History

In the Spring of 1932 a group of believers in the Lord Jesus Christ met to discuss the formation of a new evangelical Christian fellowship in Minehead. They had limited resources and no premesis in which to meet but they also had faith that God honours those who follow his leading. Within a short time regular Sunday services were being held in the local Women's Institute Hall. For the next few years that was the "home" of what was then known as "Millbridge Evangelical Mission".

By 1934 the prospect of building their own premises was being considered and in October 1936 the opening ceremony for the current church building in Parkhouse Road was held.

It wasn't until 1943 that the first Pastor, Rev A. J. Brown, was called to the fellowship. Since then God has brought the following Pastors to Millbridge: Rev D. M. Russell-Jones (1946-1948), Rev F. A. Hart (1948-1956), Rev A. V. McCandlish (1956-1968), Rev Morris Bird (1968-1981), Rev Patrick Hawes (1982-1988), Rev Ray Geale (1988-1994), Rev Tim Gill (1994-2003), and our current Pastor Rev Matthew Cottington who joined us in 2006.

In many ways it's unfair to only mention the pastors by name as the church is really about all the fellowship. Millbridge Church is the people (including the Pastor of course) who make up the fellowship. Of these there are too many to mention who have given themselves over the years to God's work at Millbridge. Most of all, Millbridge is a testimony to the grace of God who has been the real power behind it all from the beginning.

Millbridge Today

Today the church is a mixture of young and old. As a fellowship we worship the Lord Jesus Christ and make it our aim to glorify him and share the good news of his salvation to all people.

We have a concern for Minehead and are eager to bring the love of Christ to the people of the town. We welcome all people to join us for worship on Sundays and also to our midweek meetings.

We also regularly support three mission workers. Lloyd & Katherine Porter (OM, Australia), Margaret Langdon (Wycliffe Bible Translators, Burkina Faso, Africa) and Robin & Muno Asgher (FIEC Church Planters, Cranford, London).

If you are interested in finding out more about Christianity, or if you have any needs we can support you through, please contact us. Feel free to inform us of any prayer requests you may wish to share.

 

"Whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God." (1 Corinthians 10:31).