Andy has been an Elder at New Life Church for nearly ten years. They work for OMF International. Andy is mobilising for mission in Europe, and Jenni is supporting applicants for short-term mission from non-traditional missionary-sending countries around the world. Andy is excited about mission, worship and Jesus, and loves getting his head around Old Testament stories. He has a Post-Graduate Certificate in Applied Theology from Moorlands, a degree in French. They have two children, Matthew and Isabelle.

Don is on the Eldership and is the House Group Coordinator. He has retired from his career as a GP and now, together with his wife Ros they enjoy serving as Street Pastors and serving in the kitchens on a Ventures summer camp for teenagers. They have 3 adult children and 2 grandchildren. Having joined New Life in 1995 they value New Life’s charismatic, evangelical emphasis, and see our nation as being in desperate need of a fresh spiritual awakening.

Peter is a Chartered software Engineer working at Ordnance Survey, where he leads their work on open standards. He became in elder in 2017, with a particular focus on world mission. Peter met his wife Elisabeth at All Nations Christian College in the 1980s, and with their three sons they spent the 1990s working for The Leprosy Mission in Bhutan and Nepal.

Nigel is a Chartered Mining Engineer, and has worked for British Coal, Mars and Vesuvius. His changing roles have taken his family to a variety of locations in the Midlands, Yorkshire, Brussels (Belgium) before finally settling in Hampshire in 2011. Nigel is married to Jeanette, has three adult children, and is currently a Debt Coach for Christians Against Poverty (CAP) in the local area. Nigel’s passion is for evangelism, with a particular emphasis on the local community.

David’s work in the electronics industry led him, along with his wife and family, to move from S. Wales to Woodley, near Reading, where he became Youth Leader and part of the church oversight. They later moved to this area to pioneer a church in Lymington which David pastored for seven years before returning to employment in I.T. He continued as a trustee and part of the team of a church in Bournemouth until the death of his wife from cancer. Happily married to Jane for almost two years now, they have three sons from David’s first marriage plus Jane’s son & daughter. They also have two young grandsons. David is part of the preaching team and he and Jane host one of the church house groups.