Gold Hill Baptist Church is a registered charity. Stephen is the chair of trustees and is joined by some current and former non-staff elders on the board of trustees of the Church.
There is a separate charity called Gold Hill Church Trust (GHCT), which raises funds for Gold Hill Baptist Church, including arranging Gift Aid, and passes all its income to the church. The trustees of GHCT are Chris Gledhill, Mark Rayner, Jonathan Powell and Richard Barrett.
The church is affiliated with the Baptist Union and is a member of the Evangelical Alliance.
There is a constitution that defines the concept of church membership. Most committed members of the church family are also formal members of the church under the constitution. Regular formal meetings of church members are held and the constitution requires certain key decisions to be taken by votes held at such meetings. These include the appointment of pastors and elders and significant financial decisions. The main aim of these meetings is not to ‘do business’ but to collectively discern what Jesus is saying.
