Ministry Team
John Green
John was appointed as pastor of YBC in March 2022 after filling the role of interim minister since September 2020. He is married to Philippa and they have four daughters and two grandchildren. John chairs Young Life Holidays and is a trustee of Yorkshire Camps, both organisations that run Christian camps.
Deacons
York Baptist Church is served by a team of up to nine deacons. Currently they include:
Joe BENNETT
Joe is married to Lois and they have three sons. He is the church secretary and is also responsible for the management of the church website. Joe runs the York branch of Young Life (younglife.org.uk), and is involved with the annual Holiday Bible club at YBC each year.
Chris mayers
Chris is the pastoral co-ordinator at YBC and a volunteer on the chaplaincy team at York Hospital. She is a retired Professor in Occupational Therapy at York St John University and still does some research.
graham king
Graham started attending YBC in the mid-1990s as a student and liked it so much that he's still here. He is married to Eleanor and they have three daughters, two of whom are now students themselves. Originally a biologist, he has worked in health IT roles for the NHS and various multinational software companies since 2003, specialising in imaging, diagnostics and 'big data'. He co-ordinates YBC's regular all-age worship services, helps manage our worship technology and copyright licensing and sings and preaches from time to time. He is passionate about God's church using creative gifts together in gathered worship.
mike beresford
After working as an engineering project manager for many years, Mike became Mission Director for Zambesi Mission in 2012. He is married to Bryony and they have two adult children. They lead one of the church house groups. Mike helps with Open the Book Bible storytelling in his local primary school and also works on development projects overseas with Christian Engineers in Development.
Colin Stonelake
Colin is married to Lydia and has three sons, Barnaby, Joshua and Oliver. He has worshipped at YBC since 1989. Originally an accountant by profession, Colin now works around the world as an international development consultant in fragile and conflict-affected states. He is also Church Treasurer and a trustee of the Zambesi Mission, one of YBC's mission partners. .
Steve Wilson
Steve has been part of the the leadership team at York Baptist for a number of years and has responsibility for audio/visual technology at YBC.
