Herefordshire is a beautiful county, but, like much of rural Britain, one in which thriving evangelical, Bible- teaching churches are few and far between.
Nearly every village and even some hamlets have a parish church, one vicar often being responsible for five or six churches. Few are evangelical. Non-conformist and independent churches are scattered around the county. With some notable exceptions, many are very small with elderly congregations dependent on visiting preachers.
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Wellington is a lovely village of 200 or so homes about five miles north of the city of Hereford. Nearly 200 years ago a young man, Thomas Day, was sent out by a church in Hereford to assist the vicar of Wellington. Initially he walked there from his home in the city every Sunday, eating his lunch by the roadside.
