Church Council

The ecumenical Christ Church council also acts as a Parochial Church Council.

Members include...

• the Ministers,
• Church Wardens,
• the Treasurer,
• a Secretary,  
• representatives of all four denominations,
• "Ordinary" members.

Ordinary Members are elected to the council for their willingness to serve and their gifts and commitment rather than in any relationship to denominational allegiances. The Council seeks to operate as a united group representing the entire Church.

In addition to representatives on the Basingstoke Deanery Synod, there are representatives from Christ Church on the local Methodist Circuit and URC District Council, and it can co-opt members for yearly terms who it feels can aid the work of the Council.

Church Council 2018-2019

Wardens: Denise Bain, Owen Brooker (annually appointed)
Treasurer: Anne Daw (annual appointment)
Secretary: Peter Chiverton (annual appointment)
Clergy: Jonathan Clark, Gordon Randall, Michael Banfield, Valerie Fisher, Kay Blackwell
URC representative: Liz Foster (annual appointment)
Methodist Circuit representative: Marianne Sales (annual appointment)
Deanery Synod representatives: David and Isabel Josey, Vicki Ellis (three-year appointment to 2020)
Ordinary members: Katie Garner (to 2020), Jim Garner (to 2021), Herb Payne, Jean Wilde (both to 2019)
Co-opted member: Andrew Young

Vacancies: Baptist representative, one ordinary member (to 2020), one ordinary member (to 2021)