Welcome to Redeemer Church!
We want to help you explore faith in Jesus, grow in your relationship with him, and enjoy welcoming and deep community.
Connect with us to help you on your spiritual journey.
SUNDAY GATHERING
Come along to our Sunday Gathering.
4pm at St Chad’s Parish Centre, Headingley, LS16 5JT
If the Parish Centre car park is full, there is free street parking on Drummond Road, Drummond Avenue, Hollin Road, Hollin Mount and Weetwood Lane.
We have lots of children and young people at Redeemer and we’d love to tell you more about what we do for them at our Sunday Gathering.
CITY GROUPS
City Groups are smaller communities within Redeemer where we seek to grow together, love and serve Jesus, and reach out to those around us.
We’d love to welcome you into one of our groups. Click below, send us a message and we can help you find out more.
STUDENTs
New to the city? Studying in Leeds? We’d love to help you settle and find a church to call your own.
BELIEFS
Redeemer is a church centred on Jesus
We want everything we do to be about glorifying Jesus and growing in love and trust of Him.
Redeemer is rooted in God’s word
We delight to teach God’s word, to feed on God’s good word pointing us to Jesus and his death and resurrection.
Redeemer is dependent on the Holy Spirit
God the Spirit unites us to Jesus, bringing new life, giving us the power to live as children of God.
In everything we do we are Spirit-dependant people.
Redeemer is a community
In the Gospel, God through his Son, by the Spirit, creates a new people for himself - the church.
We live-out the Christian life together, supporting, encouraging, teaching, blessing one another.
We are part of the Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches and adhere to their doctrinal basis.
GROW IN THE GOSPEL
The Gospel of Jesus is the heart of our vision to Grow. We seek to grow deeper in Jesus, to become more like him. As the gospel transforms us we reach out inviting people to know our great saviour, in whom we are united as one family.
PLANT churches
We are committed to the local church as God’s main mission plan for the world. We long to plant churches in Leeds and Beyond. We partner with church planters in prayerful and financial support.
IMPACT Brokenness
This is a deeply broken world marred by injustice. We want to reflect God’s heart for orphans and widows by working to Impact Brokenness in people, in communities and in structures.
Our Team
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I’m the interim lead pastor at Redeemer. I’m responsible for the preaching, teaching and prayer that happens across the church, and I lead the elder and staff teams. I’m married to Linda and we have two growing boys.
I’ve held positions of responsibility in a number of local churches. I worked in student ministry with UCCF for more than two decades, completing formal theological study alongside. I love getting outside, watching Olympic sport and finding bargains on eBay. I’d love to meet you if I haven’t already!
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I love that our church family includes loads of under-18s, and really enjoy playing a part in helping all ages know and love Jesus more. When I’m not doing that, I like open water swimming and days out with Pete, Samuel and Toby.
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I am responsible for general administration, church communications, database and bookkeeping, and am part of the Safeguarding Team.
I worked in Tanzania for 10 years with my husband Ian and 4 children until we moved to Leeds in 2011. I enjoy gardening, reading and dog walking.
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I’m married to Hannah, together we have three children Jesse, Micah and Marni. I grew up in Scarborough and came to Leeds as a student in 2007 and have stuck around ever since. Universities years and involvement in my CU were key to may faith, after graduating I worked for UCCF: The Christian Unions for 11 years. Its my pleasure to be part of the team that pastors Redeemer church, along side this I’m studying part time with Crosslands Seminary and preparing to plant a new church in Scarborough in summer 2027.
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I share responsibility for Shepherding Redeemer church and praying for the church family.
I grew up in the Cotswolds before coming to Leeds for university, where I became a Christian at Redeemer. I am married to Ellie, and we have a baby girl called Darcy and two cats called Mario and Peach. Cats are better than dogs! I spend most of my time in the week teaching children how to swim, and I love playing cricket!
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I grew up in South Wales before coming to Leeds. I’m married to Beth and we have a little boy. I enjoy football and running, in part to try and balance out my love of takeaways.
