Richard
Hubbard
Chief
Executive Officer
Rich
is married to Lynda and they have two children, Sam and Amy.
Rich is an elder in Arun Community Church in Sussex. He is also
a qualified Solicitor, but as of 2007 Rich is now CEO of Links
International. He travels widely all over the world, having input
into churches and overseeing projects. One of his passions is
the interface between the business world and the kingdom of God.
Norman
& Grace Barnes
Norman
is the founder of Links International, which became a charity
in its own right in 1985. Norman is now Co-Director of Links International
and has travelled to 50 different countries. The vision for Links
was established after he made a visit to Ghana in 1979 and saw
that his vision to touch the world could be accomplished. Norman
preaches and teaches both in the UK and abroad. He also helps
people/churches to find their destiny in God especially in the
area of mission. Links has, from it's beginning, wanted to help
missionaries and nationals in practical ways, and has distributed
over £1,000,000 to a variety of projects.
Grace
together with her husband, Norman Barnes, pastored a church in
Essex for 31 years. Grace acts as a consultant to the trust. Grace
has travelled extensively both with Norman and in her own right,
leading teams of women to such places as Mexico, India, Burundi,
Ghana and Sri Lanka.
Lynda
Hubbard
Lynda
has been Office Manager since September 2005. For years Lynda
has been involved in the work of Links, supporting Rich and helping
with the various tasks of proof reading the magazines and helping
with the mail-outs. She now oversees all the work, from banking
to general correspondence, from admin to filing.
Peter
Doherty
Peter
is married to Suzanne and has three grown up children. He lives
in Harlow, Essex but comes from Dundee, Scotland. Peter has been
involved with Links since its inception and has been taking primary
health care teams to South Africa's Eastern Cape since 1995, as
well as other nations. He also leads the Gateway Christian Fellowship,
which he has pastored for the last 25 years.
Joe
Gisbey
In
the summer of 2003 Rich approached Joe with the offer to begin
travelling with him the following year, with the clear outline
that he would have to believe God to provide for all his needs.
Starting in 2004 Joe began to travel with Rich and now leads trips
and teams, serving churches and organisations around the world.
Since
the beginning of 2005 Joe has been assisting the Office Manager
in all internal office procedures, assisting in developing projects,
site visits, teaching and training. Joe is mentored by Rich and
Norman with a view to taking increasing responsibility in the
future and ongoing work of Links.
Linden
Boothby
Linden
has recently joined the Links team and is working in our office
on a part-time basis. Linden and her husband John have a passion
for the poor and have, in the past, lived in Africa working on
healthcare-related projects.
Having
recently moved from Lincolnshire where Linden was a manager in
a primary care trust, she brings professional-level skills to
help us develop our primary healthcare work. She is also an expert
in training and management issues. She will be working in parallel
with the regular teams led by long-serving team member and pioneer
of Links' PHC initiative, Peter Doherty.
Mandy
Dukes
From
the beginning of 2007 Mandy Dukes has taken over from Clive Abbott
as our Accounts Assistant. Mandy is married to Pete and they have
two young children Sam and Alice. Mandy also works part time as
a teaching assistant at her children's school, regurlarly helping
out in their classrooms.
Mike
& Beryl Godward
Mike
and Beryl lead Wellspring Uganda which is a 'Centre of Excellence'
situated near Kampala. Wellspring consists of a vibrant church
(Wellspring Christian Fellowship), a Health Centre with maternity
and dental facilities, a nursery and primary school, a housing
development project and employment through business development
initiatives. Together with Links' partnership Wellspring has seen
over 2,700 individuals go through micro enterprise initiatives,
literally seeing them come out of poverty.
www.wellspring.or.ug
Graham
& Ruth Swaffield
Graham
and Ruth Swaffield have a ministry to Marriage which started in
1999 when they received an invitation to go to Uranga in Kenya
to speak on marriage. After many trips to Africa, they have developed
a programme that is modular in style and can be adapted to take
from 4 hours to 5 days. They have also developed a ‘Marriage Encounter'
which takes two full days. This gives couples time away from daily
life and family so that they can concentrate on their relationship
and allow God to speak.
Over
the years they have had many testimonies of how God has brought
forgiveness, love and happiness to marriages and families.
Graham
is a retired London Police officer and a former senior elder in
a Pentecostal church. Ruth is a qualified children's nurse. They
have been married for 35 years and have three sons and one granddaughter.
John
and Chris Larkin
John
and Chris have recently asked to work with us under the Links
Umbrella. John has a passion for mission and Christine, as an
educational expert, has skills, which fit in with John's vision
extremely well. They are both gifted communicators and have a
special interest in training people especially in prophetic ministry.
Heather
Ferrier
Heather
is based in Azle (in the Dalas/Fort Worth area) and is co-ordinating
Links USA, which has just been incorporated in the state of Texas.
Heather is a partner with her Father in their construction business
and is part of The Abbey Church (formerly Family Christian Center)
in Azle Texas.
Edith
Watt
Edith
lives in Vancouver, Canada. She served for a number of years as
part of the Executive Board of ICC (International China Concern),
travelling to China regularly in her role as member care and personnel
director. Having now returned home, she has joined the Links team,
taking on the role of representing Links to churches in the Vancouver
area. In time we are looking to establish a Canadian non-profit
organisation to underpin the work of our fledgling Canadian office
