Our Team

Meet the dedicated people who serve and lead our church community

Leadership & Staff

Our team is committed to serving God and our community with love, dedication, and excellence.

Graham Reeves

Graham Reeves

SENIOR PASTOR

Graham joined Grace Church as assistant pastor in 2009. After graduating from the University of Nottingham, he taught English as a Second Language in South Korea for a few years, before returning to the UK to train for pastoral ministry. After gaining experience in a church in Kidsgrove, Stoke-on-Trent, he studied at Union School of Theology in Wales, where he met his wife, Jihye. Before coming to Brentwood, Graham had spent several years pastoring a multi-national English language congregation in Cheongju, South Korea, while also being involved in online teaching and evangelism work with Ligonier Ministries. Graham is originally from Bury, Lancashire, though it's hard to tell from his accent, which is a strange mix of all the places he's lived in. When not at work, he's often to be found walking, reading, or making and drawing things.

Richard Lown

Richard Lown

ASSISTANT PASTOR

Richard is married with four grown up children and works for an IT financial servicing company. For nearly 30 years the company has worked with all the major banks in the UK. Lay preacher for 20 years, trained as a Christians against poverty money coach. Passionate about seeing people released from financial burdens and bringing people to Jesus.

Eve Armstrong

Eve Armstrong

SECRETARY

As a Mum of two grown children, Eve is enjoying a new quieter phase of life which currently involves cats, crochet, and wild swimming. She can usually be found on a weekend down at the shore swimming with a group of like-minded people – all year round.

Drew Harland

Drew Harland

EVANGELIST

Drew originally hails from Washington D.C. in the United States and is married to a Yorkshire lass. Drew earned a master's degree in theology from Reformed Theological Seminary in the States and has served in full-time ministry for over 20 years both in the US and in Great Britain.

Brew Naish

Brew Naish

ELDER

Born in Bristol and moved to Brentwood when he was 6. He left school and studied at the School of Architecture in Birmingham where he met Jackie, his wife. They set up home north of Birmingham and had 2 daughters, Vicky and Rachel and came back to Brentwood when Rachel was just 6 weeks old.

Kirsty Clarke

Kirsty Clarke

TREASURER

Kirsty is a keen Saints fan and works hard keeping the books balanced at GCU.

Linda Burt

Linda Burt

ADMINISTRATOR

Linda is our Church Administrator and Communications Lead.