Chipping Sodbury Baptist Church

Our church administration has recently been restructured. We currently have the services of two ministers and a full time youth worker. Who are supported by two elders - Kathy Mackay, and Norman Fuggle. Elections for a further five elders will take place in September 2008. The Leadership Structure is illustrated here.

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.

To contact Carl direct fill in this form

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. She 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

To contact Sue direct fill in this form

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

To contact Jenni direct fill in this form

The Ministerial Team is ably supported by a group of five leaders and their teams who contribute to the day-to-day running of the church.

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