Trustees

Last Updated on Wednesday, 08 February 2012 16:51 Monday, 13 September 2010 11:00

Due to changes in the charity law, in 2006 the BUGB appointed a board of trustees. The role of the twelve trustees is to provide strategic direction for the BUGB, ensure appropriate policies are in place and operated effectively, to oversee the Union's committee structure and to ensure compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements.

They meet eight times a year, and invite people to join them to advise them on particular matters.

For more information on the trustees, see below:

The Revd Kwame Adzam is a member of Trinity Baptist Church where he is an evangelist, church planter, preacher, teacher and missions strategist.  He is a former director of the London Baptist Association, a former member of the Knights Hill Panel set up by the Metropolitan Police and served on a committee set up by the Hon. Tessa Jowell MP, to develop young people and curb crime among the youth in West Norwood.

The Revd Ruth Bottoms currently combines caring for her disabled father with an itinerant preaching ministry, work as a spiritual director and leader of quiet days, and being a part time Pastoral Placement Tutor for Regent's Park College. She has previously had 16 years in local pastorate and three and a half years in an ecumenical community. She is a former Moderator of the Baptist Union Council and represented the Union at the World Council of Churches for fifteen years.

Mr Malcolm Broad, MBE is Treasurer of the Baptist Union of Great Britain.  He is a member and Treasurer of Keynsham Baptist Church and a former Association Treasurer of the West of England Baptist Association.  He works for HSBC Bank as a Senior Commercial Manager.  Malcolm is chair of the Academy Council at Oasis Academy Brightstowe and a governor at Colston's Collegiate School in Bristol.

The Revd John Claydon is the Regional Minister (Team Leader) of the Northern Baptist Association with special responsibility for the pastoral care of ministers and churches. He oversees the association processes of ministerial recognition and plays a leading role in developing the strategies of the Association. He previously served as minister of Durham Baptist Church (1995 – 2001), having been a Baptist Minister since 1984. He has been a member of the Baptist Union Council since 1991 and is currently a member of the National Settlement Team and has previously served on the Mission Executive Committee and the Faith and Unity Executive.

The Revd Jonathan Edwards is a member of Newbury Baptist Church and is General Secretary of the Baptist Union.

The Revd Dr Stephen Finamore became Principal of the Bristol Baptist College in September 2006. Prior to that he served as Minister of Westbury-on-Trym Baptist Church in Bristol. He has knowledge and expertise in law, ministry, mission and theology and has served on a number of Trustee and Management Boards. He is a former staff member of the BUGB Mission Department.

Dr David Goodbourn, now retired, is former president of Luther King House, the centre for theological education in Manchester, and also former general secretary of Churches Together in Britain and Ireland.  He is a member of the central committee of the World Council of Churches and acts as moderator of its sub-committee on programmes.  He is an associate member of staff of the International Baptist Theological Seminary in Prague, serves on the panel of reference for the Ecumenical Institute in Bossey and is a member of the editorial panel of the Journal of Adult Theological Education.  He is chair of trustees for the charity Feed the Minds.

The Revd Charmaine Howard is just completing her three year period as Newly Accredited Minister of Northolt Park Baptist Church in West London.  Prior to Ministerial formation/training at Regents Park College, she was a teacher for seventeen years, latterly as a head teacher in Bedfordshire.

Dr Colin Hicks, CB is on the Leadership Team of Teddington Baptist Church and a director of the London Baptist Association. He retired in 2006 from his final senior civil service post as Director General of the British National Space Centre and the following year was awarded a CB in the New Year's honour list for "services to science". During his career he worked in universities, government laboratories and in a number of civil service posts related to technology and finance. He is currently the President of Eurisy, a European non-governmental organisation. He has served on BU Council, Communication Committee and Grants Committee.

John Levick is a member and deacon of Castle Hill Baptist Church in Warwick.  Previously he has been in membership in churches in Worcestershire, Wiltshire, London, Cheshire and Hertfordshire.  He has served as both Church Treasurer and Church Secretary.  Since retiring early from banking in 2005 he has been Treasurer of the Heart of England Baptist Association and also on the Baptist Building Fund. More recently he has been appointed a Trustee of the Baptist Ministers Pension Fund and the Baptist Staff Pension Scheme and is a member of the Pension Review Group. He also works part time as a Tour Manager for Great Rail Journeys.

The Revd Dr Clare McBeath is minister of the United Baptist Tabernacle in Openshaw, East Manchester and a Team leader with Urban Expression serving a deprived urban community in the heart of a regeneration scheme. She holds a public appointment as a Non-executive Director and Vice Chair of an NHS Mental Health and Social Care Trust. She is a published author of worship materials and long standing writer for Roots for Worship Magazine with interests in urban spirituality, community engagement and all age worship.

Mrs Jenny Royal worked for 20 years in consultancy as a Chartered Occupational Psychologist assisting organisations in both private and public sector with the people side of their business. Since leaving the business world in 2000 she has been involved in a number of short term projects and reviews for churches, her Association, Colleges and at National level. She has recently completed a theology degree at Regent’s Park College, Oxford and is a member of New Road Baptist Church, Oxford.