Steve leads King’s Church, Catford, in SE London and serves on the Newfrontiers UK team. He also oversees the Newfrontiers London churches. Steve has become an inspiration for many in recent years by taking a long established church that had grown moribund and lost vision and leading it into growth and thriving good health. This has been achieved not by doing anything flash or extraordinary, but by consistently making good decisions and doing the basics well. Steve also blogs on leadership, so it is especially good to welcome him here…
Who is your leadership hero? Why?
Difficult to pick one, so here’s three: Firstly my father, a great leader in his own right. He trained me in many things. The others would be Terry Virgo and Bill Hybels.
How long have you been in leadership?
I have been in church leadership for 26 years -18 of those have been full time.
What was your first leadership role?
I led a small group
How long have you been in your current role?
I have led King’s Church for just over 13 years and have been on Dave Stroud’s UK team for about 2 years.
How long has your church been established? Did you start it?
This church was planted by a 20 year old in 1880 as a part of Spurgeons’ vision to reach London.
What has been the growth curve of your church?
The church has continued to grow in the last 12 years at an average of 10% a year - starting at around 200 on a Sunday and now touching 1,000.
What has been your biggest leadership challenge?
Leading myself and coping with the pressure that comes with growth.
What has been your greatest leadership success?
Apart from getting Deb to marry me, it would be inheriting some excellent people who had lost vision and playing a part in transforming King’s into a thriving growing community.
How are you developing new leaders?
Through many differing means: by giving responsibility, inviting people to travel with me and Deb & I are running a small leadership discipleship group.
How are you continuing to develop your own leadership gifts?
Continuing to read leadership books and visit other leaders and other churches who are ahead of me.
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