Leadership | Grace Bible Church Rugby

GBCR’s government is led by godly, biblically qualified men called "Elders" (1 Tim. 3; Titus 1; 1 Pet. 5)
Our Elders share equally in the church’s leadership and decision-making though each Elder seeks to use his particular spiritual and natural gifts in the areas in which he can best help the church.
GBCR now has three (3) Elders: Tim Atkins, Tom McConnell, and Claudio Farinha

Tim has been an Elder at Grace Bible Church Rugby since the church was started in Feb 2013.

At the end of May 2022, Tim became GBCR'S Occupational Preaching Elder. As GBCR'S Occupational Preaching Elder, Tim enjoys preaching God's Word and shepherding God's people through personal discipleship and biblical counselling.

Tom is a graduate of The Master's Seminary where John MacArthur is the president.

In 2002, the elders of Grace Community Church in Los Angeles, California recruited Tom and his wife, Kathy, for missionary work in the United Kingdom.

As of June 2022, Tom began serving as GBCR'S Elder Over Church Planting & Director of Grace Bible Academy.

Claudio became an Elder at
Grace Bible Church Rugby at the end of 2019.
Ever since Claudio was saved on Feb 2012, he has been burdened to take the powerful Gospel back to his family, friends and neighbors on the island of Madeira.
Having finished his pastoral and church planting training at Grace Bible Academy, in January 2023 Claudio and his family are being sent out as GBCR'S first church planting missionaries to the Portuguese Island of Madeira.
Claudio is married and has three beautiful young children.

WE EXIST TO GLORIFY GOD by preaching and teaching the Word of God,
so that people are transformed into Christlikeness.