About Us
We are an evangelical church made up of people from diverse backgrounds, united by our love for Jesus and for each other. Over recent times we have been learning what it means to be '...built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit', Ephesians 2:22.
As a church, we are independently financed and we are registered and operated as a charity. We believe that the Bible is God's word, so we study it and try to apply it to all aspects of our lives. We believe in God the Father, His son Jesus, and in the Holy Spirit and we actively encourage spiritual gifts.
We work closely with lots of other churches across the city, and play an active part in joint initiatives. We’ve had a strong historic link to the Icthus Christian Fellowship in London, and have adopted the Evangelical Alliance’s statement of faith.
meet the team
Rich is our chair of trustees and is also responsible for co-ordinating our teaching programme. Rich is an architect, and (little known fact) a fabulous dancer.
Brian is a trustee of the church and together with Joy sits on the leadership team at King's. He leads the Personnel Team. Together, Brian and Joy have three adult children, and they are proud grandparents of 3 wonderful toddlers. Brian brings a balance to the leadership team, being the only clean shaven guy in the group.
Ellen is our church administrator, being uniquely talented at plate spinning. In her spare time, Ellen makes up songs, such as 'Octopus (you are my Octopus)' and 'Get your socks on'. Future classics for sure.
Jif and Angie co-ordinate much of our outreach activities, having joined King's after doing an Alpha course in 1994. They have two boys and are based in North Baddesley.
Nathan and Miriam serve on the leadership team and have been with us at King's for over 10 years. Nathan leads the leaders team, and is responsible for pastoral oversight, life groups, and worship in particular. They live in Bassett with their four children, Reuben, Joanna, Malachi and Rosie. Their family is estimated to consume 288 freshly made waffles every year. You can email Nathan using the link below.
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Martin and his wife Lisa have been at King’s Church since 1990. They have four children, Becky, Nathan, Lauren and Rachel, and live in Bassett. Martin and Lisa co-ordinate and encourage the prayer life of the church.
Joe works for King's as a youth worker and evangelist. He splits his time between King's Church and Young Life.
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Youth Ministries
The Youth (11-16s) meet regularly to do life together - be it supporting each other, enjoying God's presence and asking His perspective in prayer, or working out what the Bible says about relevant issues to teenage life, expressing worship together, socials, cooking, outdoor activities, the list is seemingly endless. The aim of our youth ministry is to encourage our teenagers to relate to Jesus for themselves. We have a regular week-night youth session, as well as socials and trips through out the term. If you're interested to find out more, please contact Ellen or Joe.
Kid's Ministry
As part of our Sunday get togethers, we normally run a range of kids groups in separate spaces, alongside the teaching programme for adults.
It's our goal that the children meet with God to the same extent as the adults. The programme is diverse and aims to build a caring, nurturing environment where the children can learn and have serious fun.
For more information, contact Heather
Stuff for Men
We want to connect together in all walks of life - including as guys together. We regularly host a men's weekend away. For more information, please contact Martin or Gareth.
Women's Ministry
Ladies’ fellowship group 'Oasis' meets twice a week.
Beyond this, we run special events, including cheese & wine nights and craft evenings, and a weekend away in the springtime.
For more information contact Debbie
Pastoral Support
We aim to support everyone in our church through whatever trials they may be facing. We will often stand together with people, praying for them, reaching out with practical support when it helps. We have a network of pastoral helpers who we aim to equip and resource to serve the whole church.
Support networks range from individual discipleship groups, life groups and the leadership team which regularly meets to pray for the church and any ongoing issues.
The pastoral support is overseen by Nathan and Miriam
Prayer
Prayer is the essential ingredient in every aspect of church life - in fact, it's a key part of our calling as a church. Our vision is for everyone in our church to be encouraging others and to be encouraged themselves. Getting along to prayer meetings is just a part of this. We run regular weekly and monthly prayer meetings, including early morning sessions, daytime and evening meetings.
We meet to pray for our close friends in the Congo, as well as regularly praying and supporting our mission partners as a church.
We're also searching out other ways to engage creatively in prayer. We recently ran a 48 hour prayer room, for example. and we regularly host our friends at Southampton House of Prayer.
Local Community
As a church, we are committed to serving our community with the same passion that Jesus did.
For us, that involves putting on events to engage with those living locally, setting up and running charitable organisations to support specific needs, and supporting other charities working with all kinds of groups in our area.
“Give justice to the poor and the orphan; uphold the rights of the oppressed and the destitute. Rescue the poor
and helpless…”
(Psalm 82:3-4)
Cafe 153
We live together in community - it's a priviledge to share in the lives of those around us. Our community cafe exists to serve people by providing a warm, welcoming place to eat and drink and a place to develop friendships and meet others.
National and International Community
As a church, we are committed to serving those who run or take part in mission and to support missions locally and globally financially as well as in prayer.
To find out more about who we support and how you can support them read more on our Mission page here.
Safeguarding
