Joy loves and lives in Lincoln with her husband, Paul and two children, Fin and Poppy. A leader and a dreamer, a coach and a cheerleader; passionate about bringing kingdom change to society and mobilising the church to follow Jesus in co-creating a world where people can flourish. 

As one of the core leaders of Alive Church, Joy is a location pastor and leads the Lincoln North Location as well as championing and leading the mobilization of Alive Church across all locations to be a transformative presence in the various towns and cities the church is located in. In 2006 she founded Acts trust, a charity connected to Alive Church that empowers people to end poverty and now she supports its strategic vision as chair of trustees.

Joy is also one of the leaders of Transform Lincoln (a unity movement of churches in Lincoln) and is part of the team that leads the Groundlevel network of churches, a trustee of CAP uk and also runs a coaching practice, called Threads; coaching leaders to find their unique purpose and apply that to the world around them to bring transformation.

Jo is a psychotherapist, writer, speaker and trauma informed church leader. She is passionate about integrating theology and therapy and placing God right in the centre of our conversations on mental health and wholeness. She lives in Lincoln with her noisy, brilliant family of 5 and Fred the cat, and can sometimes be found hiding under a blanket either reading or writing books for some peace and quiet. 

Mostly Jo loves people and her hope and prayer is that her words whether written or spoken, meet you exactly where you are at.

Her first book ‘The Camouflaged Sacred’ is available on Amazon. You can connect with her via her website johargreavestherapy.com or Instagram @johargreaves 

Paul is married to Jeannie and together they are the Lead Pastors of IKON Church, a church they started in 1987 that currently has 5 campuses. Paul is the Ground Level Team Leader and His passion is to “build relevant contemporary churches and inspire a generation to do the same”. Paul obsesses over the question “who’s next?” His hobbies include golf, reading and vinyl records.

Nathan and his wife Debbie are the Campus Pastors of IKON Church Chesterfield.  They led IKON Youth for 14 years seeing many young people find Jeus and seeing them connect to the Church.  Nathan has a passion for preaching the gospel and seeing people come to faith.  He is passionate about football specifically Arsenal FC and if he gets the chance will let you know he played with Jamie Vardy.

Mac Lake is a highly respected leader, author, and founder of Multiply Group, where he helps leaders and organizations develop strategies to multiply their leadership impact. An inspirational trainer and leadership coach, Mac is gifted at simplifying complex ideas into actionable strategies that anyone can implement to achieve transformative results in their personal life, team, and organization. He has written seven books, including The Multiplication Effect and The Discipling Leaders Series, offering practical tools for leadership development. Mac and his wife, Cindy, live in Charleston, SC.

Stuart Bell is the Senior Pastor of Alive Church, a growing multi site church with several locations in the UK. He is founder of the Ground Level Network, a network of around 80 churches and Partners For Influence UK, a group of leaders representing influential churches and ministries across the UK.

Stuart is actively involved in a number of national leadership forums and is an international speaker and teacher often working into both America and South Africa. Stuart has written four books.

Married to Irene, Stuart has three children and 6 grandchildren.

Helen is the Senior Pastor of Riverside Church in Southwell in Nottingham and part of the Ground Level Team. Married to Andy, they have two grown up children.  Since the day Helen walked into Riverside as a 17 year old and heard the gospel she felt the call to give her life to ministry. Helen is dedicated to building dynamic church community, developing confident disciples, and sharing the life changing message of Jesus. Her other loves include mountains, a good cup of coffee (or preferably two!) and walking her crazy beagle in the countryside.