Church from Scratch
Baptist Church Community
We are a baptist church, a growing community that started in Leigh and Southend at the end of 2002. We're a network of 80 adults and youngsters. From Southend to Westcliff, Shoebury to Leigh. And not to forget Rochford, Hadleigh, Eastwood, Canvey, Southchurch and Benfleet! We are a baptist church and we meet in small groups in homes. There are now 10 of these community groups across the area but there was only one back in 2002 when we started.
We do three things... we think of them as Up, In and Out.
Up... this is about getting in contact with our maker! It figures if God made us, he understands our wiring far better than we do. We're finding he's keen for us to know him and he's shown who he is in Jesus. He's changing lots of our lives.
In... this is about getting to know each other and more than that it's about getting to be a community of people - though we don't live together in a hippy communion! It's about encouraging each other, helping each other, sharing life, and finding faith together...get the idea?
Out... If we spent our time just doing "Up" we'd be a fat load of use to each others. If we spent our time just doing "Up" and "In" we'd be a selfish club. So we want to do "Out" as well. It's about giving our little group and ourselves away to others, and going wider to other people so they can join in with us.
We don't have a building, we meet in homes. We don't do services, our small groups meet most days of the week and we have lots of other things happening across the network. We focus on learning more than teaching and find a talk (sermon) is just one of many ways to grow. But it's far more that just what we do or don't do; it's more about the way that we do it.
Contact details
017 0266 8477
www.churchfromscratch.org