Church Planting

In October 2020, OM church planter Tim Berry spoke with writer Nicky Andrews about launching City Church Wolverhampton (CCW) during lockdown, when CCW was 8 people meeting online. In April 2024, Nicky visited Wolverhampton to meet with Tim, and found a growing church with a dynamic mix of outward focus and hospitality.
"Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit." – Matthew 28:19 (NIVUK)
Photo by RJ Rempel.
Church communities are growing in South Asia despite persecution. OMer and UK native Henry* visited South Asia and saw the joy and freedom in Christ of the believers there, and the multiplication that is taking place through house-church fellowships.
"If I have Jesus, I have everything,” Jordan from Bulgaria says. Before choosing to follow Christ, he was without hope. This same hope that has received from Christ is what he desires to share with others.
What’s it like planting a church in the middle of a pandemic? Tim moved from the USA to the UK with Dutch wife Renske and their family at the end of 2019, and launched City Church Wolverhampton in the spring of 2020 — during the first national lockdown.