At Rochford Community Church we are all about people. Without people we would be nothing. Without people everything we run wouldn’t happen. Without people there would be no purpose to what we do. Below you will see some of those key people who are involved in the life of Rochford Community Church.

tonyTony Thomas

Tony is the church’s full time minister. He’s led the church here since its inception in 1987. He used to be a Chartered Building Surveyor and then moved into teaching in Further Education for a number of years. He’s been leading the church full-time since 1995.

Tony sometimes travels abroad with his teaching ministry. He writes the Resources material and the Meditations and Bible Studies found on www.ReadBibleAlive.com. He also is available as a life coach.

Helen Thomashelen

Helen is Tony’s wife and they have been married for thirty six years and have three married children.
Helen is head of Religious Studies in a local grammar school, and in the church she is part of the Leadership Team and a trustee of Rochford Community Church Trust, and leads the worship team.
In recent years she’s travelled with Tony and served in Europe and North America.

daveDavid Clayton

willWill Taylor

Will started working for RCC in March 2006 as a full time youth and community worker. With many years of voluntary and paid youth work behind him and a passion for people he was an obvious choice. Will has brought a different dimension to the team by adding children’s worship and building the children’s work. With his wife Esther they have been working with young people and families in Rochford across several projects.

estherEsther Taylor

sueSue Seymour

mikeMike Ewers

Mike is the Finance Manager and Company Secretary for the church and undertakes a significant amount of pastoral work. By profession he has been an electronic engineering and software engineering consultant but in recent years has taken on a variety of roles in the community. Currently he represents the church on the Rochford Crime & Disorder Reduction Partnership and chairs the local Drug & Alcohol Reference Group. He also heads the PACT Network, providing training for youth workers, and sits on several committees overseeing the safeguarding of children in Essex.