Leadership
Bishops
The AMiE Diocese is episcopally led. We believe that a bishop's primary role is to serve the local churches through their biblical teaching, prayerfulness, sharing of their ministry wisdom and their active relational care of local pastors.
Andy Lines
Diocesan Bishop
Andy is married to Mandy and they have three adult children, one of whom is married. Andy does not come from a Christian family but was converted in his teens. They live on the Isle of Wight. Andy served in a tank regiment in Germany during the Cold War. After marrying Mandy, whom he met on an expedition in Peru in 1985, they left the army to train at Bible college before heading, via Spain, to Paraguay as mission partners of the South American Mission Society. They were there throughout the 90s. Andy was ordained out there and pastored a church. From 2000 to 2018, Andy led the mission society, Crosslinks, which sought to serve churches from Great Britain and Ireland in helping them fulfil their task of partnering in world mission. Andy was consecrated as a bishop in 2017 and has the responsibility as Presiding Bishop of ANiE and Convocation Bishop of AMiE and ACE. Andy also chairs the AMiE Standing Committee.
Tim Davies
Assistant Bishop
Tim, married Tanya on April Fools’ Day 1989. They have four grown up children (Bethan, Anna, Rebekah and Caleb), two sons-in-law (Grant and Elliot) and two grandchildren. Tim was born and brought up in East Africa and much of his life revolved around that part of the world into his early 20s. A Christian family serving the Lord in an African context is where he came to faith in the Lord Jesus.
Following work in business and industry (mainly in the motor industry) Tim has served churches in a variety of settings in rural Oxfordshire and in Sheffield. He was the founding minister at Christ Church Central in 2003 and he’s still there. He has been involved with ANiE and AMiE for some time – praying for a number of years for something like AMiE and ANiE to come into existence. Tim has served the AMiE network since it begun (on the Exec and Board) and has now had the privilege of being close to the action as ANiE has been planned and comes into existence.
Most importantly – the Lord Jesus. Tim is amazed, grateful and moved by his words, “For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” (Mark 10v45)
Lee McMunn
Assistant Bishop
Lee is the Senior Minister of Trinity Church Scarborough, a church planted in May 2017. He is married to Vicky and they have three children. He has written the Identity Course and a short outreach book called Essentials.
Lee chairs the AMiE Exec Team.
Synod
The Synod is an elected body from AMiE churches, of lay and clergy reps who work together to keep the Diocese focused on gospel mission. They have the power to make Canons and pass resolutions.
Standing Committee
The Standing Committee of the Synod conduct the business of the Synod between its meetings.
Andy Lines
Diocesan Bishop/ Trustee
Andy is married to Mandy and they have three adult children, one of whom is married. Andy does not come from a Christian family but was converted in his teens. They live on the Isle of Wight. Andy served in a tank regiment in Germany during the Cold War. After marrying Mandy, whom he met on an expedition in Peru in 1985, they left the army to train at Bible college before heading, via Spain, to Paraguay as mission partners of the South American Mission Society. They were there throughout the 90s. Andy was ordained out there and pastored a church. From 2000 to 2018, Andy led the mission society, Crosslinks, which sought to serve churches from Great Britain and Ireland in helping them fulfil their task of partnering in world mission. Andy was consecrated as a bishop in 2017 and has the responsibility as Presiding Bishop of ANiE and Convocation Bishop of AMiE and ACE.
Tim Davies
Assistant Bishop/ Trustee
Tim, married Tanya on April Fools’ Day 1989. They have four grown up children (Bethan, Anna, Rebekah and Caleb), two sons-in-law (Grant and Elliot) and two grandchildren. Tim was born and brought up in East Africa and much of his life revolved around that part of the world into his early 20s. A Christian family serving the Lord in an African context is where he came to faith in the Lord Jesus.
Following work in business and industry (mainly in the motor industry) Tim has served churches in a variety of settings in rural Oxfordshire and in Sheffield. He was the founding minister at Christ Church Central in 2003 and he’s still there. He has been involved with ANiE and AMiE for some time – praying for a number of years for something like AMiE and ANiE to come into existence. Tim has served the AMiE network since it begun (on the Exec and Board) and has now had the privilege of being close to the action as ANiE has been planned and comes into existence.
