The pastors of Carrubbers have specific remits, to prepare the Church's
congregation for works of service and to build it up as the body of
Christ. They are ex-officio members of the board of elders but as
employees are not regarded as charity trustees and are not involved
in decisions which may cause a conflict of interest with their employed
status (such as financial decisions).
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Wayne Sutton
Senior Pastor
Wayne is our Senior Pastor, a New Yorker by birth and originally an engineer by trade. He began his ministry at Carrubbers in 1991 as Student Pastor, and was called to be Senior Pastor in 1996.
Wayne Sutton
Wayne serves as the senior pastor of Carrubbers Christian Centre. He was born and raised in New Rochelle, New York, and born again by grace through faith in Jesus Christ in his first year of studies at the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey, at the age of nineteen. Following graduation with a Bachelor of Engineering degree he worked for the United States Department of Defense in the Submarine Silencing division of the David Taylor Naval Ship Research and Development Centre, just outside of Washington D.C.
Wayne joined the Carrubbers team in 1991 as student pastor following graduation with a Master's of Divinity from Capital Bible Seminary in Washington, D.C. He is mainly responsible for Bible teaching and training along with the oversight of the pastoral ministry and church development at Carrubbers. Wayne is also the director of the Institute of Biblical Studies, a two-year Bible training programme that is open to all and offered through the church.
He has been involved in Bible teaching ministry throughout the British Isles teaching at conferences, churches and Christian Unions. He has also taught for many years at the Golgota Bible School in Talmaciu, Romania. Wayne is married to Sarah and has two daughters, Rachel and Naomi.
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David Nixon
Associate Pastor
David began training for pastoral ministry at bible and theological college in 2010 and has been working with our students at the same time. He took on pastoral responsibility for Youth and Students in 2014. He also lectures and writes.
David Nixon
David is married to Kirsty and he has recently started in the role of associate pastor at Carrubbers.
After studying Law at the University of Edinburgh, David went on to study Theology at the Faith Mission Bible College and London School of Theology, while also training and working in church-based ministry.
His ministry is grounded in a love for God and His Word, and a desire to see young people equipped and released to live for God in all of life.
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Karen Clark
Director of Women's and Evangelistic Ministries
Karen began working as our Pastoral Assistant for Women in 2014, leaving teaching and joining the staff full time in 2015. She oversees women's ministry at Carrubbers and heads up the Women's Ministry Leadership Team.
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Linda Swinson
Director of Children and Families' Ministries
Linda began her role as Director for Children and Family Ministries in 2023. She has a degree in psychology and has worked as a primary teacher for over twenty years.
Our ministry apprentices are trainee staff members, and are not on the board of elders.
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Sean Brennan
Pastor in Training
Sean joined as a Pastor in Training in 2021. He studied theology in Edinburgh, completed an internship with Christians in Sport, and then a ministry apprenticeship at the Tron in Glasgow. Sean is responsible for the students and young workers ministry.
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Stephen Porter
Ministry Trainee
Stephen joined as a Ministry Trainee in 2023. He studied Chemistry in Edinburgh, before working for 2 years as a research scientist. Over the next 2 years, Stephen will receive biblical and theological training at Cornhill Scotland, whilst gaining ministry training and experience at Carrubbers.
Our Elders act in support of the chairman to provide the primary decision making function for the church.
They are split into Core and Care Elders.
The Core Elders have primary responsibility for the individual ministries
in the church & their nurture, development and leadership. The Core Elders'
meetings are chaired by Eric J Scott.
The Core Elders are also responsible for Sunday
services as well as implementing decisions which are taken by the board of
Elders that relate to church finances, the church building & fabric, security, and health & safety.
They also provide provide day-to-day oversight of the protection panel.
The Care Elders have primary responsibility for pastoral oversight
of the congregation. The Care Elders' meetings are chaired by the senior pastor.
The Care Elders provide spiritual leadership for the church as well as
as well as biblical
counselling and oversight & nurture of our home groups. They
are responsible for development and leadership,
men and women's discipleship, prayer, and the preaching of the Word.
The Care Elders provide oversight for children's and youth ministry
as well as the work of missions.
As well as our paid pastoral staff we have a number of other staff who are either
paid by Carrubbers or partner with us, while working for different organisations.
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Doug Whyte
Director of Church Operations
Doug is an elder and trustee of the church. He had a global career as a lawyer in the oil and gas industry and now volunteers in the church as its Director of Church Operations.
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Pat Ferguson
Church Administrator (Full Time)
Pat currently serves as Church Administrator having served as a Senior Administrator in Higher Education as a Project Officer at the The University of Edinburgh working on significant capital and corporate projects and latterly serving at New Tribes Mission.
Partner staff
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Andris Meszaros
Partner
Andris and Anouska served with WOL Hungary until 2012, when the Lord led them to return to the UK as missionaries to work with an emphasis on children's ministry.
In 2023 we introduced Deacons, to act in the layer between our Elders and our Ministry Leaders.
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Matthew Logan
Finance
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Marian Aldhous
Prayer
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Avril McKenzie
Women
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Colin Walker
Overseas Mission
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Jenny Chan
Chinese Ministry
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Ping Chan
Chinese Ministry
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Erlend Scott
Audio Visual