In September 2025, alongside a number of others we began Crossway Church in the East of Leeds, having been sent from Redeemer.
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I came to faith at Redeemer in 2012 and have loved being a part of the church ever since. I am married to Emanuela and have 2 wonderful children. My responsibilities involve preaching, teaching and leading the City Group in West Leeds. I give 2 days a week to help our partners at Scott Hall Church and have a desire for the gospel witness in marginalised areas of our city. Prior to working for the church I worked in the chemical and pharmaceutical industry for 9 years.
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I'm part of the team of Elders which shepherds Redeemer, but also work in the corporate world as a lawyer. I'm married to Eileen and am kept busy by our three young kids! I lead a City Group and Redeemer's dads group.
Do you have a Safeguarding Concern?
If you have a concern for a child or adult in need and the person concerned is in immediate danger you should ring 999 immediately.
Safeguarding is a gospel expression of our aim to provide a safe and caring environment for anyone connecting with Redeemer church. As broken people, everyone goes through times when they need support and guidance from others. This caring support may take many forms and be offered by anyone in the 'Redeemer family', informally within friendships, Redeemer groups or other networks, or more formally through the Elders, Pastoral Team or Safeguarding Team.
Redeemer volunteers, staff and Trustees are committed to the safeguarding principles outlined in the Redeemer Safeguarding Policy. If you have a concern about safeguarding please contact a member of the Safeguarding Team who will advise you of the next appropriate steps. If the concern/allegation relates to a Safeguarding Team member, the Safeguarding Trustee.
Safeguarding Team
Ruth Hewitt
Lead Safeguarding Advocate
safegaurding@redeemerleeds.co.uk
Steve Fairhall
Safeguarding Trustee
trustees@redeemerleeds.co.uk
Andie Wilson
Policy/DBS/Admin
andie@redeemerleeds.co.uk
Linda Dray
Head of Children’s & Youth Ministry
kids@redeemerleeds.co.uk
Ed Preston
Elder for Safeguarding
ed@redeemerleeds.co.uk
VACANCIES
Pastor for Ministry Development (Assistant Pastor)
This is a formational role, designed to prepare an emerging leader for future senior ministry. Over around three years, you'll gain hands-on experience in preaching, pastoral care, strategic leadership and ministry development, whilst serving as part of our elder team (subject to a congregational vote). Think of it as an Assistant Pastor role with real responsibility and genuine scope – shaped around your gifts and calling.
The role suits someone who is either beginning or continuing formal theological training (working four days a week), or who has recently completed training and is ready to go full-time. You'll receive close mentoring, investment in your ongoing development, and the opportunity to lead a significant area of church life.
We're looking for someone with a clear sense of calling to pastoral ministry, a gift for preaching and teaching God's word, and the relational warmth to care well for people. You'll need to meet the biblical qualifications for eldership and be wholehearted in your alignment with the FIEC Doctrinal Basis and Ethos Statements.
The successful candidate must be a male evangelical Christian, wholeheartedly in agreement with the doctrine set out in the FIEC doctrinal basis and ethos statements.
Women's Discipleship & Leadership Developer
This is a new part-time position (0.5-0.6 FTE) focused on three things: pastoral care for women in our congregation, discipleship of female university students and recent graduates, and intentional investment in emerging female leaders.
It's a relational role – built around one-to-ones, small group mentoring, and patient, prayerful presence in the lives of women in our church. It is a two-year fixed-term role reporting directly to our Lead Pastor, with close collaboration with our elders and staff team.
We're looking for a woman with a mature Christian faith, a heart for discipling others and proven experience in pastoral care or mentoring. You don't necessarily need formal theological qualifications, though we'd love it if you have them.
The successful candidate must be a female evangelical Christian, due to the nature of the role providing pastoral care, discipleship and leadership development for women. The successful candidate must be wholeheartedly in agreement with the doctrine set out in the FIEC doctrinal basis and ethos statements.
If you're interested in either of these roles, please email Andie Wilson