Esther Mason

Reverend Esther Mason is the minister of Christ Church Nailsworth. She is Baptist by birth and belief. When she was 12, her family moved to Melbourne in Australia.

When she was 18 she went on a Scripture Union Camp and met a young man called Phil and they married when Esther was 19.

In 1996 they came to England and settled in Wallingford, Oxfordshire. Both in Australia and here they have been very involved in church life and in 2015 she decided to test the call to be a minister. She spent 3 years as a theology student at Regents Park College in Oxford before becoming Associate Minister at Wallingford Baptist Church.

Esther and Phil have three younger members; Jake, Annie and Reuben. Jake is married and the other two are currently pursuing their university careers.

Esther was previously interim chaplain at Regents Park College and she began her ministry here in July 2021.