Steve is Chair of the Chamberlain Forum a community development think tank that advises local and national government, he is a trustee of a national charity, Vice Chair of Governors at a secondary school in the top 1% for added value, and led Greater Birmingham and Solihull LEPs medium sized business task force.
Steve works with individual leaders. His Executive Coaching skills are highly valued – clients see substantial change and growth and value Steve’s insight.
Steve works with teams. He brings strong facilitation skills and expertise in leadership and change to team events, leadership programmes and workshops. He enables teams to problem solve, innovate and create new direction. He strengthens teams – making best use of individual and collective strengths, with a clear direction and a focus on high performance.
Steve works with organisations. He helps them review their strategic direction and potential for growth, benchmarking against world class standards. He enables organisations to transform and build high performance cultures
Steve is a specialist in: Executive coaching, change leadership, performance management, organisation effectiveness, high impact leadership development programmes, personality testing, recruitment and selection
Yvonne Elizabeth Brooks is the First Assistant Pastor of New Jerusalem Apostolic Church – a thriving church that is having a huge impact in its community. She is also the founder and Director of Women of Purpose Ministries; a UK based organisation that seeks to spread the gospel to all women and equip them to fulfil their destiny.
A qualified Behavioural Consultant, Mental Health Nurse and Registered General Nurse, Yvonne’s passion for seeing people receive deliverance, healing and restoration is evident as she ministers. She has helped many people change the course of their life by delivering the true Word of God in her dynamic and unique way of connecting to the hearts of people.
She is also a much sought after speaker, in demand across the United Kingdom, Europe, the Caribbean, the USA and more recently in Africa. She is a preacher, teacher, counsellor and friend to all who cross her path. Additionally, she has presented on television and radio including co-presenting She Matters on Revelation TV and her most recent project has been co-presenting on Womenz World on OHTV.
“Touching God’s Heart: Prayers that make a difference” – is Yvonne’s first audio book. It is a well needed tool for many who seek to get closer to God through prayer but sometimes do not know the words to pray. The CD accompanied by the book will guide the reader into developing their own purposeful and rewarding prayer life.
Pastor Yvonne has completed a Bachelor’s Degree in Biblical Studies and a Doctorate in Theology and Biblical Studies. This is testament to her desire to grow and develop to enable her to be a blessing to others. She was recognised with an award from the Association of Jamaican Nationals for being a local hero in the Community and also the Women of Excellence Trailblazer Award. In March 2013 she was recognised for her work as a woman in ministry and received the award in this category from the Wise Women Awards.
Yvonne is married to Bishop Melvin A. Brooks who is the Senior Pastor at New Jerusalem and she is mother to their three talented children; psalmist Rebecca (who is married to Patrick), is renowned for her powerful and dynamic vocal talent, Adam (who is married to Estelle) is an accomplished keyboard player, and last but not least Matthew who is a very skilled drummer.
Rev. Joel Edwards is the International Director for Micah Challenge, a global Christian response to extreme poverty. Prior to his role within Micah Challenge, Joel was General Director of the Evangelical Alliance UK, a post he held for over 10 years. He was also formerly a Commissioner on the Equality and Human Rights Commission for the UK.
Currently, Joel is an Advisory Member of Tony Blair’s Faith Foundation. He also serves as a member of the Advisory Board on Human Rights & Religious Freedom with the British Foreign & Commonwealth Office.
A regular broadcaster with the BBC and other UK and international media channels, Joel is often asked to bring a Christian perspective to current issues.
Joel is an honorary Canon of St Paul’s Cathedral, London, and has an honorary doctorate from St Andrews University, Scotland. He is currently a doctoral student at St. John's, Durham where he is also a Visiting Fellow of the College.
He is married to Carol and they have two adult children and two grandchildren.
Gary Rucci and his wife, Nikki relocated from Brisbane, Australia to work with the National Leadership team of the Assemblies of God Great Britain to assist them with strategy implementation and leadership development. He's have been in full-time ministry for over 25 years and are both credentialed ministers. They have served in various capacities with significant senior leaders in some of Australia's largest churches. They are passionate about community transformation, leadership development, discipleship, mission and mobilisation.
Gary was recently appointed a member of the national team by conference in May 2011. They are responsible for leading the AOG vision for the 151 churches currently located within the geographic area known as 'London and East'. Gary was also recently appointed as Director of Mission for the denomination.
Gary is known for his passionate and articulate communication and has served on several elderships, boards and leadership teams developing strategies and systems to enhance the influence and growth of both local churches and mission organisations. For more than 10 years he was the Australian representative for Next Wave International a European-based mission led by fellow Australian, Mal Fletcher. He served as European representative for ACC and for many years as the Australian representative for Chinese City Gospel Mission with Brother Mak. Gary have ministered in more than 40 nations and led more than 500 people on short term missions teams.
Dr David Carr is the Senior Pastor of Renewal Christian Centre in Solihull, United Kingdom and Bishop of the Order of St Leonard.
A writer, broadcaster and pastor, Bishop David travels extensively across the globe, sharing his vision - and leads his church to some of the most deprived areas of the world, with missions aimed at alleviating the struggle of orphans, disabled children and people whose lives have been devastated by disaster.
Closer to home, he founded a mission to feed families within the local region who found themselves in difficulty (now termed ‘the fourth emergency service’ by Solihull’s Mayor) and he is patron of the Gateway Foundation - a charity to support and mentor recovering drug addicts, alcoholics and ex-offenders.