Andrew Smith
Andrew moved over from South Africa to be the pastor at
King's Cross in 2002. Before settling in London he was pastor of churches in East London, Cape Town, Johannesburg and
Durban. Growing up he was the son of missionary parents in Zambia and he studied at London Bible College (now London School
of Theology). His wife Muriel works locally in the medical field and they have four grown-up children, Chris, Stephen, Joanna
and Jennifer. He can be contacted on: 020 7837 3976.
Pete
James
Pete is passionately Welsh, and is KCBC's student worker
employed directly by the London Baptist Association. His work involves supporting the church student group and
its related activities, local university campuses and other London Baptist churches. His remit also involves working
to develop and support the young adults of the church, most of whom work in London. You
can contact Pete on kcbcstudents@yahoo.co.uk
Patience Mbakadi
Patience
looks after the growing French-speaking congregation of The King's Cross Baptist Church. He is from the Congo and is married
to Kadi, and together they have three children of primary school and toddler age. Patience is involved with preaching,
teaching and prayer organising within the church, and is working towards pastoral accreditation from Spurgeon's Bible
College. Please talk to him if you are interested in the French service. You can
chat to Patience every Sunday shortly after the main English service/Tu peut parler avec Patience chaque Dimanche apres le
service anglaise.
Donald Stewart
Donald is a full
time city evangelist with the church seconded to KCBC by London City Mission. He has been in London since 1998 but started
with our church in 2003. He is originally from Kyle of Lochalsh, north-west Scotland and has been married to Dorina for 10
years. He is a keen cook, loves to play the accordion and is a fan, only naturally, of all things Scottish! His ministry
is focused on various areas including the drop-in centre run by the church and actively talking with the new age community
around the streets of London. You can meet Donald on a Sunday morning and at the
drop-in on Tuesdays.
Jennifer Smith
Also
originally from Durban, South Africa, Jennifer has been active in various parts of the church's ministry since she moved
to London with her family in 2002 (for the observant amongst you, yes she's related to Andrew!) Jennifer is now
a local primary school teacher and also works with KCBC on the co-ordination of ministries. She studied at the London
School of Theology and last year at Hillsong College in Sydney to focus on worship leadership, and has particular responsibility
for child protection policy and children's work in the church. You
can find her at church on Sundays!
Diaconate
The deacons are
a team existing to serve the needs of the church and of the wider community in a range of ways. Please feel free to
speak to any of them throughout the Sunday service.
The current deacons are Donald Stewart, Dorina Stewart,
Sam Bruku, Mary Katiyo, Ineta Roberts, Lindanda Emmanuel Rosa.
