Billy Gilvear is our church leader, having joined the Pastoral Team in August 2007. He has a particular gifting and training as an evangelist, with a tremendous personal story to tell of God's amazing grace. Billy is a passionate speaker, keen to see the local church become a beaming demonstration of God's love to the people of Guernsey and beyond. As well as leading Shiloh, Billy has initiated island-wide missions including joint-church Alpha courses (over 150 people at launch) and prison missions. Billy maintains close connections with Holy Trinity Brompton and is a Philo Trust associate (J John's team of evangelists). Billy is married to Bev and they have 4 children, Jordan, Jack, Ben and Lydia.
Phil Eyre, Pastoral Assistant and Church Manager. Phil, one of our elders, gave up a high-flying career in finance in response to God's call and joined the team as a pastoral assistant (part time) last year. He is an accredited lay pastor with the Southern Counties Baptist Association. As well as working for Shiloh, Phil is keenly involved in the New Wine Training Partnership in Guernsey as their 'hub director', helping people to train in Kingdom Theology in the island. His other interests include volunteering as a debt counsellor as well as serving on the boards of Guernsey's Bereavement Service and Drug Concern organisations. He is also a board member and Treasurer of BMS World Mission, the baptist missions organisation. In addition, Phil remains a board member of Collins Stewart (CI) Limited, a leading wealth management company. He tends to keep us all in order!
Chrissy Salmon is our Youth & Children's Coordinator. Chrissy oversees our youth and children's work with creativity and passion. Having worked and trained with Oasis, Chrissy brings a wealth of experience to our youth work and is a creative and passionate leader. Chrissy is also keen to work together with other local churches to ensure we are maximising our impact across the island. In addition to heading our youth & children's work, Chrissy regularly leads our cafe church on Sunday evenings.
Other staff team members include Gene Rowe, our church administrator. Gene is a real credit to the church, helping to make sure things happen. Martyn Salmon cleans and tidies for us, a mammoth task given the age of the property and the beating it takes every week!
