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Roger co-founded Gather Movement with his late wife Lesley and now serves as CEO and leader of Global Cities Alliance.

He previously led Altrincham Baptist Church for 22 years and co-chaired Trafford Partnership board, including its Covid crisis response group.

Roger has four grown-up children.

Andy’s role includes bringing together lots of the London borough unity groups and 35 different organisations based in the capital. Lots of initiatives are done under the banner of the London Mission Collective.

Andy is also part of the Gather Movement Leadership Team. 

Andy is married to Jo and they have two young daughters.

Mark joined Gather Movement in 2022 as National Coordinator for Movement for Recovery and also serves on the Leadership Team.

Formerly an Anglican minister in the North West, he helped establish and lead a church unity movement in Bolton.

Mark is married to Rachel, and they have three children who are beginning to fly the nest.

Dave heads up prayer strategy for the Gather Movement team and the wider movement.

Dave is also director of Kingdom Voice in Salford where he has lived and ministered for many years.

He is married to Karen and they have a daughter called Lizzie, who’s married to John.

Andy is our South West Regional Connector with a deep passion for unity across the church.

He leads “ONE for Exeter” and serves as chair of a Devon-wide Multi- Academy Trust and director of South West Youth Ministries.

Andy is married to Karena, has two grown-up children.

Ian is City Centre Minister at Methodist Central Hall, Manchester, and leads on Homelessness and Housing for the Movement for Recovery team.

He also serves in key roles across Greater Manchester, including homelessness, food security, and Citizens UK. Ian is passionate about Jesus and justice.

He’s married to Joanna, and they have three children.

Sam, our Yorkshire Regional Connector, is passionate about churches, charities, schools, and local government working together for their communities. Since 2019 she’s been with Netmakers, chairs Shine West Bowling, helps lead Kairos Network Church, and is married to Richard with two teenage daughters.

He now works as a consultant and coach in intercultural competence.

Based in Manchester, Osoba is passionate about unity across cultures and is a proud father of three children.

Sian is an Assemblies of God minister who has been leading Bridge Church in Lincoln for over 18 years with her husband Dave. She helped to pioneer Transform Lincoln, the unity movement in the city of Lincoln 8 years ago and is actively involved in a number of city partnerships connecting the Church to the health sector as well as local government. They have three children and also foster children in the care of the local authority.

Dave has worked in Sales and Marketing for most of his career in a variety of industries, with over 15 of this as a Sales/Marketing Director. He is a Governor and the Finance Lead at his local school. He is a member of Altrincham Baptist Church and is married to Alison with two grown up children.

Steve has been Senior Pastor at Oxford Community Church since 2005, having arrived in Oxford as an undergraduate student, when he joined OCC. He also leads the Love Oxford unity team.

Simon, former CEO of Samaritan’s Purse UK, now leads Forge Leadership, developing leaders, after an earlier career in telecommunications and relief work.

Alongside her husband Paul, Joy is Location Pastor of Alive Lincoln North. She has a heart for the restoration and transformation of cities through the mobilisation of the local church.

Simon is CEO of Acts Trust, founded by Alive Church Lincoln in 2006, is author of 5D’s of Community Transformation and passionate about thriving communities.

Adrian, former Mustard Tree CEO, now leads Reach Stockport. A systems leadership specialist, he also serves as a councillor and was Mayor of Stockport 2021-2022.

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