Impact Report 2023

Emmanuel Church Leftwich moved into our new building in August 2023.  This has enabled 10 midweek ministries to take place, as well as Sunday services

Godfirst Church, a Newfrontiers Church, in Cheltenham purchased a former Baptist Chapel in central Cheltenham, that had recently been converted into an Arts Centre, a hub for our Sunday evening worship, midweek activities and to reach out into the town.

The church purchased a 3-storey ex-Burtons retail unit on the High Street of Paisley to be used as a church and community hub.

Our mortgage with Kingdom Bank has enabled us to buy a home for our minister…We also felt it was important to provide a more permanent base for Luke and his family, for them to have somewhere that really feels like home. The house also gives opportunity for ministry with their neighbours and the community

This house is a family home for us, and provides us with the stability of not having to suddenly up sticks and move. It gives me an office space to do admin for Hope City Furniture two days a week, and means we aren’t worried about having to pay increasing rent costs. For our ministry, this house is part of a wider, long-term prayer that one day Rich will no longer need to work part-time but will instead be able to get back to running the charity full-time, where we really want to be investing our time.

To have this permanent space accessible where we can host groups and provide hospitality to those around us makes a huge difference. It means we have room to grow into new areas of ministry in the future and gives us the space to have new ideas. We are so excited to see how this house can be used as a tool for us to reach those around us with the good news of the gospel

The mortgage Kingdom Bank gave us has enabled us to buy a house in Yorkshire as a family home, but also the house enabled us to begin our ministry of seeking to plant a church in the area of West Yorkshire.