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Pastor Les began helping and advising the abused, addicted and angry in life in Portsmouth, Southern England at Arundel Street Pentecostal church as a youth leader where he met his wife Wendy. Moving to Leeds, Northern England they became involved in Harehills Lane Baptist church where together they ran a street outreach program and club called Street Lights in a multi racial area of the city rife with drugs, prostitution and violent crime.
Pastor Les has a great heart and empathy for the abused due to suffering extreme sexual abuse in his childhood at the hands of his father and two uncles and further sexual harassment during his three years of army service. Pastor Les and Wendy became Youth Pastors at a local church and were heavily involved with social programs for the protection of vulnerable young people. Because of this work and the great needs of the young people that were continually presented to them they set up two rehabilitation centers in the city, running them for 14 years, in Chapeltown, the red light area of the city with great success, seeing large numbers of young people recover from extremely severe abuse, drug, alcohol, addiction and mental disorder problems.
pastor Les was ordained and with Dr Wendy planted their first church successfully in the city of Leeds in 1994. Over the next twenty five years together they raised up three churches and a number of associate ministers who have become senior Pastors planting and running their own churches across the world.
Dr Wendy founded a successful training company, founded the Relatives Association Northern office for six years during that time working closely with multiple government care agencies. She set up and ran two grade schools and a Leadership Academy. Her success and experience in the health and education fields resulted in Dr Wendy sitting on two Royal Commissions for the national care of senior citizens and one royal commission as an adviser for faith education. She also lectured on business development at Leeds University and off course some how we managed to raise three awesome kids as well !!
Check out more of our great resources please email us at info@leshatton.com
Pastor Les began helping and advising the abused, addicted and angry in life in Portsmouth, Southern England at Arundel Street Pentecostal church as a youth leader where he met his wife Wendy. Moving to Leeds, Northern England they became involved in Harehills Lane Baptist church where together they ran a street outreach program and club called Street Lights in a multi racial area of the city rife with drugs, prostitution and violent crime.
Pastor Les has a great heart and empathy for the abused due to suffering extreme sexual abuse in his childhood at the hands of his father and two uncles and further sexual harassment during his three years of army service. Pastor Les and Wendy became Youth Pastors at a local church and were heavily involved with social programs for the protection of vulnerable young people. Because of this work and the great needs of the young people that were continually presented to them they set up two rehabilitation centers in the city, running them for 14 years, in Chapeltown, the red light area of the city with great success, seeing large numbers of young people recover from extremely severe abuse, drug, alcohol, addiction and mental disorder problems.
pastor Les was ordained and with Dr Wendy planted their first church successfully in the city of Leeds in 1994. Over the next twenty five years together they raised up three churches and a number of associate ministers who have become senior Pastors planting and running their own churches across the world.
Dr Wendy founded a successful training company, founded the Relatives Association Northern office for six years during that time working closely with multiple government care agencies. She set up and ran two grade schools and a Leadership Academy. Her success and experience in the health and education fields resulted in Dr Wendy sitting on two Royal Commissions for the national care of senior citizens and one royal commission as an adviser for faith education. She also lectured on business development at Leeds University and off course some how we managed to raise three awesome kids as well !!
Check out more of our great resources please email us at info@leshatton.com