Meet the Evangelism and Growth Team
Trey Hall, Director of Evangelism and Growth
Trey Hall is a Methodist pioneer, church planting strategist, and evangelist. Since 2000 he has established and led churches in the United Kingdom and the United States, served as Mission Advisor for the Birmingham District of the Methodist Church in Britain, and coached scores of practitioners renewing inherited forms of church or launching fresh expressions of church.
Contact Trey | hallt@methodistchurch.org.uk | 020 7467 3776
Eunice Attwood, Church at the Margins Officer
Eunice brings over twenty years’ experience of ordained diaconal ministry from a variety of contexts, including theological education and city- and town-centred ministry amongst marginalised and vulnerable communities, where she helped start and grow many fresh expressions of church. Building on the biblical connection between evangelism and social justice, Eunice is helping to start a movement of new Christian communities led by people experiencing economic marginalisation.
Contact Eunice | attwoode@methodistchurch.org.uk | 020 7467 5270
Matt Finch, Pioneering and Church Planting Officer
Matt works collaboratively to develop and implement a Church-wide strategy for ‘new places for new people’, developing leaders and pathways that promote experimentation, multiplication and growth. His previous appointment was as a Methodist minister in the St Neots and Huntingdon Circuit, where he established a café church, a contemplative community and new patterns of children and families ministry.
Contact Matt | finchm@methodistchurch.org.uk | 020 7467 5275
Sarah Hulme, Rural Mission and Ministry Officer
Sarah works collaboratively with rural leaders to expand a confident and vibrant Christian presence in rural communities. She works ecumenically with colleagues at the Arthur Rank Centre and also with the Joint Public IssuesTeam to advocate for the complex social issues these diverse rural communities face.
Contact Sarah | hulmes@methodistchurch.org.uk | 020 7467 5285
Holly Adams, Evangelism and Contemporary Culture Officer
Holly works collaboratively across the Connexion to equip all Methodists for authentic, confident evangelism, and to deliver training pathways for people called specifically to ministry as Evangelists. Holly has worked previously in church engagement with the Church Urban Fund, a charity which equips churches for social action, and in church development for Canterbury Diocese.
Contact Holly | adamsh@methodistchurch.org.uk | 020 7467 5232
Ali Johnson, Cliff Digital Evangelist
Ali is also based at Cliff College in Derbyshire, where he works to help the college focus on equipping the church for evangelism and mission, through the use of digital media. Ali is particularly focussed on The Story Project - filming Methodists across the country as they talk of their life experience - as part of the Year of Testimony. Ali's previous appointment was as the Associate Pastor at SwanBank Methodist Church. He was a key member of the team that led the Natwivity and EasterLIVE social media campaigns and also developed the digital content of the Mothertown Passion, a modern day passion play in Stoke-on-Trent.
Contact Ali | a.johnson@cliffcollege.ac.uk | 01246 584214
Andy Fishburne, Discipleship and Faith Formation Officer
Andy helps people to grow deeper into their Christian faith through worship, learning, service and evangelism. He supports churches to become communities of discipleship. Andy was a Methodist minister in the Isle of Man, where he pioneered new forms of digital worship. Before candidating for ministry he taught Physics in high schools for twenty-one years, where he developed a love for using creative visual aids for teaching.
Contact Andy | fishburnea@methodistchurch.org.uk |
Abi Jarvis, Discipleship and Faith Formation Officer
Abi supports churches and Christian communities to thrive through a culture of discipleship and disciple-making, by encouraging a holistic approach to Christian life including worship, social action, family life, the workplace, evangelism and more. Previously Abi equipped Christians in public leadership roles, as well as encouraging churches to support the leaders in their congregations, at the Evangelical Alliance. Before that she worked in campaigning, policy and prayer at International Justice Mission.
Contact Abi | jarvisa@methodistchurch.org.uk | 020 7467 523
Emma Nash, Mission and Community Engagement Officer
Emma helps existing churches move towards health and growth by equipping congregations to build deep relationships in their communities. Emma is a Baptist evangelist and minister who has worked ecumenically in different church and mission settings, always asking ‘who is God calling us to reach and how might we best do that?'
Contact Emma | nashe@methodistchurch.org.uk | 020 7467 5116