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Steve Tibbert leads King’s Church London, with sites in Catford, Downham, Lee and Beckenham. The church has seen continued growth since the mid-1990s, both in terms of size and diversity.

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14 Mar 2024

Move to Multiple Meetings

Back in May 2005, I remember sitting in a meeting at the Catford building with Steve and Cindy Nicolson, long time friends from the USA Vineyard. I had been leading King’s for ten years, and the church had been growing steadily. Two building projects in 2000 and 2003 had increased our capacity, but our auditorium was now full once again. On Steve’s counsel, we decided to try moving to multiple meetings for the first time. It was an exciting (and slightly nerve-wracking) time as we launched this new venture. The big question was, would it work?

Well, yes it did. In fact, by 2010 we had three Sunday meetings at our Catford venue, and we were running out of space once again. To solve the problem on this occasion, we bought a large school building for £3.5million, while at about the same time, the Downham church asked if they could join us. In just a few years we had gone from a being a church of one site with just one meeting, to being a multi-site church with multiple meetings. Fast forward to 2024, and we now have six meetings across four sites, in Catford, Downham, Beckenham and Lee. However, once again we find ourselves running out of space at some of our venues.

Lee’s story has been similar to Catford’s. After purchasing the Lee building in 2010, we built a 500 seater auditorium which has now become full. So, this coming Sunday we will be moving to two meetings at our Lee site, at 9.30am and 11.30am. At the same time we will also change the timings of our Catford meetings to 10.00am and 12 noon.

Adding more meetings is still both exciting and a little scary, but steps of faith require us to stretch, while trusting that God will move. Additional meetings also bring a need for more volunteers, and I would like to thank everybody at Lee who has responded to the call and signed up to serve.

So King’s, it’s another big moment this Sunday, and we value your prayers as we look to Reach more people for Jesus.

 

14 Mar 2024

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