Our Team
We believe that the Lord Jesus leads his church by his word, the Bible, but that he gifts and sets apart elders to lead local churches.
We currently have three church elders, who are also the charity’s trustees – they make up our Leadership Team. Their main tasks are to pray for the church, teach the Bible, model Christian living and manage the affairs of the church. Our Pastor and Pastor-in-training are the only paid staff members at King’s.
Our Ministry Team Leaders oversee a team of people who together are responsible for various aspects of church life. The Ministry Team Leaders meet with the Leadership Team to provide advice and feedback, so that they can make wise, transparent and collaborative decisions about the ministry and mission of the church.
Leadership Team
Richard Perkins
Pastor and Elder
Before training as a gospel minister, Richard served in the Royal Navy as a junior officer and then taught schoolkids mathematics, design and technology and the Bible. He then headed to London to train at Dundonald Church, the Cornhill Training Course and then Oak Hill Theological College. He and his wife Rosslyn also spent a very enjoyable semester at Moore Theological College in Sydney. Upon graduation, he became the Lead Planter of a launch team for Christ Church Balham in SW London. He pastored that church for 15 years. He then served six years as the Director of Church Planting for the London-based Co-Mission church planting network before coming to King's. He is married to Rosslyn who works part-time as a GP, an NHS appraiser and teaches Medical Students. They have three children who are growing up, moving on and slowly beginning to leave home. He is known by most people as Perks. In his spare time, he plays and watches a variety of sports.
PJ Appleton
Elder and Engage Team Leader
Despite growing up in a Christian home, it wasn't until his teenage years that PJ truly understood and accepted Jesus' free offer of forgiveness and eternal life. He is married Claudia, who is originally from Ecuador, and they have a young daughter who speaks a jumbled mash-up of Spanish and English. PJ works in marketing, representing tech start-ups, but much prefers playing golf, watching sports, and nerd-ing out about history.
Richard Gray
Elder and Policies Overseer
Although Richard grew up in a loving home and attended a Christian secondary school it wasn’t until his early 30s, when he began to look into the claims of the bible in earnest, that he came to understand his greatest need was for salvation and that Jesus had died to save him. Richard is married to Tricia and they have been blessed with three (young) adult children. Until recently most of Richard’s working life had been spent in the finance and legal sectors. More recently he has been focused on supporting a number of charitable and voluntary organisations in the Christian and sports sectors.
Staff Team
Tom Stubbings
Pastor-in-Training and Equip (Students) Team Leader
Ministry Team Leaders
Becca Hofmeyr
Scramblers Team Leader and Safeguarding & DBS Coordinator
Catherine Finniear
Little Lights Coordinator and Climbers Team Leader
Chris Perkins
Men’s Ministry Coordinator
Claudia Appleton
Music Team Leader
Drew Buerger
Rooted Team Leader
Harriet Mundy
Creche Team Leader
Jon Bourne
IT Coordinator
Lauren Jackman
Women’s Ministry Coordinator
Leanne Fullbrook
Explorers Team Leader
Lizzie Knight
Health & Safety Coordinator
Paul McDonald
Tech Team Leader
