Our Vision is to glorify God by being a Bible centred, welcoming church family seeking to reach out with the gospel of Jesus in the Wanstead area.
In order to do this, we are committed to:
If we are to glorify God we must listen to him, through his inspired, infallible, sufficient word the Bible. So Bible teaching will be at the centre of everything we do.
We are weak human beings and therefore must be dependent on God in prayer. The Bible encourages us to pray.
Jesus commanded his followers to “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations”. We are particularly called to do this in the Wanstead area, by verbally proclaiming the Good News of Jesus' death and resurrection.
We are committed to serving and building one another up in love so that we continue to grow together in maturity in our walk with the Lord Jesus Christ.
Grace Church Wanstead was started in 2006 by a partnership between two evangelical Church of England churches; Christ Church, Leyton and St Helen’s Bishopsgate. We are supported by Crosslinks the Church of England mission agency. We are members of the Evangelical Alliance, an organisation with over 7000 member churches in the UK and many more worldwide. We work closely with other evangelical churches in Wanstead and Woodford, including the 20011 Passion for Life initiative.
Having been taken to church as a child, by the time he left college David had decided that Christianity was for those needing a crutch and that Science was the way forward.
But reading one of the accounts of Jesus’ life in the Bible convinced David that Jesus really was God in human form and he has been following him ever since.
He is married to Jane and they have four children. They have lived in and around London for the last 15 years.
Prior to leading Grace Church, David was a curate at Christ Church, Leyton.
We do things a little differently from many churches on Sundays...
Week day evenings can be very squeezed and busy, and so although we run and value mid week Bible Studies, we want to provide more teaching and discipling on a Sunday.
Living as a follower of Jesus in a society increasingly hostile to his teaching is a difficult thing, and so our 45 minute Christian discipleship programme aims to equip ourselves to do this better. We look more deeply at key Christian truths, as well as seeking to train ourselves to be more effective Christians in the world. The format is interactive with plenty of time for discussion.
During the Christian Discipleship programme we run a traditional Sunday school with groups for ages 3-7 and 8-11, and a youth group for 11+.
We then follow that up with our main meeting. A simple informal hour long service with songs and prayers and a sermon and kid's talk which everyone can be involved in (there is a crèche). We also hope this might be a good place for people who are not used to church to come.
You can download/listen to some of our sermons below.
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| Bible Overview Week 10 |
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| Bible Overview Week 9 |
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| Bible Overview Week 8 |
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| The Coming of The King |
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| God's Punishment For Rebellion |
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This is a free informal 7 session course designed for anyone wanting to investigate the claims of Jesus. They can run at any time to suit those wanting to take part. Please email us if you would like more information or are interested in doing the course. Alternatively, you can visit the Christianity Explored Website for more information.
Where possible it is great to meet in the middle of the week to study the bible and pray and encourage one another, and so we run mid week groups both in the evening for those working and in the day for mums and others at home.
Our core values state that we are weak and dependent on God and so it is important that we meet together to pray for the work of the church. We have a prayer meeting on the first Sunday of every month.
Youth Group
On Thursday evening every other Thursday, For more details ring John Herring at 020 8252 2774
