About Us
We are two parish churches joined together, inspired by the life-transforming love of Jesus Christ. Seeking to serve and walk alongside those in our villages and local communities.
“I am the resurrection and the life”
Our Churches
St Alkmund’s, Duffield
St Pauls, Little Eaton
“Come and see the man who told me everything”
Vision
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Our aim at St Alkmunds is to be devoted to God and devoted to one another.As a church, we want to reach higher, growing in character to be more like Jesus; reach wider, sharing the good news with more people; and go deeper in our knowledge of Christ and love for His people.
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We are an Anglican Church, committed to the core doctrines of historic Anglicanism, as expressed in the creeds, the 39 articles, and the Book of Common Prayer.
We believe that we come to Jesus Christ by faith alone, trusting in Christ alone, and that the Bible is our sole authority for understanding what it means to believe in Jesus Christ. We believe in Father, Son and Holy Spirit, one God in three persons.
We believe that God created the world, that he is sovereign over all things, and that he sent his Son Jesus Christ to die on the cross for our sins that we might no longer be God’s enemies, but so that we would be reconciled to God. To repent and believe is to turn our backs on our old life of living for self and ignoring God, and to turn to Jesus Christ as saviour and Lord.
Jesus’ Lordship extends to every area of our lives, and we seek together and as individuals to live for him each day, as a response to his grace, recognising that our assurance is based not on our works but solely on trusting in his death and resurrection.
We believe that when we turn to Christ we receive the Holy Spirit, and that he works with our spirit to enable us to become the people God has called us to be. He helps us to understand God’s word, and he prepares us for Jesus’ return. Jesus Christ will come as judge of the whole universe, and will take his people to be with him in a new heaven and a new earth.
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Flowing from our vision and what we believe is a desire to want to practically work this out in our lives day to day. We believe this means serving one another in love and action. Come and find out what it means to become apart of this family and walk out the promises of God in our lives
Our Team
Revd. Dr. James Hughes
James has been vicar of the United Benefice of Duffield and Little Eaton since September 2016. He is married to Kirsty, and they have four children. Before coming to Duffield James was Minister of Christ Church, Greenbank in Chester Diocese, having served his curacy in Guildford diocese from 2003 to 2007. His PhD is in Paul’s doctrine of the Church, particularly focussing on relationships between churches in the New Testament.
Vicar
James Rollin
James is the Licenced Lay Minister for Discipleship & Evangelism. He has been working for St Alkmund’s church since November 2019. He is married to Emma and they have two children, Tom and Nancy. As Licenced Lay Minister for Discipleship & Evangelism, his role includes leading and speaking at Sunday services and various midweek meetings, together with supporting a range of other activities and events (particularly discipleship and evangelism) across the life of the church, and also at our sister church, St Paul’s church, Little Eaton.
Originally from Doncaster, James has been attending St Alkmund’s since moving to Derbyshire and joining the church in 2001. In his spare time, James plays the electric bass and guitar and enjoys music, as well as Formula One and classic cars!
Licensed Lay Minister
Jim has been the Curate of the United Benefice of Duffield and Little Eaton since June 2025. Before training for the priesthood, Jim worked for a global evangelistic and apologetics ministry, and prior to that was a professional rugby player. His postgraduate thesis was on mystical theology and analytical psychology. Jim is married to Jasmine, and they have two young girls. He was also born and raised in the Benefice.
Assistant CurateRevd. Jim Wigglesworth MA
Children and Youth Worker
Adam O’Dowd
Adam is a music graduate from Lancashire who came to the Benefice after two years interning with students and children at Cornerstone Nottingham, his church while at university. He now works 3 days at St Alkmunds alongside studying to qualify as a solicitor. He loves cycling, music, and a good misplaced apostrophe.
James Munro
James is married to Hannah, and they both have a passion for sharing the Gospel with young people, whether that is through drama, puppets, games or just genuine fellowship. He is an avid movie lover, even keeping a spreadsheet rating every movie he has ever seen, but he also loves digital art & world building and writing in his spare time.
Children and Youth WorkerHannah Munro
Hannah joined the team in June 2025, after working locally as a Dog groomer for 3 years.
She is an animal lover and enjoys training her pets to do tricks.
Hannah is married to James Munro, who is one of the Children and Youth Workers here.
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