About Us

The South Central Gospel Partnership is a group of Evangelical churches in the south central region of England working together to promote the gospel of Christ. This includes strengthening and planting churches and training leaders.

Building on relationships between churches that have grown over the last 6 years of the South Central Ministry Training Course, this gospel partnership initiative is formalising the friendship between like-minded churches in this region. It is our belief that together we can do certain thing better than individually, and that the gospel will advance as we work together to promote Christ to the people of the South Central region.

The Ministry Training Course continues to run as a service to local churches - to train up church apprentices/interns and congregation members to handle and teach the Bible in any context. See more on the ‘Course' tab. There is also a programme of events being run over the next year with the aim of strengthening church leaders and members. See the ‘Events' page for more information.

In the future we hope, under God, to identify and plant churches in needy areas, and work together in evangelism. We will operate in two main geographical clusters centering on Reading and Oxford.

The partnership is not exclusive, but has begun with the natural friendship between the following church leaders:

  • Piers Bickersteth from Aborfield and Barkham Churches, nr Reading
  • Peter Comont from Magdalen Road Church, Oxford
  • Edward Coombs from St Paul's, Banbury
  • David Earl from Marston Neighbourhood Church, Oxford
  • James Muldoon from Carey Baptist, Reading
  • Vaughan Roberts from St Ebbe's, Oxford
  • Andy Robinson from Woodstock Road Baptist Church, Oxford
  • Jeff Steadman from Long Crendon Baptist Church
  • Will Stileman from St Mary's, Maidenhead
  • Tim Welch from Cambray Baptist Church, Cheltenham