About Us: Brief History of the Church

Kingshurst Evangelical Church began in 1961, when a group of Christians started to meet in homes on the Kingshurst estate. As the Lord blessed the work, many people were added to the fellowship, which now met in a local school and community hall, and gradually a general pattern of the work at Kingshurst took shape.

In 1965, sensing the challenge of proposals for a vast, new housing estate, Chelmsley Wood, members applied for a site on which to build a place of worship at a focal point within the community. In answer to much prayer the Lord in a truly miraculous way enabled the purchase of our present site.

The building was opened in 1976, which consisted of just a hall, lounge, small kitchen and office. In 2002 the Community Care Centre extension was opened, allowing us to better reach out to the community God has set us in.