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History and Vision
Over twelve months they were joined by around a dozen members of City Church Newcastle who wished to support the vision of planting churches in Northumberland. Subsequently, others have joined us, some from within the County and some relocating from other areas to be part of what God is doing here. You can read some of the personal stories of our members at County Church People. In those early days, God gave us the concept of “changing the landscape by planting churches” and we have adopted this as our mission statement. We seek to achieve this by:
A second key word we received was that our growth would be like a strawberry plant, spreading out runners and establishing new plants. This describes our philosophy of always trying to reach out to the next area rather than seeking to draw people in to a central church base. You may think our vision sounds rather grand. We agree. In our first few weeks when there were just 12 or so of us meeting in someone’s lounge, one of our earliest members described it as a ludicrously big vision for a ludicrously small group of people. We are completely happy to own that statement since it constantly reminds us we can achieve nothing unless God is with us. But of course we are certain this is a God given mandate and will press on with our task with faith and confidence. Today, we have established our first church – County Church Wansbeck, and have a growing group in the Aln Valley area, which we anticipate will be the second church we plant. |
County Church started in 2003 when John & Liz Wilthew and Dennis & Kay Fancett moved to Northumberland with a passion to share the good news of Jesus with people who have not yet heard, to help believers follow Jesus, and to launch new churches across the county.