Charlotte Chapel

People

We have several staff members. Here is a little more information about each of them.

Paul Rees, Senior Pastor

Paul was brought up in Wales, in a Christian family. He first studied Dentistry in London. During that time he attended St Helen's Church, Bishopsgate. He was greatly influenced by the ministry of Dick Lucas, David Jackman and the work of the Proclamation Trust .

He practiced dentistry for 10 years, in Scotland and Australia where he also studied theology at Moore Theological College, Sydney.

After working as an associate pastor at Highfields Free Chruch, Cardiff, the Rees family moved to Spokane, Washington in 2002 where Paul began as Senior Pastor at Christ The Redeemer Church. In September 2009 he moved to Charlotte Chapel.

Paul is married to Shiona and they have four children.

Contact paul@charlottechapel.org.

Rodney Stout, Associate Pastor

Rodney joined the pastoral team in January 2006. Born and raised on a farm in Orkney by Christian parents, he made a personal commitment to follow Christ at the age of 11. Leaving school at 16, he worked in the building trade, and in a power station as a control room operator. He also trained as a fire fighter.

He studied for the ministry at Northumbria Bible College and Scottish Baptist College in Glasgow. He has been Student Pastor at Airdrie Baptist Church and Pastor of Dalkeith Baptist Church.

Rodney's main field of study has been centred on the life of Jesus in the gospels. He particularly seeks to understand what it means to "make disciples" who can then make disciples. As Associate Pastor, he is responsible for pastoral work within Charlotte Chapel.

Rodney is married to Janette, and they have two grown up children. James, an accountant with the Royal Bank of Scotland, is married to Cat who is a primary school teacher. Judith is a staff nurse who is currently training in Community Nursing.

Amongst his hobbies are woodturning and foreign travel, with a particular passion, bordering on obsession, for DIY.

Contact rodney@charlottechapel.org.

Isobel Dudgeon, Pastoral care worker

Isobel was born in Northern Ireland and brought up on a dairy farm. She came to know the Lord when she was 15 through an American evangelist. After university she spent 2 years in Brazil teaching missionary children.

She studied at Northumbria Bible College. She met Martin there, and they spent 10 years in Bolivia, South America with SIM International. Martin taught in a Bible school and Isobel was involved in Ladies Ministry.

They have 2 children. Joanne has just graduated from St Andrew's and James is at university in Manchester.

Isobel uses her experiences, gifts and calling to serve the Lord, especially amongst women.

Contact isobel@charlottechapel.org.

Peter Grainger, Pastor at large

Peter spent twenty years with Wycliffe Bible Translators in India, Pakistan and Nigeria. He then served as Pastor of a new, growing church in West Swindon. He was the Senior Pastor at Charlotte Chapel from 1992 until 2009 before moving to wider pastoral ministry among our mission family. He is also working for the 2 Timothy 4 Trust who seek to encourage expository Bible preaching in Scotland.

He studied  Biblical History and Literature at Sheffield, and Theology at the Bible Training Institute in Glasgow. He also studied Linguistic Science at Reading.

He is married to Nita, who studied Spanish and Latin American Studies at Newcastle.  They have two grown up children. His interests are sport and keeping freshwater and marine tropical fish.

Peter is Chairman of the Personnel Action Committee for Wycliffe Bible Translators in Britain. He visits translators in various countries from time to time.

Peter has written a book called Firm Foundations, which includes sermon outlines for over 150 sermons and introductions to preaching on different Biblical genres. It is designed to help old and new pastors alike.