Marcus oversees the Barge’s ministry, taking a lead in preaching, praying, outreach and pastoral care of the church family.
Callum is the Barge associate pastor, serving in both the Wharf workers ministry and in the Barge Sunday church.
Fiona is responsible for all things “women” in Barge Sunday church, aiming that in all aspects of church life women are reached out to, discipled and trained. She also oversees the children’s ministry.
Alison gives one day a week to serving women who work in the Wharf. She runs a Bible study group, the Christianity Explored course, and is happy to meet with anyone interested in learning more about or growing in the Christian faith.
Jing runs the church office and is the first person many people will meet when they step onto the Barge for the first time.
Born and bred in KwaZulu-Natal, Musa studied Civil Engineering in UKZN where he met his wife Masana and served in Christ Church Glenwood. He worked as an Engineer for 4 years before completing his BTh at George Whitefield College. In October his family got a little bigger with the birth of their son Ayabonga. Musa’s hobbies include binging on a good TV series, analysing politics and watching sports.
Eric became a Christian in 2014 after being greatly disturbed by evil spirits. After his pastor prayed with him, Eric accepted Jesus Christ as his Lord and Saviour. At a prayer retreat in 2019, Eric felt called to enter ordained ministry. He has a heart for helping vulnerable people, especially orphans and widows. However, Eric also feels strongly his need to be properly trained to handle the Bible and to teach others. Eric’s predecessor did not invest in training new pastors, so his diocese is about to face a serious shortage of trained clergy.
Walter received Jesus Christ as his Lord and Saviour in 1993, when he was nine years old. Hearing about Jesus in Sunday school and then joining the church choir made a big impact on Walter and helped him grow in his faith. Later on, he was given the responsibility of running his church’s missions department.
St Andrew’s Kendray is a busy and growing church in the middle of a council estate. There are high levels of unemployment and addiction. We seek to reach the people of Kendray with the good news of Jesus including through a number of children’s and youth groups from birth up to 18. Sian Pearson (Youth Worker) runs 3 youth groups and the Sunday youth teaching and serves in the 2 children’s groups midweek.
Rochdale is a pretty tough place in terms of its recent history (child abuse scandals, crime and now George Galloway!). As an example, most of the decade we’ve been here, we’ve had someone in the churches who’s been a risk with respect to one of our children or the other. But it’s also a tough place spiritually. Church-wise in Rochdale is either liberal or at the very charismatic end of things. There is of course a large Muslim south Asian population (mostly Pakistani heritage) as well. We’d like to be a long term faithful gospel-centred church.
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