Church Stories

Family Fun with a Gospel Purpose
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Jane Beckett

Woodgreen Church relocated to be at the heart of a huge new housing estate. Here's an insight into the planning behind their annual Family Fun Day.

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Growth from Transatlantic Partnership
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Daphney Byrd

A church on a deprived housing estate is increasing its community impact with the help of American missionaries.

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A Church Weekend with a Difference
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Pete Greasley

Would your church join with others for a weekend away? Christchurch in Newport did, and is now celebrating stronger links with five FIEC churches.

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Moving Forwards in Faith
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Hannah Langley

Magdalen Road Church have left their home of 140 years and moved into a new building which the church hopes to call home for generations to come.

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Inner City Planting
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Sam Gibb

Sam Gibb tells the story of Hope Church Vauxhall, a church plant on an inner-city housing estate in England’s capital.

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A Pastoral Podcast
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Phil Topham

Graham Nicholls explains to Phil Topham why Christ Church Haywards Heath started a weekly podcast called 'Ordinary'.

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From Revitalisation to Planting
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Rachel Dalby

Beginning to see gospel fruit from its three years of revitalisation, Calvary Baptist Church in Spalding is now looking to plant.

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Prayers led to Plant
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Karen O’Byrne

Almost two years ago, two groups of Christians agreed that something was missing in Cornwall's largest town.

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Premises Pledges Smash Target
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John Douglas

A little over a year after launching as a new church, Hope City Church Edinburgh were looking for a new meeting place. This is their story.

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Taking the Gospel to Sportspeople
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Jonny Reid

Jonny Reid explains how his church in Oxfordshire is engaging with sportspeople of all ages this summer.

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Training Women: A Priority for Pastors
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Johnny Prime

The elders at Christ Church Haywards Heath are seeking to provide ministry training for women in the church. Johnny Prime finds out what's involved.

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Pruning Enables Growth
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Rachel Dalby

When change-management expert Kevin Cowdrey arrived to pastor a Lincolnshire church in 2016, he found it on ‘life-support’.

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Rethinking Sundays
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Rachel Dalby

While some churches struggle to maintain attendance levels, an FIEC church in Hampshire has been experiencing a different kind of issue.

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Bringing Church to the Community
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Debbie Hurdle

Send Evangelical Church is in a semi-rural village near Guildford in Surrey. What does evangelism look like in a large village setting like this?

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