Leaders of HBC's management teams are responsible for various, mostly practical, areas of church life. The leaders don't do all the work themselves, but lead teams of helpers. HBC is a registered charity and under our new constitution, the managing trustees of the charity are: the ministers and elders, the Church Secretary (John Coyle) and Treasurer (Ian Day), the Property Team leader, and up to two other leaders (currently Ruth Gass). Trustees are elected by the Church Meeting, and are responsible for ensuring that we comply with charity law and good practice.

Team leaders

Administration

John Coyle is Church Secretary, with responsibility for administration, which covers many areas of church life, as well as links with the wider Baptist family, other local churches and other organisations. The aim is to help the church to function well and to support the leaders. Contact John Coyle.

Finance

Ian Day is Church Treasurer and has overall responsibility for church finances, including the annual budget and accounts. Contact Ian Day.

Property

The Property Team leader is responsible for maintenance and repair of the church building and Manse. We don't currently have an elected leader in post, but Rob Sproule is overseeing the task for the time being.

Ministry leaders

Those currently elected are Paul Nicholson (Missionaries Support Group), Ruth Gass (Publicity), Adrian Clark (Youth Ministries), Nick Jackson (Children's Ministries), Justina Tagoe (Housekeeping). Richard Cave and Sarah Stephenson are overseeing stewarding/welcoming for the time being.

Other staff

Admin assistant Emma Steane works in the church office in the mornings (normally Tuesday to Friday), helping with general church administration in association with the ministers and the Church Secretary. Contact the Church Office.

Ministry Support Workers MSWs, as they're usually known, help out 2 days a week, doing all sorts of jobs to support church activities. From September 2009 our MSW is Matthew Kirk, who'll be helping mainly with children's and youth work.