From left to right, Ramridge’s church leaders are Barry Brown, Ian Jackson and Kirk Dumpleton and they can be contacted through events@ramridgebaptist.org .

Barry became a Christian at 16, played in a Christian Rock group all round the country until his late 20’s and joined Ramridge after he got married to Clare in 1972. He has always had a desire to share is faith with others and has a passion for those on the Ramridge estate to have the opportunity to hear about Jesus. As well as his leadership role he is a member of the worship team and jointly runs a home group with Clare. Barry has a healthy sense of humour with a good stock of jokes and in his free time has 4 G’s as interests – Grandchildren, Golf, Guitar and Gardening.

Ian came to faith at 18 years under the ministry of Rev Peter Tongeman, the first minister at Ramridge, and has actively served God since as a Sunday school teacher, deacon, treasurer & currently as church secretary. Not all at the same time…but over 50 years! Appointed church Elder in 1991 he has a heart for pastoral ministry, which he shares with his wife Judith, and they have four grown up children and five grandchildren. As an engineer and with an ‘obsession’ for DIY, Ian cannot remove himself from the practical aspects of church building maintenance. Sadly he follows the ‘ups and downs’ of Luton Town football club. (Currently more downs than ups!)

Kirk has been attending Ramridge Church for 20 years. It was in his first year attending the church that he met his wife Heather. They married in 1991 and have two children, Nathan and Naomi. In his 20’s Kirk represented England in the marathon and now does a little running and swimming for fitness. (In between him and Heather ferrying the children to numerous activities!) Kirk sings as part of the worship group, and enjoys singing modern worship songs as well as the more traditional hymns which are performed at some services during the year. Previously he and Heather led some activities for the church youth, a role which Heather has continued as part of the Sunday morning team. He joined the leadership team in 2007 and is passionate that the church be a welcoming place for all who attend and visit, while continuing to declare the message of hope that Jesus brings.

Together, they are responsible for the spiritual oversight of the church during the interregnum and meet together regularly to plan, review and pray for the ongoing work at the church. Recently they set themselves the objectives set out below to ensure that the life and work of the fellowship is able to grow and flourish.

To build up the unity, community and fellowship of believers through:

To maintain and develop the prayer life of the Fellowship through:

To place pastoral care and oversight as a priority, including:

To continue in Mission and Witness as a Church, including: