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Training Track Speakers


Adrian Birks

Adrian Birks

Adrian led the Newfrontiers church in Fleet for ten years then joined the Coign Church, Woking in 2005 with responsibility for worship and teaching. He holds a degree in Theology from Spurgeon’s College, London, and is involved in training leaders in the UK, Russia and Ukraine. Adrian and Jenny have three children.
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Tim Blaber

Tim is married to Liz and is an elder at New Community Church, SE London, UK
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Tapiwa Chizana

Tapiwa is married to Flora and they have one daughter, Maita. Tapiwa was an elder at New Creation Church, Bulawayo and has recently assumed the role of leading Thembalezizwe (TLZ) Christian Church, Bulawayo. He has a passion for building the church and the re-building of Zimbabwe. He is a Partner at Deloitte & Touche Chartered Accountants.
David Devenish

David Devenish

David is based at Woodside Church, Bedford, UK. He works with many churches in Russia and Ukraine, and prepares churches and individuals for world mission. He has written several books and developed various training courses. He is married to Scilla, and they have four grown-up children and two grandchildren.
Greg Haslam

Greg Haslam

Greg leads Westminster Chapel, London, UK. He also travels internationally as a preacher and conference speaker, and firmly believes in the recovery of strong, healthy, God-centred churches. He is the author of many articles and books, is married to Ruth and they have three grown-up sons and two granddaughters.
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Matt Hatch

Matt helps lead Mosaic Church in Leeds, UK, which consists of small missional communities reaching many different people and places across the city by being disciples and making disciples in every sphere of life. Matt also coaches a number of church planters. He is married to Philippa and they have three young ‘culture changers’ in training.
David Holden

 

David Holden

David is lead elder at New Community Church, SE London, UK. He also travels internationally for the Newfrontiers team, particularly helping national team leaders. David is married to Liz and they have four grown-up children and five grandchildren.
Liz Holden

 

Liz Holden

Liz is David Holden’s wife. They are involved in the leadership of New Community Church in Sidcup and travel extensively together as David serves the Newfrontiers churches apostolically.
Simon Holley

 

Simon Holley

Simon is lead elder at King’s Arms Church, Bedford, UK, where getting out on to the streets to see the kingdom of God break out has become a core value of the church. Simon is married to Caroline and they have a lot of fun raising three lively children!
John Hosier

John Hosier

John has been involved in pastoral ministry for 40 years. He is married to Sue and they have two sons and seven grandchildren. Having retired from full-time ministry at CCK, Brighton in 2009, they have just returned from Cape Town, South Africa, where they have served alongside the eldership of Jubilee Community Church for a year.
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Matthew Hosier

Matthew leads Gateway Church, Poole, UK, is married to Grace and has four daughters who have a growing number of pets.
Malcolm Kayes

Malcolm Kayes

Malcolm was raised in Liverpool, and worked as a PE teacher and Head of Year before starting full-time church work. Married to Pam with two married daughters, his interests include most sports, music and reading. Leading The Coign Church, Woking since 1991, he also travels to serve churches across the UK and overseas.
Andy Johnston

Andy Johnston

Andy is lead elder at ChristChurch, Hailsham, UK. His love of Church History began over 25 years ago when he studied for a Ph.D. on the Reformation. He has written books on Luther and Calvin and teaches Church History in a variety of training and leadership contexts. He and his wife Janet have three children.
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Beverley Landreth-Smith

Beverley grew up in the Newfrontiers family. She and Mark have four children in their teens and twenties. Together they lead the Beacon Church in Camberley which they planted in 1995 and have seen it grow to nearly 300. Beverley has a passion for gathering women for days together, and has organised a number of women's conferences in the Home Counties region.
 
Stef Liston

 

Stef Liston

Stef became a Christian in 1991 and is utterly amazed at God’s mercy. He lives in Camden with his wife Davina and their three children - Daisy, Levi and Melody. He loves being part of Revelation Church, London.
Lex Loizedes

 

Lex Loizides

Lex was born again in Brighton, UK in 1984 and has since served Newfrontiers churches in many nations. He has been married to Jo for 23 years and they have four children. Lex leads the Front Edge conferences and is an elder at Jubilee Community Church, Cape Town, South Africa.

