Kingswood Baptist Church are a growing, multi-ethnic and inter-generational fellowship located in Basildon, varied in church backgrounds with one thing in common: we are committed to being and making disciples of Jesus.
It’s has now been two years since our minister moved on, and we have been without a minister. We are extremely grateful to those churches in the association and others who have been supporting us with preachers.
Although attendance has dropped during our pastoral vacancy, we continue to have two services on a Sunday morning. We have around 80-100 people attending our first service and 50-60 at our second; and most months we see new faces. Our desire is to be a place to grow, so we are trusting that a new minister will provide some continuity and that the new faces we see may settle and worship with us.
During our pastoral vacancy we have tried to continue to be forward looking, launching new growth groups in September 2024; and like many churches we continue to develop and invest in our online ministry, reaching people beyond our building.
In September 2025 we held a young adults (18-35) weekend supported by Isabella Senior from the Baptist Union. Our teaching theme for the Saturday sessions was ‘going deeper with God’ and in the evening this was followed by a worship night. We give thanks for the good number of young adults who engaged in the weekend both from our church and other surrounding churches.
The appointment earlier in the year of our Youth and Outreach Worker has enabled a focus on our teenagers. They have recently started a Youth Alpha, with seven teenagers attending.
We are shortly due to apply for pre-planning permission for the expansion of our premises with a new hall and meeting rooms to provide opportunities for missional activities.
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