Our Team

Every charity is required to be constituted in a way that satisfies the aims and objectives of the charity commission. We are also structured as a company limited by guarantee. It is therefore a legal requirement for the charity to have a board of directors. Our directors are also trustees. They have legal responsibility for the charity’s governance and have a wide range of skills to support the charity’s aims.

John Cook

Staff Director

John has been serving at ACC in a number of paid roles since April 2000. He currently serves as the staff director with responsibility for finance, the building and safeguarding. John also runs his own consultancy business, delivering personality profiling assessments while also helping charities, churches and businesses build healthy organisations with healthy people.

Ariella Watson

Director

Ariella has worked in the financial sector for almost 10 years and currently works as Paraplanner for a local firm of Independent Financial Advisers. She is married to Christopher, and has been part of the Church Family since childhood.

Davinia George

Director

Davinia and her husband, Simon, have been a part of ACC since 2022. Previous to this they were members of another local church and involved in the leadership and small groups there.
Davinia and her family have served as missionaries in Brazil, working with children and families. She currently works for a local trust in Primary care as head of nursing.

Eric Morse-Brown

Director

Eric is a Company Director locally in Residential Estate Agency, having been in business for over 30 years. He has been a part of ACC for over 35 years, involved in various aspects of Church life over this time. He is married to Rachael, has two grown-up children and is ‘Papa’ to his granddaughter.

Lee Brookes

Director

Lee has worked in the construction industry for approximately the last 30 years in various roles ranging from Apprentice to Operations Director. He has been a part of ACC since 2021 but his journey with ACC started in the early 2000s. Before coming to ACC he was part of the leadership team at a small local church and has a good understanding of finance and business both in the private and third sectors.

Rob Chapman

Director

Rob joined the Church in 2007 and later joined the board of directors. 2025 saw his retirement from a local family company where he learnt skills around business, finance and charities. Now looking forward to the next season of life.

Our staff team are paid to facilitate the day-to-day life of our Church Family in their different roles. Most of our staff team are now part-time.

John Cook

Staff Director (p/t)

John has been serving at ACC in a number of paid roles since April 2000. He currently serves as the staff director with responsibility for finance, the building and safeguarding. John also runs his own consultancy business, delivering personality profiling assessments while also helping charities, churches and businesses build healthy organisations with healthy people.

Tim Barton

Staff Elder (p/t)

Tim joined the staff team in 2007. Tim currently facilitates our eldership, strategic leadership, facilitates our staff team and manages two of the staff team. Tim also oversees our community groups, overseas mission, co-runs our discipleship day and is a regular part of our teaching team. Together with his wife and family he is pioneering family mission at YMCA Living Springs and is finishing a master’s degree in theology at WTC Theology.

Tim Murray

Staff Elder

Tim joined us in 2017 and leads and coordinates our pastoral care, discipleship and teaching, amongst other things. He also continues to work in academic theology, both writing and teaching.

Vanessa Willmott

Staff Elder (p/t)

Vanessa joined the staff team part time in 2021. She oversees our Sunday services, and is involved in the strategic leadership of our Church Family, as well as being involved with some pastoral care. Vanessa also works part time as a debt supervisor for Citizens Advice in Birmingham.

Catherine Griffiths

Older Generation Worker (p/t)

Catherine joined the staff team in 2021 having worked as an Occupational Therapist in the NHS in Dudley for over 35 years. She now leads our work with and amongst the older generation.

Franky Alani

Worship and Media Manager (p/t)

Franky joined us from Argentina in 2020 having served for two years on Youth for Christ gap-years. Franky runs the worship and media teams at ACC. He leads on video production, creative design, overseeing YouTube, podcasts, photography, our worship band, and helps to run our Sunday mornings and special Christmas and Easter services.

Natalie Brookes

Children and Family Ministries Worker (p/t)

Natalie has been a member of ACC for many years, her passion is working with children and their families. In 2024 she was appointed as our Children and Family Ministries Worker, this involves her running our weekly tots session and supporting our Sunday morning children’s work.
She is married and has two teenage children.

Roxy Tether

Families and Youth Lead

Roxy joined the staff team in 2016. She leads and coordinates our work with children, families and young people within the church and our local community.

Sophie Spree

Communications & Operations Coordinator (p/t)

Sophie joined us from Wales in 2021 after serving as a media intern for two years. She is currently our communications and operations coordinator, responsible for the delivery of our comms and supports the Church Family by overseeing the day to day running of the building and events taking place on site.

TERRY LANE

Logistics and Maintenance support (p/t)

Terry has been volunteering for us in a wide capacity for many years. In 2022 he joined the staff team officially as we now pay him for a small number of hours each month for carrying out specific jobs in regard to maintaining the building.