Most importantly – the Lord Jesus. Tim is amazed, grateful and moved by his words, “For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” (Mark 10v45)
Lee McMunn
Assistant Bishop/ Trustee
Lee is the Senior Minister of Trinity Church Scarborough, a church planted in May 2017. He is married to Vicky and they have three children. He has written the Identity Course and a short outreach book called Essentials.
Vicki Bonnett
Synod Lay Member/ Trustee
Originally from Sheffield, Vicki moved to the South Coast when she joined the Royal Navy, serving in the Education Branch for 20 years. She studied in Manchester, Leicester and Southampton and now lives with husband Clive on the Isle of Wight. Vicki is currently Development Director at HTP Apprenticeship College working with a large team of Training Consultants developing and delivering sector based vocational programmes for individuals and businesses across the South. Following conversion at a Christianity Explored course Vicki continues to worship at St James, Ryde, Isle of Wight where she leads a bible study group for women and helps organise weekend conferences and events.
Stephen Davies
Synod Lay Member/ Trustee
Stephen Davies is a member of St Joseph’s Church in Benwell along with his wife Jenny and their children. The church serves the west end of Newcastle upon Tyne and Stephen enjoys being part of the children’s work team, happily throwing himself into drama, song and games with as much bounce as a middle-aged man can reasonably deploy. In his professional life, Stephen has worked in the education sector, principally as a history teacher but also in a variety of teaching, support and management roles supporting provision ranging from nursery to adult education. Stephen became a Christian in his teens and was baptised at the end of his first term at university: he is thankful for God’s enduring faithfulness and boundless grace.
Leo Davison
Synod Clergy Member/ Trustee
It was as a science student that Leo was led to think there was something more to life and found it in the Lord Jesus. Since then life has been about getting to know Jesus more and serving Him as best he can. Currently, this is as minister of Christ Church Wyre Forest, a small church in North Worcestershire, having served previously in a number of different evangelical Anglican churches, both inside and outside the established structures. Leo was grateful, together with the church at Christ Church, to find a home within the AMiE network in 2013 and looks forward to being a founding member of the new AMiE Convocation. Leo is also on the standing committee for the Midlands Gospel Partnership, chairs the planning team for the Midlands Men’s Convention and is involved in establishing the Worcestershire Gospel Partnership. He is married to Vicky and they have 3 children.
Jan Draper
Synod Lay Member/ Trustee
Jan was born in Oldham in the early 60’s into a Christian family. She was brought up in her local Anglican Church, was in the choir and Sunday school but remembers a definite occasion when she gave her life to the Lord, when she was about 13. Jan went to university in Leeds to do a degree in Nursing and following a period of clinical work the vast majority of her career has been as an academic working in the Higher Education sector. For the last 12 years Jan worked for The Open University in Milton Keynes, doing the weekly commute (from my home in Beverley, near Hull) and home at weekends. Jan retired in April 2020, as she thought God was leading her in a new direction but wasn’t quite sure what. It turned out to be working part-time as Operations Manager in the Church she goes to – Christ Church Newland in Hull, one of three churches in her local network of which two have recently become AMiE member Churches. God has blessed Jan with three adult children – Elizabeth, Isaac and Tamar. In her spare time Jan enjoys music and ultrarunning – but not at the same time.
Terri Neal
Synod Lay Member/ Trustee
Terri was born in Hull in the early 50’s and has lived there all her life. She is married to Geoff. They met in 1971 as colleagues in the Civil Service in DHSS (DWP now) and married in 1978. They have been blessed with a daughter Rebecca who is married to Isaac.
Terri was sent to Sunday school as a child, as many of her generation were, but it wasn’t until about 1998/99 that she gave her life to Jesus. This as a result of Rebecca asking her to take her to church; being told the Gospel clearly week by week and doing the Christianity Explored course. Praise the Lord!
