{"id":57,"date":"2016-06-29T19:54:52","date_gmt":"2016-06-29T19:54:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/billinghambaptist.org.uk\/?page_id=57"},"modified":"2026-06-26T18:45:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T18:45:16","slug":"about-our-pastor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/billinghambaptist.org.uk\/?page_id=57","title":{"rendered":"Leadership Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Minister in Training &#8211; Lee Dale<\/h4>\n<h4>Elder &#8211; Robert Brown<\/h4>\n<h4>Secretary &#8211; Julia Monument<\/h4>\n<h4>Treasurer &#8211; Gavin Monument<\/h4>\n<h4>Deacon &#8211; Michaela Thompson<\/h4>\n<h4>Deacon &#8211; David Akers<\/h4>\n\n\n<h3><span style=\"background-color: #ccffcc;\"><strong>BBC has journeyed through some stretching and significant seasons in recent years. In every step, we committed ourselves to waiting on God\u2014praying faithfully, listening carefully, and trusting His timing. Through visiting speakers and shared conversations, God kept bringing us back to the same question: <em>\u201cWhat do you have in your hands?\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"background-color: #ccffcc;\"><strong>On 31 May 2026, we celebrated a wonderful answer to that question as Lee Dale was inducted as our Minister in Training. After much prayer and discernment, we believe God has called Lee to serve our church family, our community, and our town. He will begin his training in September.<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"background-color: #ccffcc;\"><strong>We praise God for His guidance and look forward to continuing to serve Billingham together, bringing the hope and love of Jesus to many.<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1652\" src=\"http:\/\/billinghambaptist.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Lee-Rach-266x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"266\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billinghambaptist.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Lee-Rach-266x300.jpeg 266w, https:\/\/billinghambaptist.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Lee-Rach-907x1024.jpeg 907w, https:\/\/billinghambaptist.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Lee-Rach-768x867.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/billinghambaptist.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Lee-Rach.jpeg 1170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minister in Training &#8211; Lee Dale Elder &#8211; Robert Brown Secretary &#8211; Julia Monument Treasurer &#8211; Gavin Monument Deacon &#8211; Michaela Thompson Deacon &#8211; David Akers BBC has journeyed through some stretching and significant seasons in recent years. In every step, we committed ourselves to waiting on God\u2014praying faithfully, listening carefully, and trusting His timing. &#8230; <span class=\"more\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/billinghambaptist.org.uk\/?page_id=57\">[Read more&#8230;]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1402,"parent":26,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["entry","page","publish","author-admin","post-57","has-post-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/billinghambaptist.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/57","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/billinghambaptist.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/billinghambaptist.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billinghambaptist.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billinghambaptist.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=57"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/billinghambaptist.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/57\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1681,"href":"https:\/\/billinghambaptist.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/57\/revisions\/1681"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billinghambaptist.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billinghambaptist.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/billinghambaptist.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=57"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}