Our People

David Hull

Tim Woolley

CHAIR
The Revd Dr David A Hull is a Methodist minister who has served in the worlds of church and education.  Continuing to be a minister in Full Connexion with the British Methodist Conference, he currently serves within the Free Methodist Church UK as Associate Pastor of Freedom Church Bristol, based in Kingswood. He is Chair of Methodist Evangelicals Together and the inter-denominational mission organisation Share Jesus International, and is a member of the Evangelical Alliance Council. David is married to Sarah and they have three daughters.

VICE CHAIR: ADVOCACY
The Revd Dr Tim Woolley is a Methodist minister currently serving as Superintendent of the Hinckley Methodist Circuit.  He is passionate about mission and evangelism, Nonconformist church history and theological education. He lectures at Cliff College in Wesleyan Theology and Spirituality and is a Research Associate at Wesley House, Cambridge. He is a keen supporter of Warwickshire County Cricket and Birmingham City F.C. Tim lives in Leicestershire with his wife Hilary and two children.

Marian Izzard

Derek Balsdon

ADMINISTRATOR AND GENERAL SECRETARY
Mrs Marian Izzard is delighted to serve MET as Administrator, and also remains as General Secretary for MET.
She lives on the Isle of Wight where her husband John is Superintendent Minister for the island. Apart from being a wonderful island to explore, they are both very excited about the immense opportunities that the island offers in terms of mission and outreach working with the Methodist churches and with the Churches Together Groups.



 

DEVELOPMENT WORKER
The Revd Derek Balsdon is a Methodist minister, currently serving MET as Development Worker, This follows 26 years of circuit ministry, which included serving in Gloucestershire, Cornwall and on the Staffordshire/Cheshire border. This role, funded by MET, seeks to provide a resource to develop the evangelical witness in Methodism. He is available to preach, lead Continuing Local Preacher Development, circuit and church weekends, staff retreats and speak about MET in Synods and other conferences. His special interests are prayer, preaching, healing and wholeness. He is married to Hilary, and they have three adult children.