Trustees & Staff
Our staff

Director
Rev'd Dr Rohintan Mody
Ro started with NWGP in the summer of 2023. He has a passion for training people from a wide variety of cultures in Word ministry to equip them for serving their local church for the glory of God. He has had many years experience preaching and training Bible teachers in London, the West Midlands, Aberdeen,commuter-belt Surrey, Bournemouth, Singapore and Cambridge in both Anglican and independent churches. Since May 2017 Ro has been New Testament Lecturer and Academic Dean at the Evangelical Theological College of Asia in Singapore, equipping students for expository Word ministry in south east Asia. Ro is married to Rita and they have an eighteen year old daughter Charis.

Administrator
Sara Holland
Sara is in charge of the administration of the North West Gospel Partnership. She is the first point of contact for the Partnership, so do get in touch via the contact page if you have any questions.
Sara belongs to the church family at All Saints Preston. She is married, has 2 children who are both studying at University and spends more time than she would like on the M6!
The Trustees for NWGP, help plan our activities and oversee NWGP’s finances.

Acting Chair
Paul Baxendale
Pastor at Parr Street, Kendal
Paul is currently the pastor of Parr Street Evangelical church in Kendal where he has served for the past 8 years. Prior to that he spent 16 years ministering in Anglican churches – first as a curate in Kendal itself and then as the vicar of two rural parishes just south of Kendal. A native of South Lakeland, Paul grew up in Ulverston and is married to fellow Cumbrian, Jane, with whom he has two adult sons. He dreams of there being more Jesus-centred, Gospel preaching churches established in this part of our region and of Blackpool returning to (and winning?!) the Premier League one day.

Treasurer
Alan Kellard
Member at Northwood Chapel, Liverpool
Alan grew up in an RAF family, he joined the Royal Navy and finished his time in the submarine service. During his last year he became a Christian, joined a church in Leeds and married his wife Liz. Since then he has worked for Barnardo’s, BICC and finally Liverpool City Mission until retirement . He has been married 36 years, has a son, a daughter and 3 grandsons.

Chair of NWYouthworks
Sarah Bradley
Youth & Childrens Minister, Holy Trinity Platt

Phil Wells
Member of St Mary's Cheadle
Phil Wells is a Chartered Accountant who specialises in charity accounting. He is currently Head of Finance of a charity based on the Wirral that provides services to the community, including supporting people back into work, those suffering from social isolation and families who are experiencing domestic abuse. He is a Lay Reader in his home church of Cheadle, Cheshire and has recently completed year two of the Ministry Training Course. He has three grown up children and a grandson. To relax, Phil enjoys time spent with family, gardening, walking and when possible, travelling.

Shalom Srirangam
Elder at Union Hall
Shalom has worked for the NHS in Manchester and Lancashire since graduating. He joined Union Hall as a student, he and his wife, Esther, were married there and both their children grew up at Union Hall. If he has any free time, it is largely spent taxiing his children around, perfecting the garden hedge, or following the fluctuating fortunes of Liverpool FC (Premier League Champions in 2020!) and the Indian cricket team from the sofa.

Andrew Raynes
Vicar Christ Church Blackburn
Andrew is married to Chantal, and they have two adult children, who are both members of NWGP churches. Andrew is vicar of Christ Church Blackburn, an Anglican church in the heart of a largely Asian heritage area of the town. One of the joys of ministry over the past couple of decades has been to see the way that the church family has become increasingly diverse in its cultural makeup. Before ordination, Andrew worked with UCCF in central London. He and Chantal met in Pakistan working with Operation Mobilisation.

Hannah Fox
Women's Worker, All Saints Preston

Eddie Bridle
Assistant Pastor, Bankhall Mission Bootle

David Whitehouse
Vicar, St Andrews Leyland
David grew up in Manchester and spent 20 years working with teenagers. He oversees the ministry at St Andrew’s Church Leyland and helps the leaders to serve Jesus.