Meet The Team
Meet the team
Hope Baptist Church has a dedicated staff team that oversees that oversees the day to day ministry and operations at the church. Below is a little bit about them!

Luke Mansfield
Minister
Luke, joined Hope in May 2019. Having previously led Honiton Family Church for 6 years. Prior to that he was a youth worker and spent several years working as a missionary for London City Mission. Luke is married to Jemma and they have three children. He is a big Portsmouth FC fan and loves to play golf.

Zoe Lane
Minister
Zoe joined the team initially as a children's and family worker in September 2019. During the covid pandemic God call her to train for pastoral ministry. She spent 3 years training at Bristol Baptist college whilst continuing her ministry at Hope, being ordained in 2024.

Rebekah Smethurst
Children's Outreach worker
Rebekah joined the team as our children's outreach worker in January 2025. She oversees our busy 0-11s ministry, which includes parent and toddlers, midweek clubs, schools work and our different Sunday groups.

Alex Cooper
Youth For Christ worker
Alex has been working with Hope since September 2024. He is a youth for Christ worker and is seconded to hope for 15 hours a week to oversee our growing youth work. This includes looking after our midweek youth clubs and discipleship groups, schools work in the local secondary school and overseeing our Sunday programme

Rob Dymond
Volunteer Operations Manager
Rob is an essential cog in making Hope tick. He has been part of the team since 2022 and volunteers 2 days a week to look after our building. He is a big Plymouth Argyle fan and will often travel the breadth of the country following the green army!

Vacancy
Administrator
We're currently on the lookout for a skilled administrator to join our team! For more info on the role please email office@hopebaptist.co.uk
