Newcomers from across 10 nations were recently hosted by Highfields Church, Cardiff with a membership dinner for people to get to know each other.
The church runs a quarterly membership evening at Highfields where, explained lead minister Dave Gobbett, they ‘share the vision and values of Highfields, and why we encourage those who see us as their spiritual home, to formally join as church members’.
At the start of 2024, people from China, Egypt, Sierra Leone, India, Latvia, Malaysia, Nigeria, England, Wales, Hong Kong and South Africa were represented at one evening.
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