Senior Leadership

  • Louise Jones

    Louise is employed by the church to head up the pastoral care at Forest Gate. She is the main point of contact for the community and oversees the day-to-day operation of the church. Along with this, she manages the parent and toddler group, Little Sprouts.

    Louise is married to Steve and they have three grown-up children. They also have a dalmatian called Archie.

    Louise and Steve volunteer as part of the worship and speaking team.

    Louise's Email: Louise@forestgatechurch.org

  • John Trueman

    John, and his wife Melanie, live in the nearby village of Longhope. They have 3 grown-up children now living away from home, and a golden doodle dog called Daisy. John is now retired from his job as a Managing Director of a local mechanical and electrical building services engineering company.

    John is also part of the speaking and worship teams, and John and Mel run both Christianity Explored and Discipleship Explored courses. Melanie is Forest Gate's Church Financial officer, leads a homegroup, and is part of our Kids Church Team.

    John and Melanie love walking their dog and spending time in God's beautiful creation, and John is a keen football and Rugby fan, supporting both Chelsea FC and Gloucester Rugby.

    John's Email: John@forestgatechurch.org

Leadership Team

  • Steve Jones

    Steve is a Maths teacher in our local secondary school. He is married to Lou, one of our senior leaders, and they have 3 children.

  • Bill Hewis

    Bill is a retired Church minister with over 50 years of experience both in church ministry and working for national charities. He is married to Margaret and they have 3 grown-up children, 9 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren.

  • Duncan Murray

    Duncan is part of our Speaker Team and Pastoral Care Team. He has had a mixed work life, from being a Quality Manager in the car industry to being a Community Pastor. Now working part time as a Quality and Operations Manager. With Linda, his wife, they spend their free time with their five grandchildren.

  • Matt Evans

    Matt is part of our Speaker Team. He also helps with the Youth Work and managing the sound desk. He works as a Network Assurance Manager, is married to Lucy and has 3 children.

Other Leadership Roles

  • Pam Britton

    Senior Citizens

    Pam is a retired teacher and has worked in both the UK and Zimbabwe. She heads up our Senior Citizens work.

  • Nic Hacker

    Social Secretary

    Nic organises our socials and charity fundraising events. She works for the NHS assessing and supporting children and young people with communication needs. She is married to Kev and they have a son.

  • Kathy Histed

    Children’s Pastor

    Kathy leads the Kids work at Forest Gate. She works part-time at the local primary school as a family support worker.

    Email:
    kathyh@forestgatechurch.org

  • Keith and Sandy Jones

    Mission

    Keith and Sandra look after the outgoing finance that equips missional community building both locally, nationally and internationally. They are retired and regularly go on mission trips to Romania.

    Email:
    mission@forestgatechurch.org

  • Jon Layzell

    Worship

    Jonathan leads the worship team, playing acoustic and electric guitar. He is a GP in Gloucester.

    He is also playing football for the British Medical Football Team as a Goalkeeper.

  • Dan McShee

    Youth Pastor

    Dan leads the youth work at Forest Gate. He also works for the NHS supporting young people struggling with their mental health and well being.

    Email:

    dan@forestgatechurch.org