Revd. Mike Coe - Rector

Mike is married to Lisa with 4 children aged from 8 to 24. He comes from Romford, Essex, and became a Christian aged 14. He has worked as a satellite dish salesman, a marketing executive, a Christian youth worker, an evangelist and a part-time college lecturer.

He trained to be a minister in Oxford, followed by a three-year ‘apprenticeship’ in Northampton before coming to St. Matthews in the autumn of 2003.

He is an avid supporter of West Ham United

Revd. Al Pickering - Curate

Al is originally from Hull. He was brought up in a Christian family and grew into a living faith in Jesus over many years.

He did a variety of jobs before training to be a minister: removals, packing fish, fundraising, IT and he even tried to make it as a jazz drummer.

He's married to Harriet and they have a young daughter and son. Al has been the curate since July 2005.