Church Plants & Locations

We launched Gas Street South on 8th May 2022 after a series of ‘Explore Evenings’, with around 40 people from Gas Street Central relocating. We have seen some incredible growth and God has birthed a fantastic worshipping community. We now regularly see about 200 people, including about 50 kids and youth. This growth has been from many people returning to faith and some giving their lives to Jesus. We also launched Stay & Play in June, which sees about 45 people each week. We launched Alpha at the end of January and are building relationships with schools to start detached school work.

Since its launch, my faith has been totally re-invigorated! I am exploring and engaging with faith in ways that I have never done before, from bible study to fellowship with other Christians and serving on teams on Sundays. We love attending Gas Street South as a family (my daughter loves GS Kids) and are thrilled to be part of such a positive, welcoming and growing Church where we can continue our journey in faith!” — Ben

Planting Lighthouse Church in early 2022, Trev & Cat Meardon have seen the church grow in depth, healing and hunger to know more of God’s love. They’ve also seen their congregation grow to over 180 people, from the littlest to the biggest! Their greatest joy in this adventure is witnessing God’s power at work and being a part of writing the story of what God’s doing in the North of Birmingham.

I suffered abuse for many years, both physically and mentally, at the hands of my family. God stepped into my life through a housemate who told me about Jesus. I had been crying out to my own gods, but they never answered and brought healing. Having walked past the building many times when it was empty, I decided to come along. After the first few gatherings, I received prayer, wept, and knew I had found my home! God is still healing my wounds, slowly and gently, but I thank God for this church”. — Anonymous

In January 2023 Katie & Edd Stock led a team to plant into Christ Church, Summerfield. They opened the church doors on 29 January to the local community in North Edgbaston with 130 attending the launch. With skateboarding and inflatables, as well as delicious curry and pakoras, it was amazing to share God’s hospitality with local families. The vision for Christ Church is to see North Edgbaston living lives of hope in Jesus’ name. They are particularly focussing on reaching under 25s, which make up around 50% of the local population, through school engagement, a new Stay & Play, and a fun Sunday kids group. Their other focus is addressing the isolation experienced by lots of local residents on Gillott Road and the surrounding streets. This is being done through ‘Place of Welcome’, a weekly warm space with a community shop. When life feels overwhelming, with the effects of economic and social injustice negatively impacting local households, the team at Christ Church are convinced that through Jesus there is hope ahead.

God has seen my need and want for a Church family and placed me in Christ Church in the most amazing way. I have felt welcomed from first time I stepped into the Church building. The more I got to know the existing congregation who love Jesus and cherish the community, I felt at home.”

— Nancy

At the invitation of the Diocese of Birmingham, Gas Street Longbridge launches in January 2024. This will be our fourth location, as we continue our vision to be ‘Light for the City’. St John’s Longbridge was originally planted 65 years ago with a vision to reach the community and local families. With the existing congregation, we want to reignite that vision and see a community transformed. There are a number of local schools in the area that we are looking forward to partnering with as we believe children and young people will be a key part of our vision. We’re also hoping to extend Love Your Neighbour into Longbridge so we can play our part in seeing a community thrive.