“Then I saw another angel flying high in the air. The angel had the eternal Good News to announce to the people living on earth – to every nation, tribe, language, and race of people”
– Revelation 14: 6
Our Ethos
Meet Our Teams
“An enemy might be able to defeat one person, but two people can stand back-to-back to defend each other. And three people are even stronger. They are like a rope that has three parts wrapped together—it is very hard to break.”
– Ecclesiastes 4:12
Ministry Team
Tim
Wambunya
Lead
Minister
Naomi
Hill
Associate
Minister
Nadeem &
Sarwat Azam
Asian Ministry
Workers
Lara
Deen
Intercultural Ministry Enabler
Operations Team
Alan
Deen
Warden
Steve
Dass
Warden
Johnson
David
Parish Administrator
Angela
Kirk
PCC HR
Officer
Ray
Lewis
Treasurer
Umair
Asif
Hub Operations Manager
Special Responsibilities Team
Mike
Langworth
Governance and Compliance Officer
Yones
Matsinde
Safeguarding Officer
Ian
Wilcox
Gift Aid & Stewardship of Treasure Promoter
Hinna
Johnson
DBS Officer
Kevin
Isles
Health and Safety Officer
Javed
Gill
Pastorates Promoter
Christine
Isles
Mission Partners Promoter
PCC Team Leaders
Stewardship Promotion Committee
Building, Contents and Property Committee
Asian (and Farsi) Fellowship
Evangelism, Discipleship and Pastorates Committee
Finance and General Purposes Committee
Deanery Representatives Team
Umair
Asif
Angela
Kirk
Steven
Dass
Javed
Gill
Strategic Ministries
Mandy
Wilcox
CAMEO
Denise
Brown
SPARK (Parent and Toddlers)
Vacant Position
English Classes
Lilian Lewis – Stewardship Promotion
Antony Majebi – Buildings, Contents and Property
Ronie Twumwasi – Finance and General Purposes
Ruth Gaitho – Stewardship Promotion
Asif Anwar – Buildings, Contents and Property
Daniel Gill – Buildings, Contents and Property
Jennifer Candara – Finance and General Purposes
Nolia Lawrence – Finance and General Purposes
Ruth Muanze – Stewardship Promotion
Sumair Lawrence – Hospitality
Angelina Alexandar – Discipleship, Outreach and Pastorates
Ade Aremu – Buildings, Contents and Property
Isaac Matsindi – Buildings, Contents and Property
Joshua Sambou – Discipleship, Outreach and Pastorates
Raisa Samuel – Discipleship, Outreach and Pastorates
Stevie Jacob – Discipleship, Outreach and Pastorates
Shunila Wilson – Discipleship, Outreach and Pastorates
Ministry Pillars
We believe a God-glorifying life should be devoted to:
- Surrendering to Christ’s authority and lordship.
- Genuine confession and repentance.
- Living a Spirit-filled life in obedience to God.
- Proclaiming the Good News of Christ’s salvation for all people.
- An earnest, personal engagement with God’s Word.
- Praising and Worshipping Jesus.
- Eating together in our homes.
- Fellowship to build each other up through interdependence and loving relationships.
- Breaking of bread in sacred assemblies.
- Prayer as the natural response to God.
- Generosity in the stewardship of God-given resources of time, talent, and treasure.
- Meeting to transform lives and communities through social action.
“If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.”
– Colossians 3: 1
Our History
St Paul’s congregation had its origins when Miss Kate Buee began holding meetings in a cottage in Stoke Gardens. These meetings came to the attention of Algernon Gilliat, a resident of Stoke Poges. The community grew with the influx of Great Western Railway employees, so Algernon Gilliat built a Mission Church (known as the ‘tin tabernacle’) with a schoolroom and kitchen in 1885. He also paid the stipend of a Curate-in-charge under the Vicar of Stoke Poges. In 1905, Gilliat gave money for the building of a new church, constructed by Henry Flint of High Wycombe, and later a vicarage.
The Church, built on land given by the Messrs. Nash who owned a local brick-making company, cost some £10,000, and was faced externally and internally with Messrs. Nash’s best red bricks. The new Parish of St Paul’s was constituted from part of the parishes of Stoke Poges and Upton-cum-Chalvey; the first vicar was the Revd. R. Sinker (shown on the image), who had been a minister at the old Mission Church. St Paul’s Church was consecrated on the 12th of November 1906 by the Bishop of Oxford. This postcard may be a souvenir of the opening of the Church.
Our building has recently been reordered and modernised. The main church building now gives a fantastic opportunity to develop new activities to reach those in our community and better serve the area.
“Be careful for yourselves and for all the people God has given you. The Holy Spirit gave you the work of caring for this flock. You must be shepherds to the church of God, the people he bought with his own blood.”
– Acts 20:28
Safeguarding
At St Paul’s, we take the safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults very seriously and work hard to ensure that we operate in line with current best practice, as recommended by the Diocese of Oxford. These recommendations include creating a safe environment, the safe recruitment of staff and volunteers, DBS clearance and training.
Our safeguarding officer is Christine Isles. If you have any queries or concerns about the safeguarding policies in place at St Paul’s, you can contact her by email or by the church office telephone 01753 531 022 (landline), or text your message to 07483 942 813 (mobile) .
If you are concerned that someone you know is at risk or is being abused or presents a risk to others, please seek advice from a Church Safeguarding Officer and if necessary, report the matter to the Local Authority Social Care Services or the Police without delay.
Other Contacts + Helplines
080 8808 8141
Ashiana:
0208 539 0427
www.ashiana.org.uk
Asha Projects:
0208 696 0023
www.ashaprojects.org.uk
Sharan:
0844 504 3231
www.sharan.org.uk
The Men’s Advice Line:
0808 801 0327
Mankind Initiative:
01823 334 244
www.mankind.org.uk