Taking Ground Apostolic Team

Martin and Lynda Dunkley
Team Leaders
Martin & Lynda lead Tees Valley Community Church. Martin oversees the Taking Ground Sphere of churches within Salt and Light UK Ministries.

Mike Beaumont
Teaching Team Leader
Mike Beaumont leads Taking Ground’s Teaching team.

Richard and Kate Colbrook
Evangelistic Team Leaders
Originally from Oxford, Richard and Kate Colbrook led a church plant in The Leys. They are now heading up the Leeds church plant. Richard was also the last principal of King’s Bible School.

Neville Wright
Prophetic Team Leader
Neville lives in Cumbria and has a long standing connection with Salt and Light. Neville is heading up the Sphere Prophetic team.

Matt Biddlecolmbe
Executive Leader
Matt along with his wife Anna are part of Tees Valley Community Church.

Rick and Liz Thomas
Pastoral Team Leaders
Rick and Liz lived for about 40 years in Worcester before moving to Leeds just before Christmas in 2016 to support the church plant there and serve the churches across the sphere.

Susanna Dawson
Operations
Susanna Dawson is part of Hexham Community Church.

Ste McFarlane
Ste along with his wife Julie are apart of Tees Valley Community Church

Neil Strike
Northern Churches Team Leader
Neil Strike, along with his wife Elaine, lead Hexham Community Church. Neil also heads up a team connecting Taking Ground’s Northern Churches in Durham, Sunderland, Birtley and Hexham.