Английская Википедия:Evangelical Presbyterian Church in England and Wales

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The Evangelical Presbyterian Church in England and Wales (EPCEW) (Шаблон:Lang-cy) is a reformed and conservative evangelical Presbyterian denomination based in England and Wales with churches in Germany, Switzerland, and Sweden. Founded in 1996, the denomination is small but growing.

History

In 1986, a Presbyterian conference was held in a Free Church of Scotland chapel in London, where a vision of a new Presbyterian denomination in England was proposed, which was to be faithful to Scripture and adhere to the Westminster Confession. As a consequence, the Presbyterian Association in England was formed in 1987 from several small Christian groups and existing congregations with efforts at church planting following. In 1991, an interim Presbytery was formed with congregations in Blackburn, Cambridge, Chelmsford, Durham and Hull to work towards the establishment of the new denomination. This came to fruition in 1996, taking the name, Evangelical Presbyterian Church in England and Wales.

Several EPCEW ministers were instrumental in the 2020 founding of Westminster Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Gateshead, England.

Church planting

In 2000, two congregations in Cardiff, Immanuel and Bethel, were accepted into communion. The EPCEW has grown significantly since its founding with a number of congregations joining the EPCEW and others being planted by existing churches. The denomination is working to establish church plants in Oxford, Lincoln, Gloucester, and Sunderland. They are actively looking to plant churches throughout England and Wales.

Denominational growth has been steady:

Year	Number of congregations	Notes
2000	6
2005	10
2010	15	Includes two congregations in Sweden.
2015	17	Includes one congregation in Sweden and one congregation in Germany.
2020	23	There are 20 established churches with a congregation in Sweden, a church plant in Switzerland, and another in Germany.

Congregations

As of 2020, the denomination has twenty-three congregations and church plants at:

England

Congregation	Town or City	Minister	Website	Image
All Saints Presbyterian Church	Newcastle Upon Tyne	Rev Benjamin Wontrop	[1]	Файл:All Saints Church - geograph.org.uk - 1770671.jpg
Blackburn Evangelical Presbyterian Church	Blackburn	Rev Norman Green		Файл:"Blackburn Evangelical Presbyterian Church" Fecitt Brow, Blackburn, Lancashire (geograph 1992944).jpg
Bury St Edmunds Presbyterian Church	Bury St Edmunds	Matthew Jolley	[2]
Cambridge Presbyterian Church	Cambridge	Rev Douglas McCallum	[3]
Chelmsford Presbyterian Church	Chelmsford	Rev Darren Moore	[4]
Durham Presbyterian Church	Durham	Rev Phil Baiden	[5]
East Hull Presbyterian Church	Hull	Vacant	[6]	Файл:The East Hull Presbyterian Church (geograph 3210104).jpg
Hexham Presbyterian Church	Hexham	Vacant	[7]
Naunton Lane Evangelical Presbyterian Church	Leckhampton, Cheltenham	Rev Matt Faux	[8]	Файл:Naunton Lane Evangelical Free Church (geograph 3023133).jpg
Oxford Presbyterian Church	Oxford (Northgate Hall)	Rev Andy Young	[9]	Файл:Northgate Hall, St Michael's Street, Oxford (crop).jpg
Sheffield Presbyterian Church	Sheffield	Rev Dr Kevin Bidwell	[10]	Файл:Attercliffe Chapel.jpg
Solihull Presbyterian Church	Solihull	Rev Dr Stephen Dancer	[11]
Sunderland Evangelical Presbyterian Church	Sunderland	Rev Nathan Hilton	[12]
Whaddon Road Evangelical Presbyterian Church	Cheltenham	Rev David Pfeiffer, Rev Larry Wilkes	[13]	Файл:Whaddon Road Evangelical Presbyterian Church (geograph 5814551).jpg
Lincoln Presbyterian Church	Lincoln	Rev Ben Thomas	[14]
Gloucester Evangelical Presbyterian Church	Gloucester	Rev Michael Cochran, Rev Tim Dalton	[15]

Wales

Congregation	Town or City	Minister	Website	Image
Christ Presbyterian Church	Barry	Rev Dr Drew Goodman	[16]
Bethel Presbyterian Church	Cardiff	Rev Andrew Graham	[17]
Immanuel Presbyterian Church	Cardiff	Rev Dr Peter Naylor	[18]	Файл:Immanuel Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Heol Trelai, Cardiff (geograph 1819385).jpg
Ely Presbyterian Church	Ely, Cardiff	Rev Philip Haines	[19]

Sweden

• Tranås, Sweden

Germany

• Berlin, Germany

Switzerland

• Zurich, Switzerland

Publications

The denomination publishes The Presbyterian Network in Spring and Autumn with theological and pastoral articles and news from its congregations.

International organisations

Along with the Free Church of Scotland and the Free Church of Scotland (Continuing), the denomination is one of the three members of the International Conference of Reformed Churches from Great Britain, and one of seven European Christian denominations who founded the European Conference of Reformed Churches. The denomination has a co-operative agreement with the Presbyterian Church in America and maintains relations with the Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Northern Ireland.

External links

• Шаблон:Commonscatinline
• Evangelical Presbyterian Church in England and Wales - Official Website