We have 6 elders in the leadership team along with many other ministry leaders who we call deacons. The elders meet regularly to pray and discuss the best ways to lead the church. They are all involved in pastoral care, Community Group leadership, leading meetings and preaching. Two of the elders are paid full-time staff of the church and we have other staff members who you can meet below.
Graham Nicholls became an elder in December 2001. He has been a member of the church since 1994. Graham is married to Caroline and has three adult children and eight grandchildren. He has been working full time for the church since January 2007. Prior to that Graham worked in the computer software industry. He also works part time as Director of Affinity.
Mark moved to Haywards Heath in 2009 with his wife, Ros, and their two sons, when he became one of the full-time paid elders. Previously Mark was studying at Oak Hill Theological college and prior to this he was an Assistant Pastor for seven years for a church in Warwickshire.
Nathan became a member at Christ Church when he moved to Haywards Heath from Yorkshire in 2010. After attending various ministry training courses provided by the church and serving in ministry he was recognised as an elder in September 2019. Nathan is married to Charlie and has two young daughters. During the week he is a secondary school science teacher.
Colin is married to Nicky and they have two school aged children. He works for the Civil Service at HMRC and joined the church in 2006.
Ian is married to Mia and step-father to Mia’s 2 daughters and has four grown-up children of his own. Ian became a church member in 2019 and works as a secondary school teacher, teaching A level Law (as head of subject), plus Economics and Politics.
Matt is married to Liv and they have a young daughter. He works in his family business which does specialist decorating and building works and joined the church in 2019.
Lewis is originally from Wales. He has lived in South West London for about 10 years since coming to university where he was converted to Christ as a student. He is married to Abby with a young son, Jesse. After university Lewis worked as a ministry trainee and more recently as Ministry Pioneer in a church revitalisation in Brighton before coming to Christ Church in September 2025. He is is our Pastor in training with particular responsibility for Youth and Children.
Keturah runs the Youth Work at Christ Church including FX, Rooted and our schools work until August 2025.
She is married to Neil who is a local businessman and they serve together in some of the youth groups.
Sarah is our children and families worker here at Christ Church. She is married to Nick, and they have two sons in further education. She used to teach History and RE in secondary schools, but was able to move to church children’s ministry about 19 years ago and now loves teaching children up to Year 5 and training adults to do the same.
Ben is our Ministry Trainee from September 2025, moving down from Barnsley. He became a Christian as a child and served in various way in the church there but is seeking to learn more and test his gifting for future ministry. Ben loves sports and supports one of the famous north London football teams. He is also a qualified table tennis coach!
Hana is our ministry trainee until August 2025. She studied Spanish and Portuguese at Cambridge and enjoys travelling and exploring new places. She loves to listen to all kinds of music and playing the piano.
Margaret is the church administrator. She is from the north of England but moved to South Africa where she met her husband Lance and they were both converted there. They now live in Sussex and are both members of the church