Elders

Members of our Elders Team

Chris Porter

Chris Chris Porter is our Senior Minister and he chairs this team. Chris came to EBC in September 1998 as our Student Minister. He trained at Spurgeon's College in London from September 1998 to June 2001. He then became our Assistant Minister. In February 2008 he was called by the church to become our Senior Minister. Chris also leads our 'Cinema and Curry Cluster'. Before coming to EBC, Chris was a Management Consultant and travelled all over the world. He and his wife lived in the USA for a year as part of his career. Chris is married to Ruth and has two children - Emily and Jessica.

Steph Littlejohn

Steph Littlejohn Steph Steph has been a part of EBC for more years than she cares to remember and started working for the church as a Pastoral Assistant. Steph is one of our Elders and has just taken on responsibility for overseeing small groups and pastoral care at EBC. At home, Steph has a passion for gardening. She is married to Don and has two grown up sons - Lewis and Liam. As well as working at EBC, Steph also works as a teacher for children under 5 who have special needs.

Eileen Charlton

Eileen Charlton Eileen Eileen has also been a part of EBC for many years. Eileen is one of our Elders and also works as our Church Administrator overseeing all the administrative aspects of the life of EBC. She also runs our lettings and oversees our caretakers and all the work that goes into letting our building to external organisations. She runs her own catering business. Eileen is married to Neil and has three grown up children and lots of grandchildren!

Murray Callander

Murray Callander Murray has been at EBC for ten years when he came to help us start a new congregation. Murray works as an Engineer and runs his own business. He is involved at EBC with our preaching team and is also part of our technical team and can often be found running our sound desk on a Sunday morning. He is married to Gemma and has two young daughters.

Jacque Childs

Jacque has been at EBC for 10 years. She works for Bracknell Forest Borough Council and at EBC she heads up our prayer teams. She is also invovled working with our young people and is a part of our preaching team. She is married to Norman and has grown up children.

Rob Lea

Rob Lea BW Rob Lea Rob has also been at EBC for many years. He took early retirement a few years ago having been a Senior Manager with ICI. As well as being on our Leadership Team, Rob is also our Church Treasurer and a part of our Elders Team. He is on our preaching team and is often seen conducting interviews at our Songs of Praise service. Rob has two grown up chlidren and three grandchildren.

Peter Roe

Peter has been at EBC since he was a child. He and his wife Janet have served in the church in all sorts of different ways over the years. He works for the Transport Research Laboratory in Crowthorne and is a world expert on road surfaces. At EBC he leads one of our bands and is often found leading services and he is also one of our Elders and preaches. He loves anything to do with railways. He is married to Janet and has three grown up children and several grandchidlren.