Chris Leech
Chris is the senior pastor at Emmanuel Church Portadown. He co-ordinates city-wide transformation initiatives for Emmanuel Churches, in the Craigavon area. He is also the founder and chairman of Craigavon Area Foodbank. He is passionate about tackling poverty and seeing people thrive in all aspects of life. Chris lives in Lurgan, is married to Debbie and has three amazing children.
Cost of living crisis: we need to be in this together
27 April 2023On one occasion I was stood in a carpark outside our foodbank whilst a woman broke down right in front of me. It was the second time that morning she had been reduced to tears. The first was after coming into our building, a nervous first-time foodbank user. Her tears were of relief, when she saw the significant amount of food set aside for her family. The second time she cried was as she told me her story, whilst we loaded the boot of her car with boxes of food. She had found herself needing…
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