The Recent Past

In the 1960s, the morning congregations grew and the evening ones declined, to about 250 each. The Sunday School in the afternoon became Young Worshippers during the morning service. A famous Youth Club on Saturday nights, run by the minister Richard Hamper and others, had a membership of hundreds at the height of the success of "open youth clubs".

After 1980, David Spriggs brought various evangelistic endeavours to the church's programme, often in co-operation with other churches - for example, Mission England with Billy Graham in 1984. A prayer ministry for healing began, the mid-week service was exchanged for a dozen house groups across the city, and more informal worship on Sunday evenings reversed the trend of declining numbers.

The mid 1990s saw Mike Fuller as Senior Minister and then seeing in the new Millennium and upto the end of 2007 Grenville Overton was Ministry Team leader. He presided over the extension and refurbishment of the church premises and many other developments to make the church more relevant for the 21st Century.

The story continues, as the Spirit of God continues his work today! You are welcome to join us!