Growing Churches

Planting and growing life-giving churches that reproduce churches across the nation

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We are fully committed to our shared task of making the gospel of Jesus Christ known in individual lives and communities.

We aim to facilitate the movement’s ever-increasing and effective planting of Elim churches across the nations.

In 2022, first-time planter Pete Benest felt God call him and his wife Sarah to start a church. With the congregation now well established, we asked him about its early days and the lessons he’s learned from them

I’ve learned that inmates are the same the world over!

With a wealth of experience from the UK, chaplain Simeon Sturney is helping churches and prisons in Ghana support offenders too. His new book proved to be the perfect training tool on a recent visit. Chris Rolfe reports.

Our church already feels like a family

Last year, Richard and Klaudia Cairns moved to Barnsley to launch Inside Out Church. Now, fresh from celebrating its first anniversary, they told Chris Rolfe about their first year in action

Peace in the Prayer Space

At Elim Leaders Summit, the Prayer Space became a place where anxious hearts found peace, tired leaders found strength, and quiet moments of prayer began bearing fruit far beyond the event itself.

We’re giving our community some food for thought...

From an evangelistic food bank to plans for a £3m building project, God is blessing people in and through Elim Croydon, says pastor Cornelius Osei-Fosu

It’s time to get technical!

Tech can help you fulfil your vision for your church, but where do you start and how to you manage it? Experts NoiseBoys have some simple advice.

The Spirit is always calling the church forward.

God is always renewing us and leading us into new territory – but are we listening? asks Malcolm Duncan

My past experience gives me a unique part to play

Sid Thurlow was once a heroin addict, drug dealer and all-round rotten egg. He is now pastoring the recovery community alongside daily duties at his church in Southend while completing his MiT.