The church that grew – from two!

Nicola Laver  |  UK & Ireland
Date posted:  1 Aug 2022
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The church that  grew – from two!

Main: the church today. Inset: David Seckington (L) and Malcolm Riley (R) back in 2014.

From two to more than 120 people in nine years – a London church plant which began with a couple meeting individuals in the first year before launching as a living-room Bible study, is now planning to send its very first convert to start a new church in West London.

Malcolm Riley and his wife moved to London in 2013 with a desire to reach the next generation from the city centre. They came with literally nothing, having just left St Ebbe’s Oxford; with no staff team, no core group, no salary, no vicarage and no church building. ‘But we had two Bibles,’ said Malcolm.

A number of supporters helped them begin, including personal friends, the European Leadership Forum, College Church in Wheaton IL (Malcolm’s wife’s home church), St Ebbe’s Oxford and Co-Mission’s ‘Antioch Plan’.

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