Roger & Janice grew up in The Salvation Army and trained to be Salvation Army Officers in the late 1970s. They have three grown up daughters. Roger is a qualified teacher and spent a number of years teaching physical education in both secondary and primary schools. Janice works as a social worker for Family Matter Fostering Ltd.

Roger has been a church minister within the Elim Pentecostal church since 1987,having pastored churches in Plymouth, Bournemouth, Salisbury and now Bude.

Janice is a keen quilter and a member of the Bude quilting group. Roger is a keen sportsman (mostly in his mind these days) and plays badminton and cycles. He is also a member of Bude Metric Brass where he plays the cornet. Roger currently serves as a councillor on the Bude and Stratton Borough Council.

Their passion for the church is to see a continually growing and developing church in Bude that is open to all God has for them and the community in which he has placed the church.

They want the whole community to know that Jesus loves and cares for them and can make the greatest difference in their lives. You can now listen to Pastor Roger on our podcasts.

John and Mary have become a part the congregation at BCF. John has accepted the role of  Associate Pastor and serves alongside Pastor Roger. John has many years of ministerial experience having been the senior pastor of churches including Plymouth Christian Centre. John has also serve the Elim movement as Southern Region Superintendent, a member of the Elim Executive, the Field Superintendent and as the Principle of Regents Theological College. John and Mary have two sons and four grand children. Life has turned full circle because Pastor Roger commenced his Elim ministry as the assistant pastor to John at Plymouth Christian Centre. Hear Pastor John Preach at our new podcast page.