Ben and Gale Dowding are the Senior Pastors of RPC.

Ben & Gale met at College in Darlington after which they both left the North-East to work with the Pais Project, an international youth & schools work Charity. Working with the Pais Project was originally supposed to be a gap year, however...God seemed to have different ideas! It was during their first year with Pais, working in the West-Midlands that Ben & Gale both felt called to come back to their home church, RPC, and start something great with the youth work of the Church.

Over the next 10 years they pioneered and lead Elevate Youth Ministry whilst continuing to work for the Pais Project as National Directors and more recently as part of the Pais Global Leadership.

In January 2007, Ben & Gale became the Associate Ministers of RPC and in September 2008 began senior leadership of our Church.

Ben & Gale are both hugely passionate about Richmond and building a relevant, growing, passionate Church, seeing the purposes of God fulfilled in this area!

Ben also works for Youth Alive, the Assemblies of God youth department, as a Regional Director - having a voice into youth ministries across the North-East.

Ben & Gale have 2 young boys – Asher, who loves noise, attention, sweets and anything red, and Noah who loves eating his socks and clapping!