People

National Director

Richard came to SOMA UK from parish ministry in London and Wolverhampton. He is married to Nicola and they have three children. He came to faith on a short-term mission trip to Romania in 1995 and has travelled since then in Africa, Asia, Europe for missions and supporting Christian workers.

In the UK he speaks at churches, conferences and retreats around the country. He runs a popular blog: In previous roles he has been a Regional Director for New Wine England and a Fresh Expressions Advisor for Lichfield Diocese.

Finance & Operations Officer

Anita is a qualified AAT Bookkeeper and ensures the integrity and transparency of all SOMA’s finances. She spent 2 years in rural Malawi in the early 90’s volunteering as a development worker. In 2014, Anita went to Tanzania, with her husband, Graham, and their (then) 2 teenage children, returning to the UK 3 years later.

Missions Coordinator

Henry has 19 years of ordained parish experience before starting his new role of SOMA UK and Ireland Mission Coordinator in autumn 2023. He combines this with a voluntary roles as National Director for SOMA Ireland and as Secretary for SOMA International.

Henry is a key point of contact for people receiving or going on SOMA UK and Ireland teams. He is married to Helen and has four grown up boys. .

Patron of SOMA UK

Bishop Williams has long been an enthusiastic part of SOMA, taking part in our vital intercession work and participating in a SOMA mission to DRC. He grew up in Uganda, still has relatives in East Africa, and has a particular commitment to DR Congo. He has been Bishop of Basingstoke since 2014, and is also the emissary of the Archbishop of Congo.

EA to the ND

Grace is Executive Assistant to the National Director and is in charge of all things to do with communications.

She is a media and communications professional with a broad range of experience including working in Comms for two dioceses.

Outside of paid work she has been a student ministry worker, running events and outreach. Grace has two children and is married to Daniel.

Meta Youth Lead:

Stu set up META Youth in 2022 enabling SOMA to work with 16-19s to train them in bible knowledge, discipleship and cross-cultural ministry. In the summer of 2023 he led his first SOMA | Meta Youth mission to Zgharta Lebanon.

Stu is married to Susie and they have two children. He has been a church planter and parish vicar and now works for GIANT as a senior partner and leadership consultant helping influential leaders at key moments of transition.

In 2023 SOMAUK formed a small group of team leaders to act as a guide, support and steer for the National Director.

The first group to serve on this body are:

Becky Harcourt

Clarke Clarke

Diane Reid

John Bavington

Jon Kissell

Mike Tufnell

Will Pearson Gee

find out more about the NLT here

The SOMA UK Trustees are the legal body responsible for governance, vision and staff at SOMA UK.

Kevin Roberts (Chair)

Barry Hampson (Hon Treasurer)

Jenny Brown

Ken Wiebe

Rachel Sanya

Wayne Massey