The Rev’d Carl Stokes - Senior Minister
Carl was inducted as our new Ministerial Team Leader on the 17th November 2007, having served his previous church in Essex for 13 years.
He heralds from Wiltshire and is married to Juliette and they have two children. He enjoys driving around in his classic car and also buggy power kiting. Carl has a heart for sharing God’s love in relevant and meaningful ways and helping folk to understand God’s purpose for their lives. He is a gifted preacher and teacher with a pastoral heart and desire to enable people to discover their God given gifts and to develop leaders. He has served as a Chaplain for a children’s hospice and local council and as a police chaplain and serves the wider Baptist family on the Baptist Union of Great Britain Council. He is also the chair of trustees for a charity called Timothy Mission to African Townships, working with the poor of South Africa, building a children’s village for children affected by AIDS. He desires Chipping Sodbury to be a place where people are cared for, accepted, encouraged, helped, healed and forgiven, all growing and reaching their potential in Christ and living out God’s purposes in their lives.
Mrs. Sue Pearce – Full-time Children’s and Youth Worker
Sue is a qualified children’s and youth worker. She has worked with us part-time since 1995, and full-time since 2004. Sue has a wide experience in youth work both within and outside the church community. She is a leader in the inter-church school and youth ministry in Chipping Sodbury and Yate. To find out more about this work look at the children’s and youth pages
The Rev’d Jenni Entrican – Minister for Jacob’s Well
Jenni spent several years in teaching and joined our ministerial team in 2000. She trained at Bristol Baptist College and is responsible for a new local Christian community (Jacob’s Well), which started in 2005. This is designed to explore new ways of being ‘church’ in today’s society. To read more about this go to the Jacob’s Well page
Other Staff and Team Members
The Church Office, which is open from 9.30 am to 12.00pm Monday to Friday, is manned by volunteers, under the leadership of Mandy Knight.
The Ministerial Team is also supported by a group of five leaders and their teams who contribute to the day-to-day running of the church.
