Staff
Lars Due-Christensen
Lars (M.Phil) is an experienced pastor and leader, who has led in various contexts for over 30 years in Denmark and London. He is the author of 5 books and has run STEPS courses since 2006. Lars is CEO of STEPS Global. He is married to Mette and has three adult children and four grandchildren.
Polly Rowsell
Polly is the Director of STEPS Global. Following a career in law with Linklaters as a fraud and anti-corruption litigator, she has spent the last number of years working in church ministry, on a paid and voluntary basis. With a heart for worship and people, she is passionate about seeing people live life to the full, and sharing the tools of STEPS with others. She is married to Arran, has two wonderful children and Bailey the dog.
Louisa Richards
After a career in Human Resources, Louisa currently heads up Pastoral Care at Christ Church London. She is passionate about the church being somewhere people can experience emotional healing and faith,and has personally experienced transformation through STEPS and so is passionate about others experiencing the same. She is married to Dan and has three children.
Trustees
Scott Pannell
Scott is Chair of the Trustees. He is a Consultant currently focusing on communications and operations across various christian ministries. Most recently he was Associate Pastor and Head of Operations at Grace Church Exeter. As someone who has found tremendous help using the STEPS process, his heart is to find innovative ways to make STEPS known and accessible. He is married to Miriam and has three children.
Tonny Jacobsen
Tonny Jacobsen is the Pastor in Vejle City Church, Denmark, where they have been running STEPS Courses for a number of years. Tonny serves as the Chairman of the Free-Church Network which is the largest network of churches outside the Lutheran State Church in Denmark. He also serves as Vice-Chair of the Danish Council of Churches, which counts every major church denomination among its members. His experience has been in church leadership, church-planting and he was Principal of a Bible College. Tonny is married to Rita, and they have four children.
Helen Marasha
Helen is the Co Founder of youth charity BIGKID Foundation and now leads the Christ Church London Stockwell service alongside her husband Shaninga. She has experience as a Governor to the Leathersellers Federation of Schools and is passionate about helping young people fulfil their potential.
Sarah Cobbold
Sarah is the Executive Pastor at Christ Church London, where she oversees finance, operations, risk and governance. She was part of the team that helped establish STEPS as an independent charity in 2023. She has experienced first-hand the difference STEPS can make and longs to see others find that same freedom. Outside of work, she loves cooking and bringing people together over a meal.
