OUR story

Easingwold Community Church is an informal, charismatic and family-friendly church meeting in the heart of Easingwold, and part of the Taking Ground network of churches.

The church started its life as Easingwold Christian Fellowship in 1978 after a small group of Christians in the area, hungry for revival within the church, started meeting together in homes for Bible study, worship and prayer. The group rapidly increased to around 50 adults, mostly young families. It later became clear that a similar movement was taking place across the UK in what became the House Church movement.

For 10 years, the church was led by Phil Little, head of Religious Education at Easingwold School, with support from Ray Booth, a Baptist minister from Sheffield. During this time, the church established strong foundations.

As the church grew, links were established with Philip Mohabir and his work in Guyana, particularly an orphanage and school. This movement grew into International Connections, a network of churches in the UK and around the world, of which the church was a part until after Philip’s death in 2004. Through this, many members went on mission trips to different parts of the world, including Guyana, Bosnia, China, Hong Kong, Philippines, Mongolia, Pakistan, Kenya, Russia, Peru and various parts of India.

As the focus of International Connections became less UK-based, Easingwold Christian Fellowship joined the Salt & Light network, with which it had historic links. In more recent years, Salt & Light split into spheres and the northern group of churches became Taking Ground.

For more information about Taking Ground, visit the website: www.takingground.org