 2012 - 2018, he was CEO of the Church Mission Society (CMS). Prior to his appointment as Bishop of Winchester, he was the diocesan Bishop of Truro.

Bishop Philip is also deeply engaged with issues of Religious Freedom both nationally and internationally, having chaired a review into the Foreign Office’s response to global Christian persecution, leading recently to the passing of a new UN Security Council Resolution. He sits in the House of Lords as one of the 26 Church of England bishops, known as Lords Spiritual. 

Formerly an investment banker and partner in a law firm, Pastor Agu Irukwu is now the Senior Pastor of Jesus House for All Nations London (part of the Redeemed Christian Church of God). He is a ChurchWorks Commissioner and also a key member of the One People Commission of the Evangelical Alliance, a body set up to integrate ethnic minority churches more fully into the Evangelical Alliance. He was one of the Presidents of Churches Together in England (CTE) representing the Pentecostal churches in England. He served with the 5 other presidents including the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby & Cardinal Nichols, The Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was voted Britain’s most inspirational black person in a poll conducted by the Mayor of London’s office in 2012 and has founded several charities such as Bright Futures for African Children and Mandate Men's Ministries.

Jude has a strong professional background in leadership having worked in charity and faith-based organisations at a senior level for over 20 years. Before her current role, she led the Discipleship and Ministries team at the Methodist Church for 7 years. Jude has previously chaired the board at Greenbelt Festivals and spent four years as head of a small NGO working with excluded young people.

She is the Chair of the Amos Trust and a non-executive Director of Love Welcomes, a start-up Community Interest company working with refugee women. She is a regular speaker at conferences across the UK, on a wide variety of topics that include various aspects of leadership and leadership development. Jude is a member of the High Street Methodist Church, Witney and a local preacher in the Witney and Faringdon Circuit.

Stuart is a highly experienced church leader, having led churches in London and Manchester for almost 30 years. Alongside his role as General Manager of the Assemblies of God in Great Britain, he is also part of the leadership of !Audacious Church and the CEO of the !Audacious Foundation, a Manchester based charity helping to address issues faced by the region including poverty, homelessness and family challenges. He was previously Chair of Church Response For Refugees, a movement aimed at inspiring, encouraging and equipping churches and communities across the UK to actively welcome and support refugees.

Paul and his wife Paula lead New Generation Church in Sidcup which is an outstanding church in terms of its impact in the local community, and serve as Regional leaders for the Pioneer Network of churches in the south of the UK. They founded Hope Community School, they run the local community library and Lark in the Park every summer. Paul Co-Chairs the New Generation Schools Trust developing the Hope Community School network and serves on the leadership team for Spring Harvest. He is a qualified chef.

Alicia joined the Evangelical Alliance as head of public policy in August 2021. Since then, she has worked on a range of issues from asylum resettlement, refugee integration, poverty relief and religious freedom in the UK and overseas. Alicia leads the advocacy team’s parliament and Whitehall engagement and is focusing all legislative engagement this year on three core themes: identity, freedom and justice.

She brings over 15 years' experience working in politics, policy and activism. After completing her degree in politics, Alicia went on to work with UK charities and overseas ministries specialising in international human rights law, social justice, restorative justice and the Government's serious violence strategy. She is passionate about the church bridging the divide between cultural opinion and the gospel. In her spare time, she loves photography, studying photojournalism and learning to make Japanese cuisine.

Bishop Derek worked as an administrator for British Gas West Midlands before entering full-time Christian ministry in 1987. Derek is a minister in the New Testament Church of God. He was its National Director of Evangelism from 1987 to 1991, National Director of Youth and Christian Education from 1991 to 1997 and District Bishop for Birmingham/Solihull from 1996 to 2014. He serves on NTCG’s national Executive Council as Secretary/Treasurer. 

From 2020-2023, he co-Chaired the Government’s Windrush Working Group and was awarded an OBE for his services to the Windrush generation. 

Bishop Mike has been General Secretary of CTE since March 2022. Prior to his appointment, he was co-Chief Executive of The Cinnamon Network, a charity helping churches across Britain and Ireland with community engagement and social action projects. He is a founding Trustee and former National Director of award-winning charity Transforming Lives for Good (TLG) which works with children and young people at risk of exclusion from school. He is also a part time Forensic Mental Health Chaplain with Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust. Mike has a BA in Urban Planning from the University of Westminster and an MA in Black Theology from the University of Birmingham. He has been in ordained ministry since 1993 and was consecrated as a Bishop with the Apostolic Pastoral Congress in 2016.

