Community
About Us
Our Team
Click on each picture to find out more about each of our team
Tom & Sophie Partis
Lead Elders
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Tom Partis
Lead Pastor
Operations Team
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Adam Gillies
Operations Team
Steve Beard
Trustee
Emma Manning
Deputy Safeguarding Lead
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Katherine Dutton
Church Administrator
Stephen & Alison Beard
Elders
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Fran & David Sutton-Smith
Operations Team
Hospitality Team Leaders
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Charlie Price
Trustee
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Philip Crouch
Trustee
Martyne Balman
Children's Church Leader
Philip & Trine Crouch
Elders
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Alison Beard
Operations Team
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Jill Partis
Trustee
Sarah Gillies
Safeguarding Lead
Trustee
Linda Gibson
Health and Safety Officer
Welcome Team Leader
Our Values, Culture and Mission
To find out more about our values, culture and mission statement,
please click here.
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 statement of safeguarding, click here
To contact our Safeguarding Lead and Deputy, please email: safeguarding@ruwach.org.uk
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For a copy of the Safeguarding Policy, please email: office@ruwach.org.uk
Church Partnerships
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.
Ukraine Christian Ministries/
Christmas Church
Over the past few years we have been developing a partnership with Christmas Church in Cherkasy, Ukraine with support from Ukraine Christian Ministries. We love that our partnership with Christmas Church is a two-way relationship where we are able to encourage and pray for one another as we share what we are seeing God do in our own contexts.
To find out more about the work that Ukraine Christian Ministries are involved with, click here
To find out more about Christmas Church, click here
Lynn Swart / New Day United
As a church, we have a longstanding relationship with Lynn Swart who is the Executive Director of New Day United, a charity doing amazing work with local people living in disadvantaged areas in Cape Town, South Africa.
To find out more about the work they are involved with, click here