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Although certain people have been appointed to serve the church in specific ways, we actually have around 150 ministers at Magdalen Road. We encourage every person in the church to use their unique gifts and experiences to serve one another and the wider community. In our life together we aim to imitate Christ in speech, love and service, so that we may nurture one another towards Christian maturity.
 

Staff

   

Matt Hutchings - Assistant Pastor

In 2014, Matt moved from London to Oxford, married Charlotte, and they became part of the Magdalen Road Church family.  The Lord has since blessed them with three young children.  After a career in teaching, Matt joined the staff team in 2019, studying for an MA with Crosslands while working part-time as Trainee and then Assistant Pastor, with particular responsibility for the children's and youth work.  He now serves full-time as Assistant Pastor.
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  Hutchings

James Hume - Administrator & Deacon for the Old Schoolhouse

In 2018 the church moved from its historic home on Magdalen Road into its new home, the Old Schoolhouse, around the corner on Hertford Street. With a vision to share its home with many others in the community. In 2021 MRC brought James onto the staff team part time to oversee the practical running of the building. He also chairs the Old Schoolhouse Development Team which leads the project for the church. Originally from London, James also works for an IT Consultancy specialising in data. He’s married to Liz and together they spend their time trying to keep their son Thaddeus from pushing all his toys under the sofa.
Contact James
 
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Administrator

The position of Administrator is vacant at present but is covered a few hours a week by Esther Field
Contact: Administrator
  Esther Field

Elders

The overall leadership and direction of the church is the responsibility of our elders, who meet regularly to discuss and pray for all aspects of the life of the church. The elders are Matt Hutchings and:

Charlie Currie

Charlie has been in Oxford since studying Physics as an undergraduate from 1998 to 2002, and has been part of Magdalen Road Church since 2003.  He teaches Physics A level in a school in North Oxford. Charlie and Ruth live just off the Cowley road, with their daughters Esther and Chloe, and occasional lodgers. Ruth is a Social Worker, based in Abingdon. Outside of teaching Charlie nurtures gentle obsessions with science fiction, board games, and bad cinema.

 

  Charlie Currie

Andrew Anderson

Andrew was ordained into the ministry of the Church of Scotland (Presbyterian) in 1981 and served at Greenside Parish Church in the east end of Edinburgh for thirty years. He and his wife Hazel retired to Oxford in 2012 and joined Magdalen Road Church in 2013. Andrew was appointed Chaplain at the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies in the Woodstock Road in 2013 and retired from this appointment at the end of 2019. He and Hazel have two married sons and four grandchildren.

 

  Andrew Anderson

Trustees

The Elders are the main trustees of the charity that is the legal construction of the church, and from time to time others are appointed by the church to help with these charitable responsibilities.


Deacons

Deacons are usually appointed by the church to oversee specific ministries. They have responsibility for the day-to-day management of their particular ministries under the leadership of the elders. The current deacons are James Hume (Deacon for The Old Schoolhouse) and:

Catherine Weston - Global Engagement

Catherine is married to Richard and has lived in Oxford since 1990, moving to East Oxford and Magdalen Road Church in 2009.  In the church where she grew up, in Warwickshire, she learned that being involved in God’s mission in other parts of the world is a normal and integral part of local church life. With two sons now grown up and left home, Catherine and Richard seek to create a hospitable home for lodgers and for international students who come to this global city. Catherine enjoys singing and drawing and learning about different cultures.
 
 
Catherine Weston

James Greig - Homegroups

James and his wife Emily have been living in Marston and part of MRC since 2007.  James is a partner in an Oxford solicitors and Emily works part time as administrator for a local grant-making charity and is an amateur historian. Their children Alastair and Isabelle are grown-up.
 
 
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Esther Field & Tom Field - Music

We've been coming to MRC for several years now, Esther a little longer. Having grown up with music in our hearts in different ways, it's a joy to bless the church with what we do and be enormously blessed by our involvement in the church's worship life.
While we're able, we want to keep trying to deepen the worship life of the church, broadening the culture and ministry of music, and ultimately help this particular church family in its faithful praise of Jesus.
If you want to be involved, want to talk, or want to be in touch for any other reason, email Esther or Tom
 
  Esther & Tom Field

Martin Groth - Deacon & Trustee

Martin became a Christian in the church where he grew up in the 1970s. He is married to Rosie and separately and together they have served the church in Uganda and Tanzania. They have lived in Oxford for the last 20 years and have been part of Magdalen Road Church for that time; their two now teenage children have also grown up in the church family. Martin is the ICT manager at a Christian mission agency in Oxford and Rosie is a teacher of RE.  

  Martin Groth

Ministry Trainees

   

Ministry Trainees

If you would be interested in a year working with Magdalen Road Church we would love to hear from you. Contact Matt Hutchings for more information

 

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