Bishop Tedroy Powell was appointed as National Overseer of the Church of God of Prophecy UK in 2017. He has also been Senior Pastor of the House of Bread Church of God of Prophecy (COGOP) in London since 1989, and National Overseer for COGOP Belgium and Netherlands since 2004. In 2021, he was appointed as one of the Presidents of Churches Together in England, representing Pentecostal and Charismatic churches. 

Bishop Tedroy’s ministry includes a focus on intentional discipleship and church planting. He has also established a social enterprise, Hillview Community Services, which provides educational support to its community. 

Ministry of God’s word and the teaching and development of leaders are also key to Bishop Tedroy’s ministry, including the provision of a range of professional training and development opportunities for pastors, church leaders, management committees and leaders of organisations within parachurch organisations and the voluntary sector.

Bishop Tedroy has been married for over 40 years and has three children.

Fr Stephen is the Rector of the Russian Orthodox Church of St Nicholas the Wonderworker, in Ferry Road, Oxford. He is also General Secretary of the Fellowship of St Alban and St Sergius, a society which works for friendship and mutual understanding between Eastern and Western Christians.

Dr. Shola serves as Executive Pastor of Jesus House UK (RCCG) & Board Chair of Festival of Life. He has been in leadership at the church since its inception in 1994, holding a variety of roles including Director of Music and Assistant Pastor. Shola is also involved in the wider network of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (UK). Shola is a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynecologist with over two decades of medical experience. He also holds an MBA from Cranfield University. Shola and his wife, Funke, have two children.

His Eminence Archbishop Angaelos became the first Coptic Orthodox Archbishop of London in 2017, having previously served as the General Bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the UK since 1999. He is also designated as the Papal Legate representing the Church in the UK at ecumenical and official levels by His Holiness Pope Tawadros II.

Archbishop Angaelos is well-known for his advocacy work and has received prestigious honors for his efforts. He specializes in youth ministry and frequently speaks at global youth conferences and conventions. Born in Egypt, he later emigrated to Australia, where he pursued higher education. In 1990, he returned to Egypt, serving as a monk in the Monastery of St Bishoy in Wadi-El-Natroun. Archbishop Angaelos is actively engaged in advocacy, international religious freedom, and development work, and he is a respected commentator on various issues, including human rights and civil liberties.

Marie has been the Director of Partnerships & Public Affairs for the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales since January 2021. Before that, she managed the Catholic Education Service public affairs team and was latterly Assistant Director at CES. After completing her Masters degree in Geography, Marie became a Bishop’s Conference Faith in Politics intern in the scheme’s seventh year.

Fr Jan is Director of Mission and National Ecumenical Officer at the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales. Prior to this appointment, Fr Nowotnik was a priest in the Archdiocese of Birmingham and completed his Doctoral Studies at the Pontifical University of St Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum), Rome in the Faculty of Theology.  He studied for the priesthood at the Royal English College in Valladolid (Spain) and was ordained for the Archdiocese by Archbishop Maurice Couve de Murville in November 1998.

He was an assistant priest at Holy Trinity, Newcastle-under-Lyme and St Chad’s Cathedral, Birmingham and parish priest at St Augustine’s in Stoke-on-Trent and St Brigid’s Northfield, Birmingham until he went to Rome to study for a Licence in Theology, specialising in Ecumenism and Interreligious Dialogue at the Angelicum which led to further doctoral studies in Ecclesiology focusing on Orthodox theology.

Mark has been Chair of the Mission & Public Affairs Council since 2017, leading the body responsible for overseeing research and comment on social and political issues on behalf of the Church.

Most recently, Mark served as Chief Executive of World Vision UK, one of the UK’s largest humanitarian organisations. Prior to this, he spent nine years on the organisation’s board, including a four-year spell as Board Chair. Prior to this, he enjoyed a successful career in advertising and marketing.

Olivia has been Executive Director for Elim Churches in the UK since 2018. She is an ordained Elim Minister with extensive senior leadership experience in the NHS, the Anglican Church and Third and voluntary sectors, is also widely recognised as the founder of Martha’s Oasis, a social enterprise featured on Channel Four’s ‘The Secret Millionaire’ in 2008.

