Who's who

Leadership Team

Martin Hatfield (Minister)

Martin grew up in Hampshire and met his wife Poppy (a GP) while training to be a drama teacher in Cardiff.  They settled there and had their first of three children (all boys) before moving to Godstone in Surrey.  Whilst in Surrey, Martin felt God call him to Baptist Ministry and he trained at Spurgeon's College.  Martin was called to be minister of Kingshill Baptist Church in 2015. 

Martin is committed to Christian work, not just across denominations but across different faiths as well and he is passionate to the point of obsession on matters of inclusion.  He is enjoys complex board games and RPGs, science fiction, fantasy and comic books. He keeps fit by running three times a week.

Les Giles (Elder)

Les has been a member of the church since 1982 and was appointed an Elder in 1992.  He is now retired having run his own business as a consultant on radio communications for railways for 10 years, having previously worked for British Rail.  He is a Parish Councillor.   He has a wife Barbara and they have three daughters and four grandchildren.  They have lived in Little Kingshill since 1975.  He enjoys sailing his Wayfarer and Wanderer dinghies, gardening and cycling. 

Wendy James (Deacon)

Wendy is also our bookings secretary - see our Cornerstone page for details

Frances Madslien (Deacon)

Frances has done a lot of work since 2023 making our churchyard look wonderful.

Sue Barnard (Administrator)

Sue is married to Chris and has two grown up daughters.  She has attended the church from the age of eleven.  She works part time as a finance officer of a local primary school.  In her spare time she enjoys playing the clarinet and being in the outdoors - particularly climbing mountains. 

Ed House (Treasurer)

Ed was also our project lead for the building phase of the Cornerstone project.