Hayley Young appointed Ethics and Integrity Manager 

We are delighted to announce that the Revd Hayley Young has been appointed as our Ethics and Integrity Manager as part of the Ministries Team based at Baptist House

This new role strengthens our commitment to safeguarding the integrity, accountability, and ethical culture of Accredited and Recognised Baptist ministry. Hayley will contribute by working within ministerial conduct processes, supporting ministers and Associations on ethics and discipline, and embedding a culture of Continuing Ministerial Development (CMD) across Baptist ministry.

Hayley grew up in a non-Christian home and came to faith at 17 after what she describes as a radical experience of Jesus. Feeling called to ministry, she trained at Spurgeon’s College.

Hayley served Hayling Island Baptist Church as a Minister-in-Training before being called to be their full-time minister. She later served as the minister of Panshanger Church, an ecumenical church in Welwyn Garden City, by combining Baptist, Methodist, United Reformed and Anglican communities to serve its local estate.

After a sabbatical, Hayley was called by the South Wales Baptist Association as their Regional Minister for Mission, serving churches that were exploring mission, especially in a digital context during lockdown. This was a part-time role with the Association, so she also served as minister of a local church.

Following this, Hayley was called to serve the Northern Baptist Association as the Transitional Strategic Regional Minister, which replaced the traditional Team Leader role for a temporary period to explore a transition in how the Association and regional ministry could best serve churches and ministers. During this time, she also served as president of Baptists Together (2022-23).

When this two-year role came to an end, Hayley was called to serve as co-team leader, alongside the Revd Clare Hooper, at the Southern Counties Baptist Association.

Midway through the year, Hayley began sensing God was calling her to something different but was not sure what that was yet. Around the same time, the Ethics and Integrity Manager was advertised by Baptists Together.

She said the role at first appealed to her because it offered an opportunity to aid in creating a safer Baptist culture, with a focus on approaching disciplinary processes restoratively where appropriate and developing ongoing ministerial development.

"What really excites me is the wider ministry team vision is actually moving the ministry team away from purely dealing with the accredited list to really being proactive in how we support our ministers,” she continued.  

“In the next year, we're looking at, by Assembly next year, having launched some new CMD aspects. So, there'll be a lot of development within that and looking at how we are accountable in that, what areas need to be covered, and that's an exciting piece of work."

Lee Johnson, Ministries Co-Team Leader, said: "It’s been really good to welcome Hayley to the team. She brings a great deal to this new role, helping us think more carefully about ethics, integrity and what healthy ministry looks like. I’m looking forward to seeing how Hayley develops this work and supports ministers across Baptists Together."

Please join us in praying for Hayley as she starts her role.