The Leaders and Our Vision & Purpose
Ashtead Baptist Church is a member of
the Baptist Union of Great Britain
and the Evangelical Alliance
Pastor
Rev'd Don Attenborough
Secretary
Brian Chandler
Treasurer
Ian Grimstone
Other Leaders
Ray Steptoe
Mark Fuller
Ian Evans
Our Church Vision:
Is to see the Great Command (to love God and love others) and the Great Commission (to make Christ known to all peoples) become a reality in the lives of believers through the outworking of the Holy Spirit.
Our Purpose as a Church is Centred on Five Core Values:-
Prophetic - Confronting evil, injustice and hypocrisy. Challenging human concepts of power, wealth status and security.
Inclusive - Transcending barriers of gender, language, race, class, age and culture. Identifying with those who are rejected, deprived and powerless.
Sacrificial - Accepting vulnerability, and the necessity of sacrifice. Seeking to reflect the generous, life-giving nature of God.
Missionary - Demonstrating in word and action God's forgiving and healing love. Calling and enabling people to experience the love of God for themselves.
Worshipping - Engaging in worship and prayer that inspires and under-girds all that we are and all that we do. Exploring and expressing what it means to live together as the people of God, obeying His word and following Christ in the whole of daily life.
Don was born in Upper Norwood, South London in 1946. He has spent most of his life in the area of Streatham and Norbury. He worked for a few years in the City of London, then moving back to South London he began work in shop management. After this he served with the London Ambulance Service for eight years as a driver/attendant working on the accident and emergency section of the service. Don married Pam in 1968 and they have three children and five grandchildren.
Don worked in the property market for twelve years. Initially, he was a negotiator; in time he was promoted to branch manager and later to regional director. After this, in 1990, Don was called into full-time Christian ministry. He had become a Christian at the age of fifteen whilst attending Streatham Youth Centre and due to the witness of the Centre's Christian leaders, who attended various churches. These included Streatham Baptist Church in Lewin Road. In time, Don was baptised there and duly brought into membership.
Don became minister of Streatham Vale Baptist Church in 1990 and later served at Bonneville Baptist Church in Clapham (now All Nations Baptist Church). Later, he returned to his home Church at Lewin Road in 1998 where he served for four more years. During his ministry at Streatham Vale Don undertook a three year study course at Spurgeons College. He then stepped out of full-time ministry in 2002 and he and Pam moved into Kent, settling in a coastal town. But clearly God's call on the ministry of Don & Pam was not over. In February 2004 he was received back into full-time ministry as he took over the pastorate at Ashtead Baptist Church.
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