She is responsible for overseeing the charity’s operations, administration, and strategic planning, strengthening Elim’s mission and ministry while ensuring the organisation’s compliance with the legal requirements and responsibilities of the charitable sector.

Prior to her current role, she was Deputy Chief Officer, Operations, Sandwell and West Birmingham Clinical Commissioning Group. In that role, she led and directed all aspects of the commissioning operations for Sandwell and West Birmingham Clinical Commissioning Group.

Peter oversees the advocacy team and the work of the Evangelical Alliance across the four UK nations. He is passionate about faith in the public square and leads the Being Human project with Jo Frost. He previously worked as a barrister in Belfast before studying theology at Regent College in Vancouver, where he serves on the board. Peter is a regular media commentator, is married to Rose, has two daughters, and loves running.

Rachel Lampard has worked for the Methodist Church since 2000. Her current role helps to direct and deepen the Methodist Church’s engagement with social justice and social action. She initially joined the Methodist Church as Secretary for Parliamentary and Political Affairs and latterly as Joint Public Issues Team Leader from 2008 - 2021. She was a Commissioner with the Gambling Commission, responsible for regulating the gambling industry in the public interest, for 9 years. She was the Vice-President of the Methodist Conference 2016/17.

Before joining CTE in 2019, Ben had been in Anglican ministry in Durban (2010-2013) and then Cape Town in South Africa (2013-2018). There he completed a doctorate at The University of Stellenbosch, exploring the idea of authenticity in Fresh Expressions in The Anglican Church of Southern Africa. From 2004-2010 he and his wife were part of a church planting team in rural Cambodia.

In his role, Ben helps bring together church leaders who reflect on mission and evangelism in urban and rural contexts across England. He particularly enjoys seeing and encouraging missional ecumenism at local and county levels. He is author of The God Who Walks Slowly: Reflections on mission with Kosuke Koyama and the forthcoming Lived Mission in 21st Century Britain: Ecumenical and Postcolonial Perspectives.

Rev Steve Tinning is the Baptist Union’s public issues enabler, dividing his working week between the Joint Public Issues Team (JPIT) and the Baptist Union of Great Britain. At heart, Steve is an activist, with practical theology and community-organising theory working as the foundations of a ministry of justice and compassion. Steve also serves as minister of Leigh Road Baptist Church, Essex.

Yinka has been the Senior Minister of The Gate, Reading, since 2005. With a breadth of experience nationally and internationally and as one of the founders of Barnabas Fellowship of Churches, a network with churches and projects in several nations, Yinka brings apostolic leadership to the church. 

During his ministry at The Gate, Yinka has spearheaded The Turning, the evangelistic street mission which began in 2016 and has now taken place in dozens of UK towns and cities, as well as further afield. In his profile Yinka explained he has a long history in equipping and training individuals in evangelism and mission, and a particular interest in the third part of our Union's Declaration of Principle ('That it is the duty of every disciple to bear personal witness to the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and to take part in the evangelisation of the world.').

Yinka served as President of the Baptist Union from 2020-21 and has been part of the Baptist Union Core Leadership Group.

Revd Maxine Douglas leads the Church of God of Prophecy’s social action initiatives. A Pastor in the West Midlands, she also serves as Secretary for the West Midlands Faith in Action (WM FIA), which is a regional umbrella partnership of Christian church leaders and community leaders that have united to bring a presence and a collective voice for the Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME) community especially the Black, African and Caribbean (BAC) community.

Bishop Lynne has been Bishop of Barking in the Anglican Diocese of Chelmsford since 2022. Before her consecration as bishop, she served as Rector of Stockport and Brinnington in the Diocese of Chester. 

She is a trustee and the Chair of the Church of England’s National Estate Churches Network and acts as the Church of England Lead Bishop for Estates Evangelism. She was a member of the Archbishops’ Commission on Housing, Church and Local Community. Before ordination, she was Chief Executive of a community charity in the North West.

Drawing on over 25 years' experience in overseeing Church Related Community Work (CRCW) in the United Reformed Church (URC), Steve Summers has recently been appointed as the URC’s Head of Community Engagement. He is often found out and about visiting churches and community initiatives throughout the URC, encouraging and supporting local churches to be present and engaged within their neighbourhoods and with local communities and in turn, to grow and flourish more themselves. He is also a member of the Joint Public Issues Team (JPIT), enabling churches to work together for peace and justice through listening, learning, praying, speaking and acting on public policy issues.