Shepshed Word of Life Church - Shepshed, Leicestershire
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N 52° 46.421 W 001° 17.490
30U E 615251 N 5848463
Shepshed Word of Life Church, a former Baptist church, Belton Street, Shepshed.
Waymark Code: WMQF85
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 02/20/2016
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Marine Biologist
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A former Baptist church based in Shepshed, a town of around 15,000 people.
A new church called Shepshed Word of Life Church, formed in November 2013 by the uniting of two long-standing churches in the town – Belton Street Baptist Church (formed in 1880) and the Evangelical Free Church on Kirkhill (formed in 1969).

"Belton Street Baptist Church was established in 1880, with the help of the Baptist New Connexion. In 1969 a group broke away to form Shepshed Evangelical Free Church, erecting its own building five minutes away on Kirkhill. Both churches continued to serve God under different pastors. In 1990, Belton Street ceded from the Baptist Union.

When Simon Clarke was called to be the pastor of the Evangelical Church in 2002/2003, he challenged the members to consider reuniting with Belton Street. We were both independent evangelical, gospel-preaching churches; what justification was there to remain separate?

In the providence of God, Belton Street’s retiring pastor, Benny Clark, was keen to leave the flock there in what he considered to be good hands and was equally committed to the marriage of the two churches. In November 2005, both churches agreed to explore the possibility of a union, and so the journey began."

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Church Address:
Shepshed Word of Life Church
Belton Street
Shepshed, Leicestershire England
LE12 9AA


Date Built: Not listed

Age of Church building determined by?: Not listed

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