Growing God's Kingdom in Hinckley
27th January 2025It was a joy-filled service of new beginnings and commitment to shared ministry, as the Revd Kim Ford was welcomed into the parish of St John’s Hinckley
News & Stories
The Good Shepherd, Loughborough Welcomes New Worshipping Families Into The Fold
1st August 2024Last Autumn, three families felt a shared sense of calling to become part of the weekly worshipping community at The Good Shepherd.
Bishop Saju's Video Message on Learnings from Resourcing Churches
1st May 2024Bishop Saju shares some of the learning from leaders from the resourcing churches and the insights which are important for churches of all contexts and traditions in our diocese as well as an update on the successes of the programme.
Reaching New People, Enabling New Leaders
18th January 2024An update from the Resourcing Churches Programme from Revd Michael Broadley and Revd Sami Lindsey, who have recently been appointed to help lead the programme.
Baptisms at St Barnabas
7th February 2023There was great joy at a recent service of Baptism at St Barnabas Grange Park in Loughborough, one of our Resourcing Church plants.
Twelve people confirmed in January across the diocese
30th January 2023This month confirmation services have taken place at St Deny's, Ibstock, the Parish of the Transfiguration, Market Harborough, and The Church of The Martyrs, Leicester.
The Beacon Church Celebrates Its First Year
14th November 2022A new Diocese of Leicester church planted in Hinckley has marked its first year as a worshiping community.
Limitless launched in Market Harborough
8th September 2022Spirits were high at the church of St Hugh on Sunday, as members of the five Harborough Anglican Churches came together to launch Limitless, a new youth focused intergenerational worshipping community. It was an evening of celebration, with live music, Bible study, brightly coloured bunting and a spectacular cake.
Synod explores New Communities strategic priority
14th March 2022As we continue to journey into what it means to be Shaped By God Together, Diocesan Synod is focusing on one of the five diocesan strategic priorities at each of its meetings in 2022 and 2023. At the last meeting it turned to focus on the priority of new worshipping communities. Jonathan Dowman, who leads our work with fresh expressions of Church, and Barry Hill, who leads our work with Resourcing Churches presented more on the why, what and how of new worshipping communities and pioneering.
New church plant formed during lockdown starts weekly services
13th September 2021The last eighteen months haven't been easy for any of our churches. We've faced new challenges and learnt new skills, and now many of us are far more adept at Zoom or taking church online than we'd ever have thought we would be. Most of us have found that it's been hard enough to sustain what already exists, so imagine what it must be like to try and launch a brand new church during a pandemic. That's what The Beacon in Hinckley have done.
