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Our Leadership Team

Our church is led by our pastor and elders, who work together with our deacons to give the church direction and oversight.
 

Our Elders

 
PD0138 Christopher Drury 

Before joining Burton Elim in 2022, Chris worked for a national Christian charity helping offenders rebuild their lives after prison or secure hospital, supporting them through complex challenges such as addiction and mental and physical health issues. He and his wife Lynette, a cognitive behavioural therapist with the NHS, have four grown-up children and bring many years of shared experience working with hurting people.
  Gerry

After over two decades leading our Princess Street congregation, Gerry stepped down in September 2024. He is passionate about the gospel and the authentic presence of the Holy Spirit. A retired police officer, Gerry lives with his wife Liz and continues to serve with dedication.
 
Chris Drury
Pastor
01283 205323

chris@burtonelim.com
  Gerry Holmes
Elder

 
     
Alaji

Recently retired from a long and successful career as an NHS consultant eye-surgeon, Alaji brings a deep passion for discipleship and mentoring. He and his wife Sophia are key in overseeing our home Connect Groups, helping build community and spiritual growth.

 

Richard

As our Church Treasurer, Richard has a central role in overseeing the church’s finances. He runs an accountancy business in the charity sector and also serves as our Lay Delegate for the Elim Annual Conference. He and his wife Sue share a heart to see faith expressed in practical action.
Alaji Gashau
Elder, Connect Groups

 
  Richard Farmer
Elder, Finance

 

 


Alongside our elders, we have a team of deacons, ministry leaders who oversee particular areas of responsibility for our church activity, and together with the elders provide leadership to the church.

Our Deacons

Michelle

Michelle Hurst

Finance
finance@burtonelim.com​

Michelle works closely with Richard to manage the church’s finances, ensuring smooth operations around accounting, supplier payments, income, expenditure, and gift aid. She also carries a strong passion for prayer.


Matt

Matt Rimmer

Youth & Safeguarding
Matt.rimmer@burtonelim.com

Matt leads our Limitless Youth and Tech Teams, bringing valuable safeguarding knowledge from his work with Youth for Christ in Burton. He and his wife Ruth have two children and are actively involved in the life of the church.


Hannah

Hannah Pearce

Children & Families 
Hannah.pearce@burtonelim.com

With a background on the staff team at Silverdale Elim, Hannah now leads our Kids Church at Moor Street and is helping to shape our broader children and families’ ministry. She and her husband Simon, with their three children, are enthusiastic contributors to church life.


Paul

Paul Letford

Connect Groups

Paul Letford works for Derby City Mission and is a valued member of our preaching team. Alongside his wife Siobhan, he has been instrumental in developing and launching our Connect Group network. Together, they are passionate about building genuine community within the church, helping people grow in faith and feel truly connected to the church family.


Kestas

Kestas Kundrotas

Princess Street 

Kestas has served faithfully for many years as part of the Princess Street congregation. Originally from Lithuania, he is involved in both the worship and preaching teams and supports the overall functioning of the church at Princess Street.


Jonathan

Jonathan Davies

Moor Street 

Jonathan plays a key role on the “Hub” team at Moor Street and serves as our Church Secretary, recording the minutes of meetings. He and his wife Rose contribute significantly to the everyday life of the church.


Vacant Role

Buildings' 

This role is still to be filled

 

 

If you need to contact the Church please visit the Contact Us page.

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Hello and welcome to our church. If you are a new visitor, we have a page for you to get to know us and learn more about planning a visit.
Click here to see more.

Planning your Visit

New to Church?

Welcome! Whether you've just moved to the area, or have lived here all your life, we hope our website helps you to find out everything you want to know about our Church.

Key information about the church...

   

Where & when does the church meet?

We are "One Church in Two Locations" and  meet every Sunday at 10:30am at both of our buildings.

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Moor Street, Burton on Trent, Staffordshire, DE14 3SU and Princess Street, Burton on Trent, Staffordshire, DE14 2NR

We have limited parking at Moor Street and sadly there is no dedicated parking at Princess Street, you will need to find street parking nearby, but there is usually parking not too far away and we would encourage you to plan to arrive in time to find a space.

More details can be found on our locations page

 

What should I expect when I visit?

You will receive a very warm welcome at both of our locations, and our Welcome Teams will be happy help and answer your questions.  

Each week our services
have a time of sung worship, communion and a Bible based message relevant to today.  We encourage our congrgeation to participate and so there is usually opportunity to pray, be prayed for, and share words of encouragement.

Refreshments
Tea, coffee and biscuits are served before the morning service at Princess Street and after the service at Moor Street. Both venues offer plenty of time to meet new people and ask more questions.

   

What happens to the kids at church?

Children stay with their parents at the start of the service in both congregations so we can worship together, before going out to their own age related activities.  We do ask that for safeguarding reasons, children are pre-registered when you arrive.

Moor Street

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We have a fantastic Sunday based Church for Kids programme that runs in our community centre building (The Corner) across the road from the main building.  We ask parents to accompany their children across the road, and also to pick them up once the service has finished.  Every Sunday we offer:

  • Creche (0 months to 3 years) in our small family room at the rear of the main church building
  • Little Stars (3-5 years - Pre-School age)
  • Shooting Stars (5-7 years - Infant School age)
  • Comets (8-11 years - Junior School age)
     

Princess Street

Our children's work runs in a room behind the main worship area in the same building as the main congregation, and every Sunday we offer a single 5-11 year olds group

Is there anything for Youth?

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Our Youth Work, Limitless, runs at our Moor Street congregation, and is for 11-16's.  As with Kids Church the youth join with the main congregation to begin with before leaving part way through the service to their own age related activity.

Their programme varies week to week; usually they meet in the room behind the platform in the main building, apart from on the second Sundays when they join with the Church for Kids in The Corner building, and on fourth Sundays they saty in the main congregation adn are encouraged to get involved.

Is there a dress code?

No! Please just be yourself and come dressed in your 'normal' clothes.

Will I have to join in?

Not at all! You are free to simply observe or participate as much as feels comfortable for you.

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If you want to know who is who at the church office, check out our Staff and Leadership page.