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Kingdom Faith
The congregation are encouraged to express themselves whilst the band perform on the stage.
But Kingdom Faith had humble beginnings... Colin Urquhart laid the foundations of what has become Kingdom Faith in the late 1970s, when he moved from being an Anglican vicar to speaking all over the world with the Charismatic Renewal Movement. The Bethany Fellowship formed as a community to support Colin and his family, based in The Hyde, a private estate in Handcross. Within a few years the Fellowship had grown and
changed its name to Kingdom Faith and bought Roffey Place in 1983. The Kingdom Faith College opened a year later. In 1992 Kingdom Faith Church began at Roffey Place but it soon outgrew the premises and moved to Foundry Lane. Colin is still ever-present at the church, even if it is his son who is now the face, as it were, of Kingdom Faith. Clive and his wife Jane - who have three children together and live in Horsham - started running the youth clubs at the church, before becoming senior pastors. People think Kingdom Faith is a cult The word ‘cult’ refers to a new religious movement whose beliefs or practices are considered abnormal. The beliefs of Kingdom Faith do not stray from what is written in the Bible, and the text is
interpreted in much the same way as it is in Christian churches around the world. But it’s true that in most churches people do not show their love of God in quite the way they do at Kingdom Faith. Clive says: “I don’t think it matters if you go to a traditional church or one that is more like Kingdom Faith. It is all foreign to someone who isn’t used to going to church. “Part of what we do is breaking down people’s misconceptions. We’ve had people say that they never thought a church would have a play centre, or a mum and toddler group, or understand about parenting and life issues. “A church is made up of everyday people from all walks of life. I think there is this thought amongst some people that if you’re a Christian you don’t understand life - you just Continued on Page 40...
Pastor Clive Urquhart’s informal interpretation of ‘the word’ is enjoyed by many
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