Friday 12th March
Staff Team

Regional Ministers Click on names for more information.

Each Regional Minister aims to develop strong links with ministers and churches in their area. They also have particular responsibilities and interests across the whole Association.

Rev'd Adrian Argile
Rev'd Andrew Millns
Rev'd Barrie Smith
Rev'd Keith Judson

Association Administrator & Company Secretary
Karen Martindale

Administrative Assistant
Lesley Hubball

Grants & Finance Assistant
David Thompson

Payroll
Pam Yorke

 

Staff Team

Back row from left:
Keith Judson, Adrian Argile, Barrie Smith

Front row from left:
Lesley Hubball, David Thompson (insert), Karen Martindale, Andrew Millns


Adrian Argile

 
Adrian Argile
Rev Adrian Argile serves churches in the Herefordshire, Shropshire and Black Country Groups. He also has a particular responsibility to help churches develop their effectiveness in mission.

Adrian and Pam (a teacher), with two of their four children, moved from Lancashire to Stourbridge in August 2007. Previously Minister of Kay Street Baptist Church in Rawtenstall, he hopes to bring “encouragement, challenge, stimulus, passion and a listening ear to fellow ministers and church congregations.”

Adrian’s other interests are mainly in the sporting arena - table tennis and golf top the bill!

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Andrew Millns

 
Andrew Millns
Rev Andrew Millns works with the Staffordshire and North Birmingham Groups of churches and is also engaged in developing aspects of church life.

"I want to enable our churches to keep on learning, growing as disciples and being truly inclusive communities."

Andrew comes into Regional Ministry having served churches in Halesowen, Nantwich and Stafford. He now and worships at Church of the Redeemer, Edgbaston where his wife Gwen is the minister. The family, including three grandchildren, fill some of the spare time but Andrew also enjoys cooking, travel and watching sport.

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Barrie Smith

 
Barrie Smith
Rev Barrie Smith is based in Hall Green, Birmingham, from where he focuses on the South Birmingham and Coventry & Warwickshire Groups. Among other things, Barrie also works in the areas of ministerial development and mediation.

Following pastorates in Plymouth and Cheltenham, he has been in regional ministry in the Midlands for a number of years. “It has been my vocation to serve God by serving people through His Church.” (He is also a Trustee of BUGB.)

Married to Kathryn, a teacher, they have a grown-up family and twin grandsons. When time permits, Barrie enjoys a round of golf.

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Keith Judson

 
Keith Judson
Rev Keith Judson lives in Bewdley, where he was the Minister until 2007. He has responsibility for the Worcestershire Group of churches and is also Team Leader, a role which includes serving HEBA on the National Settlement Team.

Before training for the ministry Keith was a Regional Schools Worker with Scripture Union. He was Minister of Torrington Baptist Church, Devon then moved back to the Midlands (his home town is Bromsgrove) in 2001.

Married to Jill, a Pharmacist, they have three sons with whom Keith shares a keen interest in music. He also loves walking in the local Wyre Forest.

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