REDISCOVER CHURCH LEADERSHIP
EACH CHURCH PLANT ALSO HAVE THEIR OWN SEPARATE ADDITIONAL STAFF AND LEADERSHIP STRUCTURE STRUCTURES
Mark and Nita are married, have three grown-up kids and moved to Exeter in 2013 to lead the church. During this time the church has grown significantly and they are full of faith that everyone in Devon will have a clear opportunity to respond to the love of God. They are passionate about releasing the church to be a part of this dynamic mission.
Mark has been in church leadership for over 25 years and also led Elim's national youth ministry for 10 of these. He also served on Elim's National Leadership Team from 2010 to 2018 and is now the General Superintendent of the Elim Pentecostal Church. He believes in team and seeks to inspire and empower those around him to step into their God-given potential.
Nita loves nothing more than seeing people connect directly with God and is excited to see people grow in their passion for God.
Apostolic Lead and Lead Pastor
Mark & Nita Pugh:
Mike & Amy de Vetter:
Ministry Lead and Associate Pastor
Mike and Amy have been married for 25 years and have three children Rosie, Josiah and Zoe. Mike and Amy have recently moved from New Zealand where they have been in church leadership for the last 20 years. They have a passion for seeing people released across all the generations into their calling and purpose. As Ministry Lead/Associate Pastor Mike's role is to help support the ministries and church plants of Rediscover.
Mike is a children's book author having written 6 books which include an online discipleship programme called Big Steps part of Little Leaders Big Lives. He also loves to paint especially birds and nature. He occasionally likes to dust off the football boots and relive the glory days of his football career.
Amy is a great communicator of the Word and loves to encourage people to pursue a relationship with God as they navigate the challenges they face within their lives. She loves coffee and encouraging others to live a life that would bring out the God colours in this world.
Staff Team
Steve and Joy Dunne: Lifegroup Coordinators
Steve & Joy have served the Lord in evangelism, discipleship and church leadership. They love getting alongside people to encourage, pray and grow disciples who will flourish in their own faith and, in turn, build up others in following Jesus.
They have been married for over 40 years, living in Devon for 30 of those years and part of Rediscover Church for the last 8 years. They have two children and two ‘grand-girls’, who keep them on their toes! Steve & Joy retired about three years ago but quickly found that the word ‘retirement’ isn’t part of God’s vocabulary and that He has ‘works prepared in advance’ even for later life!
Jason Ham: Operations, Outreach and Kids Coordinator
Jason has been leading our online church and social media ministry for a number of years and joined our staff team in September 2018. Jason studied drama at Exeter University and he previously managed the social media accounts of GOD TV and has been involved in helping numerous churches to improve how they engage. Jason has a key role in developing the digital ministry for the Elim Pentecostal movement.
Liana Davies: Families Coordinator
Liana gives a great welcome to all our families with a very compassionate heart. She has been at the church for many years and we are so glad to have her as a part of our team! Liana is married to Andrew, one of our Elders, they are an incredibly hospitable and generous couple with a great love for people.
Roger and Janice Rowland: Pastoral Coordinators
With over 45 years experience as Church leaders, training and serving initially as Ministers within the Salvation Army followed by Roger becoming an Elim Minister. Between them they have had the privilege of leading 8 churches during this time. Roger has travelled extensively throughout the UK and Internationally teaching, preaching and mentoring Church leaders and Youth Pastors. Janice has worked as a Housing Director for both the YWCA and YMCA before moving into Social Work managing Children's homes and a Christian Fostering Agency They have 3 daughters and 4 fabulous Grandchildren. Love walking, travelling, learning and the adventure they are currently enjoying.
Martina Beard: Finance Officer
Martina oversees the financial aspects of the income and expenditure of the church. This includes the management of our Gift Aid giving. Martina is married to Dave, and they have been involved with Rediscover Church over a number of years.
Kerstin Baylis: Operations Assistant
Kerstin has recently finished her degree in Criminology at the University here in Exeter and enjoyed having the role of Nooma President in her final year there. She has loved getting involved in the life of the church, from being a part of the YA to serving in Discoveryland and on AV.
ELDERS
Andrew Davies: Elder
Andrew is married to Liana and they have two young children. Andrew runs an IT company and loves marketplace ministries. They are an incredibly hospitable and generous couple with a great love for people and they bring great insight and strategy to the team. Andrew is involved with the Worship Team and Liana is involved with the Discoveryland and Transform.
Al Whitmoor-Pryer: Elder
Al is married to Heather and they have grown up family all over the world. They run their own business, particularly in the care home sector and have helped many people step out into starting business also. They are an incredibly hospitable couple and are involved in many areas of the life of the church.
Diana Bastone: Elder
Diana is married to Graham and they have two grown up sons. They have been part of the church for many years and have been a great blessing throughout. Diana is a teacher by profession and applies this gift in the church by running regular bible teaching groups. Graham oversees much of the building development and maintenance and is part of the wider church leadership.
Hannah Bvumbura: Elder
Hannah is a secondary school teacher and has been in the church for a number of years. She studied at the University of Exeter studying Drama BA (Hons), where she was involved with the student ministry NOOMA. She was previously the Head of the Welcome Team and now helps lead the Young Professionals Lifegroup.
Also Mark Pugh (Apostolic Lead)
Church Session
We have a church session team who carry out the constitutional responsibilities of stewarding the resources of the church wisely. This team is made up of ‘The Elders’ and ‘Operational Team Leaders’ and provides strategy and oversight for areas such as finance, buildings, assets, liabilities, safety and employment.
The team consists of:
Graham Bastone (Buildings)
Ysanne Marville
Adrian Rutley (IT)
Steve Dennis
Plus all the Elders & Martina Beard (Finance)