Inclusive Gathering Birmingham’s Leadership Community works collaboratively to pioneer a new way of being church.
Everyone in our Leadership Community is committed to growing in leadership, mucking in (on the stuff that is fun and the stuff that isn’t) and taking the initiative in loving and caring for others. We love drawing on the strengths, insights and skills that we have as a group when we work humbly together.
Our Core Leadership Team share a deeper level of spiritual and practical responsibility for Inclusive Gathering Birmingham and also are committed to supporting the wider Leadership Community.
You can read more about our leadership structure here.
Danielle Wilson (she/her) is Inclusive Gathering Birmingham‘s pastor/ leader and loves to help create safe spaces to discuss life’s deepest questions …particularly over food. She believes that loving Jesus pushes us to pursue social justice and inclusion in our communities. Danielle has more than 25 years experience in mission leadership and communications and helped to launch and lead the social justice network Red Letter Christians in the UK 2019-2022. She has an MA in Contemporary Missiology: Reconciliation, Justice and Advocacy and a post-graduate professional certification in interfaith chaplaincy. She’s also been a singer for many years with the all-female acoustic soul band Eeek (who play at our special events from time to time). She’s married to Joel and mum to Evie and Josie.
Dr Naomi Bennett-Steele (she/her/they/them) is part of our Core Leadership Team and oversees our finances and development. She is the Senior Innovations Partnerships Officer for The Asthma UK and British Lung Foundation Partnership and has recently completed her PhD in Biomedical Materials Engineering for Ocular Drug delivery. Naomi was was part of the team that launched and led Red Letter Christians in the UK from 2019-2022. Naomi and her wife Lizzie are passionate about loving people on the margins and empowering the voices we don’t normally hear to create a diverse movement of people passionate about God’s love for his whole creation.
Tash (she/her) is part of our Core Leadership Team. She is a proud Brummie and a secondary school teacher with additional responsibilities for pastoral care.
Tash has a background in church leadership and served as a youth leader for over 15 years, leading the preaching team and developing content. She is someone who cares deeply about seeing other people grow and develop in their gifting.
Tash is also a (quietly) passionate introvert.
