Tutors

Dave Niblock

Dave Niblock and his wife Abs, are the Campus Pastors at Life Church Leeds.

They have been serving at Life Church for nearly 20 years and also lead Rocknations and YA - the youth and young adults movement of Life Church.

They have a passion to see people connect with God in a real authentic way and love equipping them to use their everyday lives to impact the world for Jesus.

Stuart Bell

Stuart is the senior leader of Alive Church Lincoln, a growing multi site church with several locations. He is actively involved in a number of national leadership forums and leader of Ground Level, a network of 90 churches and was the founder of the popular ONE Event.

Rachel Calland

Rachel serves on the senior leadership team of Today’s Community Church, Wigan, where she has responsibility for leadership pathways and the development of discipleship vehicles. She is an inspirational and much-loved communicator who brings a wealth of practical experience to her teaching.

Anthony Delaney

Anthony is a former policeman and practical theologian, who now serves as Senior Leader of Ivy Church Manchester and leads New Thing Europe, a church planting network. He is also a director of Westminster Theological Centre, an author and popular conference speaker.

David Belfield

David is the Senior Leader of Today’s Community Church, Wigan, where he has served for over 25 years as a passionate advocate for whole life discipleship. His church building efforts have created a destination for the town of Wigan from which the whole region now benefits.

Paul Benger

Paul is Lead Pastor of Christian Life Church, which has locations in Chesterfield, Derby and Sheffield. He also serves on the executive team of the Ground Level Network of Churches and leads the newly formed strategy team. Paul is a widely respected strategist and church builder.

Mark Stevens

Mark brings his 25 years of experience as a Worship Pastor, Worship Leader, Songwriter and Communicator to the church building process, enriching its devotional heart. He is the Senior Pastor of RISE Church, Leeds and also serves a growing network of churches and ministries, passionately encouraging them to live God’s way and extend His Kingdom.

Mike McMahon

Mike has over 30 years of experience as a leader, pioneer, evangelist and church planter. He currently serves as Lead Pastor of Urban Church Warrington, a church he pioneered in 2009. Mike is a gifted communicator, encourager and experienced business coach, with a passion to unlock the gold in every life.

John Greenow

John has been Senior Pastor of Xcel Church, County Durham, a multi-site contemporary church since 2007, having followed in the footsteps of his father and grandfather who pioneered the church. In recent years he has led the churches expansion to three local congregations and one in Bangalore, India as well as its relocation to the Xcel Centre, a multipurpose newly built complex which hosts conference and events, a nursery and coffee shop, as well as being the home of Xcel Church.

John and his wife Lisa are passionate about helping people to flourish and have many years experience in leadership, coaching, preaching, teaching and Pastoral ministry. He is qualified as a coach in 'Emotional Intelligence' and EQi which uses psychometric tools to enhance understanding of leading ourselves and others. Xcel is a multi-generational church that has a large vision to see lives transformed and equipped to bring hope to their communities.

Derek Smith

Derek is the Founder and Senior Pastor of Kings Church. Since being planted in 2005, Kings has grown into a thriving local church with congregations in Bolton, Wigan and Blackpool. With over 25 years experience in senior leadership, Derek is a profound and practical communicator. His heart is to inspire and speak courage into church leaders at every level, challenging them to take hold of the dream in their heart and see it become reality.