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Ministry Amongst Britain’s Poorest

Anthony & Elaine Fisher serve at Speke Baptist Church on a housing estate in Liverpool, while Ian & Rachel Williamson are reaching Middlesbrough as they serve at New Life Church. We got them together to have a conversation about some of the unique pressures of ministry in hard places.

Anthony Fisher, Elaine Fisher, Ian Williamson, Rachel Williamson · 10 Jan 2020

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Anthony Fisher

Anthony is Co-Pastor at Speke Baptist Church, which is a council estate ministry. He previously worked in banking and teaching. He is married to Elaine and they have four teenage children.

Elaine Fisher

Elaine serves with her husband Anthony at Speke Baptist Church, Liverpool. They have four teenage children and a Jack Russell dog which she enjoys walking. Elaine enjoys swimming, jigsaws and meeting up with the women of her church.

Ian Williamson

Ian Williamson is a church planter and pastor of New Life Church, Middlesbrough. He is also a former prison chaplain and the founder of SixtyEightFive, a ministry which takes the gospel to and supports families affected by fatherlessness.

Rachel Williamson

Rachel is a former social work manager for Redcar and Cleveland Social Services, but now home educates her youngest daughter and oversees the women’s ministry at New Life Church Middlesbrough.

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