Leadership Structure

The Plant is an independent, non-denominational church but this doesn't mean its leaders are not answerable to anyone but Jesus! As the following diagram shows, the Plant's elders are accountable to and assisted by various other groups, the members of which are listed below.

Elders

• Mike Tindall (Sunday@10 and Monday@7)
• Phil Keymer (Sunday@6 and Monday@7)

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If you are a Plant member and would like to see a copy of the minutes of an elders' meeting, please email Mike Tindall.

Church meeting teams

Each Plant church has a team of people who help that meeting's elder(s) to run that church on a week-to-week basis. The meeting team members are listed below (the relevant elder(s) and staff members also attend their meetings):

Sunday@10

• Mike Tindall (elder)
• Matt Timmins (assistant minister)
• Tom Brewster (ministry trainee)
• Maxim Dinsa (ministry trainee)
• Aaron Poppleton
• David Onac
• Jennifer Simmons
• Jeremy Wilson
• Lydia Nelson
• Rhianon Keep
• Stephen Harbage

Sunday@6

• Phil Keymer (elder)
• Rose Tooke (ministry trainee)
• Tom Brewster (ministry trainee)
• Lachlan McLean
• Nicola Purser
• Sarah Frazer
• Louise Keymer
• Nick Jackson
• Tim Bywater

Monday@7

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Trustees

The trustees are legally responsible for The Plant. The elders also attend their meetings. They are:

• David Gibb (chair) - vicar of St Andrew's Leyland, and our link with Crosslinks mission agency
• John Hindley (secretary)
• Justin Mote - chair of the North West Partnership
• Steve Michael - former Plant (founding) member

Finance Team

• Phil Keymer (elder)
• Rose Tooke (ministry trainee)
• tba (treasurer)
• Tim Bull
• Chris Till

Advisory Group

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'Task forces' are various groups of Plant members set up to think and help advise the elders about particular areas of the Plant (e.g. new strapline, social action).

Staff Team

The staff team comprises those who work for The Plant, either full time or part time, paid or on a voluntary basis.

• Mike Tindall (minister)
• Phil Keymer (minister)
• Matt Timmins (assistant minister)
• Maxim Dinsa (ministry trainee)
• Tom Brewster (ministry trainee)
• Rose Tooke (ministry trainee)

Please be aware that most staff members normally take Saturdays as a day off.

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