MEET OUR
LEADERSHIP & STAFF
EXECUTIVE TEAM
WINSTON ROSE
SENIOR PASTOR
Pastor Winston Rose MBE, a native Caymanian, has served as Senior Pastor of the Church of God Bodden Town in the Cayman Islands since 1972. He and his wife Hyacinth, who co-pastors with him, have been married for almost 46 years. They have three sons and five grandchildren.
Like most of his contemporaries in the Cayman Islands, he began his working career in the merchant navy. After and exciting five years seeing the world as a seaman, he decided he would make a career in Marine Telecommunications and enrolled in a technical college in Manchester, England. During this period he was converted to Christ and discipled in the faith thru the Christian organization, Navigators. Upon successful completion of his training in 1968, he was employed by the telecommunication company Cable and Wireless. He remained with them rising to the position of Manager Personnel and Administration, until he took early retirement in 1996, to serve the growing church on a full-time basis.
His interest in missions has caused him to travel and minister, leading teams to Haiti and Nicaragua. He has also ministered in Ecuador, Jamaica, USA , England and Guyana. He currently serves or has served on various boards and committees of the Church of God in the Cayman Islands and is a founding member of the Cayman Islands Ministers Association and the Cayman Keswick Committee.
Over the years he has served on various government boards, committees and statutory bodies, which he still does occasionally. In recognition of his service to the Church and the community, he was awarded the MBE medal by Her Majesty the Queen in 2008.
HYACINTH ROSE
ASSOCIATE PASTOR
Pastor Hyacinth Rose Cert. Hon. is the wife of Senior Pastor Winston Rose and
Co-Pastor of the Church of God Bodden Town. They have served the congregation together since 1972. She came to know the Lord in Jamaica during her early childhood and has continued to serve Him especially in the areas of music and evangelism.
She met Winston, a Caymanian training in Jamaica. They married in 1971 after which she took up a nursing assignment in the Cayman Islands as a Nursing Instructor. A Registered Nurse, Certified Midwife, and Certified Nurse Educator, she helped initiate the CI Government Nursing training program and later served on the C.I. Health Practitioner’s Board. She is also a past Chairperson of the C.I. Nursing and Midwifery Council. She was awarded the C.I. Certificate and Badge of Honour by the Queen in 2007 for Services to Nursing and the Community.
Formally ordained to the Ministry by the General Assembly of the Church, in October 2007, she continued in her responsibilities which included Women’s Ministries, the Christian Board of Education, assisting with the Music Department in the Church of God at Bodden Town and Counselling in Family Life matters. She is also a Director of the Board of Triple C School, which is owned and operated by the General Assembly of the Church of God in the Cayman Islands.
She has earned Associate, Bachelors and Master’s Degrees in Theology. She has always been passionate about sharing her faith and is very active in mission work; assisting her husband to minister in Ecuador, Jamaica, Haiti and Nicaragua, USA, England, and other places. They also frequently lead various teams on mission trips to Haiti and Nicaragua.
She taught piano locally to dozens of children and adults for many years. She prepared many of these pupils to succeed in the examinations of the Associate Board of the Royal Schools of Music.
An avid Family Life advocate, she has been a writer of Family Life articles in local newspapers and magazines for many years. She occasionally teaches, and counsels on Family Life issues at various churches, schools and community groups and has authored her first book “Seven Keys to Successful Family Living.”
She and her husband are the parents of three sons, two daughters-in-love and grandparents of five grandchildren. She is “Nana Rose” to many other “grandchildren”.
MINISTRY TEAM
Church Council
- Chairman: Senior Pastor Winston Rose (MBE)
- Vice Chairman: Bro Roy Bodden
- Treasurer: Sis. Alvamae Chance
- Administrator: Sis. Naleeni Premdass
- Secretary: Sis. Norma Jackson
- Director: Pastor Hyacinth Rose
- Director: Bro. K. Paul Roberts
- Director: Bro Archibold Campbell
- Director: Sis. Arlene Brown
- Director: Bro. Seymour Morgan
Finance
- Treasurer: Sis. Alvamae Chance
- Assistant Treasurer: Sis. Naleeni Premdass
Office Administrator
- Sister Naleeni Premdass Email
Worship
- Director: Bro. Paul Roberts
Christian Education Ministry
- Director: Pastor Hyacinth Rose (Cert Hon)
- Sis. Lavern – Sunday School Superintendent
Prison Ministry
- Director: Bro. Archibald Campbell – Northward
- Director: Sis. Arlene Brown – Fair Banks
Youth Ministry
- Director: Bro Archibold Campbell
Ushering Ministry
- Director: Bro Seymour Morgan