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Revd Dr Martyn Atkins, General Secretary of the Methodist Church, faces the daily issues involved in keeping a traditional denomination relevant in the midst of a rapidly changing society. He is a regular international conference speaker, visiting places as diverse as Malaysia, Australia, the USA and even Scotland. His theological reflections on issues such as making disciples, the shape of the church to come and preaching in a contemporary culture have appeared in many books and periodicals.

Bishop Graham Cray has been central to the Anglican Church exploring new forms ofchurch and has recently taken up leadership of the Fresh Expressions (FE) team. The FE website defines a Fresh Expression as "a form of church for our changing culture, established primarily for the benefit of people who are not yet members of any church." More than 700 projects are registered with FE, including ones focused on youth, children, cells, seekers, alternative worship and community initiatives.

Pastor Agu Irukwu is Senior Pastor of Jesus House, one of the largest African-led Pentecostal churches in Britain. Jesus House has grown from 200 families in 1994 to 1600 families in 2009. Jesus House is part of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), one of the fastest growing church groups in the UK. They may have only arrived from Nigeria in 1989, but there are already more than 200 RCCG congregations with at least 30,000 members.

Billy Kennedy is the leader of New Community Church Southampton and on the International Council of the 24-7 prayer movement. He and his wife Caroline have three children and have lived in Southampton for many years. Billy enjoys working closely with local church leaders in Southampton to see the city reached with the love of Christ in a practical and holistic way. Billy and Caroline have recently taken over leadership of the Pioneer network nationally and are working together in steering them through this stage of their journey.

Sarah Richards is a senior leader of Cornerstone Church, Swansea, a thriving community active in serving the locality. Sarah qualified as a teacher in 1985 and has worked full time serving the church. She has energy for strategy and development for building church. She is an experienced communicator and her responsibilities include preaching and teaching, training & mentoring new talent.

Sarah works full-time as Director of The Gap, an award-winning education initiative for young people in the community disaffected with school. The Gap has won the Lord Mayors Award for the most outstanding contribution to community regeneration in the City & County of Swansea, and been presented to the Queen in recognition of the churches work with young people. She also serves as Co-Director of Cornerstone Community Project a collection of projects that seeks to serve the community through a variety of relevant activities.

Sarah is a regular speaker at secular conferences on the issues of youth disaffection. She also contributes to Pioneer’s DNA course each year.
Sarah has a passion to see church connecting with its members and its community, and has been involved in leadership for 24 years.

Host
Katei Kirby will act as host of Mission21. As the first woman to be Chief Executive Officer of the African and Caribbean Evangelical Alliance, she possesses a unique perspective on the multi-cultural enviornment in which the UK church exists today.