Terri worked in the Civil Service for 37 years until the Lord called her to work as a Pre School Nursery Assistant for St John’s Church Newland in 2007 until her retirement in 2019. She saw a number of parents come to know the Lord as a result of them being free to share their faith with them and their children. What a blessing that was to end her working life with.
Terri has been going to Riverside Church, now Christ Church Riverside, since it’s first day as a church plant. She is forever grateful to God for that vision. She has seen many of her church family come and go and many changes. Terri loves being part of her wonderful church family.
Tom Smyth
Registrar
Tom Smyth is a member of St Joseph’s Benwell, in the west end of Newcastle upon Tyne, where he is a church warden and trustee. He’s married to Dorothy, and father to two (nearly) adult children. Most of his previous work in church has been in supporting the growth and development of young people, whether as a youth worker in Battersea, various youth study groups at church or as a (recently retired) leader of cub scouts. Tom works full time in the public sector, where he supports effective economic leadership and funding across Yorkshire and the North East of England.
Tom became a Christian as a teenager, following a simple conversation at a beach mission in Newcastle, County Down.
Executive Team
The Executive Team work to implement the strategic decisions made by Synod and the Standing Committee.
Lee McMunn
Assistant Bishop
Lee McMunn is the Senior Minister of Trinity Church Scarborough, a church planted in May 2017. He is married to Vicky and they have three children. He has written the Identity Course and a short outreach book called Essentials.
Pete Birnie
Strengthening Team Leader
Pete is a Northern Irishman married to a Scottish wife, Joey, with four proper Yorkshire children. He has lived in Hull since 2004 where he worked as a teacher before entering ordained ministry in 2017. He is the Senior Minster of Christ Church Riverside. Pete loves the fact that his job enables him to hold out God’s Word to those around. He loves the city of Hull, in which he works, and desires for many to find salvation in Christ.
Jo Bull
Operations Manager
Jo lives in Stockport with her husband, Tim and their two sons. After working as a primary school teacher for several years, Jo worked for her local church heading up the women’s ministry. Following on from this, she worked as a Church Administrator for a large Anglican church before taking on the role of AMiE’s Operations Manager in April 2019. In her spare time, she enjoys sport, sewing and reading.
Tom Hutton
Operations Manager
Tom is a member of Trinity Church in Scarborough, where he lives with his wife, Lucy, and their three children. Tom previously worked as a teacher for just over a decade before starting his role as Operations Manager at AMiE. Tom began following Jesus at a Christian summer camp when he was 13.
Pete Jackson
Ordination Team Leader
Pete is married to Claire and they have two boys, Noah and Seth. After training at Oak Hill Theological College, serving at Christ Church Central, he became the founding Pastor of Christ Church Walkley in 2012. He loves cricket, music, and Yorkshire.
James Leggett
Membership Team Leader
James is the minister at St. James’s church in Ryde and has served there for twenty four years. He is married to Mary and they have four grown up children (Anna, Jonty, Sarah & Harry). His passion is to see the Lord Jesus honoured in the church and faithfully made known to the people in Ryde and beyond, whatever the cost. Before ordination, James worked in Advertising and Public Relations with Calor Gas. James loves spending time with his family, and playing golf (which he would love to do more and better!). He considers serving AMiE in any way a real honour and privilege.
Karen Soole
Women's Ministry Team Leader
Karen oversees women’s ministry at Trinity Church, Lancaster and co-ordinates the small groups. She is the chair of the Northern Women’s Convention. She wrote, ’Unleash the Word’ a book on how to do small group bible studies. Her passion is to get people reading the bible. She enjoys the great Northern outdoors in the company of her energetic Labrador and the quiet of indoors watching films and reading. Karen is married to Martin who leads the AMiE church in Lancaster and they have four adult children.
Rob Tearle
Planting Team Leader
Rob is the Senior Minister at Christ Church Orchard Park in Hull. He is married to Emma and they have one boy. Originally from Hull, Rob became a Christian as a teenager at Riverside Church, now Christ Church Riverside.
Rob is passionate about seeing people come to Christ and has a heart for working in areas with higher deprivation. Before moving to Orchard Park, Rob was involved in planting Trinity Church in Scarborough.
