Community
About Us
Our Team
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Tom & Sophie Partis
Lead Elders
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Tom Partis
Lead Pastor
Leadership Team
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Charlie Price
Leadership Team
Trustee
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Philip Crouch
Trustee
Martyne Balman
Children's Church Leader
Stephen & Alison Beard
Elders
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Fran & David Sutton-Smith
Leadership Team
Hospitality Team Leaders
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Jill Partis
Trustee
Sarah Gillies
Safeguarding Lead
Trustee
Linda Gibson
Health and Safety Officer
Welcome Team Leader
Philip & Trine Crouch
Elders
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Alison Beard
Leadership Team
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Steve Beard
Trustee
Emma Manning
Deputy Safeguarding Lead
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Katherine Dutton
Church Administrator
Our Mission
As a church, we have a heart for Haywards Heath and the surrounding area. Our mission is to restore communities by bringing people to Jesus, seeing them:
Freed to worship
Restored to wholeness
Established in the family
Equipped for service
Released to minister
Our Values
Our values are summed up best in the phrase 'loving God, loving people' and with these eight values here we have expanded on what that actually means at Ruwach.
Devotion
We are devoted to God, to the Bible, to prayer, to breaking of bread, to worship and to meeting with each other. (Acts 2:42; Hebrews 10:24-25)
Growth
Personal and spiritual growth is a natural result of being found in Christ. (Mark 4:26-29; Ephesians 2:19-21; Ephesians 4:15-16)
Family
Community
We love Haywards Heath and actively look for ways in which we can show the love of God to our community by meeting needs. (Matthew 22:37-39; Matthew 25:35-40)
Empowering Leadership
True leadership does not draw attention to itself but seeks to serve and empowers others to be all they can be in Christ. (Luke 22:24-26)
Excellence
We are a family church; we believe in supporting and encouraging families, and we view each other as spiritual family. (Romans 12:10; 1 Timothy 5:1-2)
Mission
Our mission is to proclaim the gospel and advance the Kingdom of God. (Matthew 28:18-20; Acts 1:8)
We want to be the best version of ourselves that we can be and so seek to excel in using the gifts God has given us to build up the church. (1 Corinthians 14:12; 2 Corinthians 8:7)
Holy Spirit
We aim to cultivate the fruit of the Spirit, eagerly desire the gifts of the Spirit and seek to be led by the Spirit in all that we do (Romans 8:14; 1 Corinthians 14:1; Galatians 5:22-23)
Where We Belong
Ruwach is a part of Church Of The Nations (COTN), a global family of churches with shared values and a commitment to see the Kingdom of God advanced here on earth.
Ruwach was planted from Christian Centre Abbotsford in East London, South Africa in 2002. Since then we have maintained a strong relationship with CCA and have built connections to other churches both locally and abroad, most notably through COTN.
COTN is made up of five separate clusters of churches. We are part of the Heartbeat Ministries International cluster led by Marius and Linda Gradwell which consists of other churches and ministries affiliated with or planted out of CCA. We also enjoy connecting with other UK churches in COTN in London, Kent, Devon and beyond.
In terms of more local connections, we are also a part of the Haywards Heath and District Evangelical Fellowship (HHDEF) – a group of local, evangelical churches who support each other through prayer and occasionally come together for joint services and meetings.
Statement of Faith
To look at our statement of faith click on the link below. The link will open up a separate document on a new page.
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Safeguarding
At Ruwach we recognise the importance of our work with children and young people and adults in need of protection and our responsibility to protect everyone entrusted to our care. To read our full Safeguarding Policy, please follow the link below.
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