David Hawkins was consecrated bishop on 17 October 2002. He began his public ministry as Anglican Bishop of Barking in the Diocese of Chelmsford in January 2003. Before being made bishop, David led the congregation of St George’s, Leeds and the St George’s Crypt charity for the homeless. His work with the crypt gave him a real insight into the problems of those who are socially excluded and/or struggling with addictions. During his time in Leeds David was also Chaplain to the Yorkshire Cricket Club. Before this David served for four years in the parish of St Aldates’s, Oxford with a special responsibility for the congregation of St Matthews, and, before that, he was a mission partner with the Church Mission Society: serving in Bida in the Kaduna Diocese of Northern Nigeria. David served his curacy at St Andrew’s, Bebington in Merseyside. David combines a very busy work life with an equally busy family life. He is married to Carole and they have three daughters; Rhoda, a research physicist; Naomi, an assistant clinical psychologist; and Bethany, a student at Oxford. Carole is a social worker by profession with an interest in mental health promotion and family therapy. Recent posts include Project Manager of Leeds Bereavement Forum and Chaplain of Richard’s House, a children’s hospice in Beckton, East London. Work and home life aside, David enjoys many outdoor activities including mountaineering (he has successfully climbed Mount Kenya and Mount Kilimanjaro); sailing, birdwatching and cross-country running. He also has the distinction of having spent his 40th birthday on the end of a parachute … David enjoys music, poetry and is also an artist. His most recent exhibition, entitled Mene Mene, was held in Leeds in 2005. David and Carole live in the heart of the inner city, in Walthamstow, East London – living and working amongst the people they serve.

For the last 15 years Jane Holloway has been involved in mobilising prayer across the British Isles and linking with the international prayer movement. She currently works as National Prayer Director at the World Prayer Centre, Birmingham. She is also the Global Day of Prayer UK Co-ordinator and on the National Leadership Team of Hope 2008 www.worldprayer.org.uk

Dave Nunn leads City Hope Church in Southwark. He has lived in Bermondsey South London for the last 32 years. He has been happily married for nearly 30 years and they have 4 grown up children and one grandchild. His passion is to see the local church reaching and reflecting the community in which it lives. He likes watching a good football match and films with lots of explosions and very little sub plot.

Jonathan has been the catalyst and visionary for London’s Year of Prayer and The Global Day of Prayer. Trained as a medical doctor and converted from Islam whilst in Nigeria, he strongly believes in his missionary mandate to Europe and the British Isles. His passion is to see the entire United Kingdom saturated with Prayer and the Church united in the Great Commission and Societal Transformation. Jonathan is blissfully married to Abbiih, both have two kids Mayode and Mayomi. He loves Scrabble, Badminton, Historical books and the Movies.

Providing and promoting community projects to plug in for gaps in community service. Provision nationally and internationally. Co-founder of the coherent and cohesive voice – Empowering the church and its community to engage appropriately and effectively with local and central government police matters.

Hugh Osgood is well known as a UK church leader, innovator and strategic thinker who has brought together senior church leaders in various situations over many years. Hugh is President of the Churches in Communities International network, which hosts a bi-monthly ministers’ fellowship and serves community-relevant churches and ministries across the UK and overseas. Hugh is the Senior Minister of Cornerstone Christian Centre in south London, a multi-cultural church with a strong commitment to being a community serving the community. Hugh has helped pioneer various UK and international media and social action projects and has been in Christian ministry for over 40 years. He and his wife, Marion, have three grown up children and eight grandchildren.

Elizabeth Simon is the Executive Officer of the London Churches Group for Social Action, founded in 1983 to bring together London church leaders and their social responsilbility officers to share information and ecumenical action on London issues. Her work for the Church Leaders involves representing the churches’ views to the Mayor of London on his strategic policies and encouraging co-ordinated church activity in London not only on social action issues, like refugees and migrants, homelessness, poverty, crime, environmental issues, and HIV / AIDS, but also on the 2012 Olympics, new housing developments, emergency planning and multi faith work and major celebrations like the Global Day of Prayer.