Ray Lowe

Ray Lowe

Ray is based in Hope Church, Orpington, UK, but travels extensively serving Newfrontiers churches at home and abroad. He left the legal profession in 1976 to lead the Newfrontiers church at Biggin Hill and studied theology at Spurgeon’s College where he got his passion for church history. His two other passions are golf and Manchester United.
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Scott Marques

Married to Claire with two children, Scott was born and raised in Harare, Zimbabwe. They now live in Mozambique in order to expand the work of church planting and business endeavours. Scott is leader of an apostolic team currently serving churches in Zimbabwe, Malawi and Mozambique.
Guy Miller

 

Guy Miller

Guy is based in Bournemouth, UK and heads up the team that oversees the Wessex region. Guy also leads the eldership team at Citygate Church, Bournemouth, and has responsibilities in India and Portugal. He is married to Heather and they have four children.
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Stephen van Rhyn

Stephen is the lead elder of Jubilee Community Church in Cape Town, South Africa. He is married to Anna and has two young boys, Josh and Ben, and one daughter, Bethany.
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Dr. Goodwill Shana

Dr. Goodwill Shana is the Founder and Senior Pastor of Word of Life International Ministries, based in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, with a membership of over 10 000 people across Zimbabwe, South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho and the UK. Dr. Shana holds a Doctorate in Theology and is the President of the Evangelical Fellowship of Zimbabwe. He is also chairman of the Heads of Christian Denominations in Zimbabwe.
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Tom Shaw

Tom leads The City Church Canterbury and oversees the student and twenties work in Newfrontiers.  He is married to Josie and they have two beautiful daughters called Daisy and Lily.  He is passionate about seeing a generation raised up who love Jesus and love the church - and he appreciates good coffee!
Greg Shepherd

Greg Shepherd

Greg leads the worship team at New Community Church, SE London.  He has written two books After God’s Own Heart - about how lessons from the life of King David can help us in worship today, and Working with God - about being a Christian in the workplace.  Greg and Cath have two children, Charlie and Beatrice.
Don Smith

Don Smith

Don began one of the earliest Newfrontiers churches, Kings Church Hastings, UK, with just five people. He then planted Kings Church, Eastbourne with seventeen in 1988. Today, both churches have been handed on to younger leaders which between them gather over a thousand people. Married to Stephanie, they have two daughters and four grandchildren.
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P-J & Ashleigh Smyth

P-J and Ashleigh live in Johannesburg, South Africa. They have three sons. P-J leads Godfirst Church in Johannesburg as well as one of the Newfrontiers apostolic teams working in Southern Africa, involved with planting and strengthening local churches.
David Stroud

 

David Stroud

David leads ChristChurch, London and the Newfrontiers UK team. He has been involved in leading churches for over eighteen years; ChristChurch being the third church that he has planted. He and Philippa have three teenage children.
Mick Taylor

Mick Taylor

Mick is an elder at Kings Church, Catford, UK and is also course director for Newfrontiers Leadership Training and chairs the Theology Forum. He studied theology at Spurgeon’s College (London) and Westminster Theological Seminary (Philadelphia, USA). He loves watching Match of the Day and The West Wing.
Joel Virgo

 

Joel Virgo

Joel grew up in Brighton, UK where he now serves as lead elder at Church of Christ the King. He also leads the Newday team. He is married to Kate and they have four children.
Wendy Virgo

 

Wendy Virgo

Wendy is the wife of Terry. She travels with him and has many opportunities to speak to women. She has also written several books, of which the latest is Influential Women.
Simon Walker

 

Simon Walker

Simon is married to Kate and they have 5 children between the ages of 3 and 14.  Simon leads City Church in Bristol, UK.  He is also involved in serving churches in India and across the South and South West England.
Andrew Wilson

Andrew Wilson

Andrew holds degrees in theology from Cambridge and the London School of Theology. His passion is to communicate the extraordinary truths of God. He is an elder at Kings Church, Eastbourne, and runs theological training programs within Newfrontiers churches. His books are: Incomparable: Explorations in the Character of God, and God* Stories: Explorations in the Gospel of God. Andrew and Rachel have one son.
Phil Wilthew

Phil Wilthew

Phil is an elder in City Church, Newcastle, UK and serves on the North UK Team, particularly working to help create and sustain a prophetic culture in church life across the nation. He has a passion to develop prophets and prophetic teams that release the kingdom into their cities and churches. Phil is married to Carole and has two children.
 

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