Queen Edith Chapel
Wulfstan Way
Cambridge
CB1 8QN
www.queenedithchapel.org

Together – With Jesus at the Centre – Reaching our Community

Queen Edith Chapel is an independent evangelical church in South Cambridge in the Queen Edith Ward close to Addenbrookes Hospital. 

Queen Edith Chapel started as a church plant from a Christian Brethren Meeting in the City centre during the 1950s with an outreach vision to families, children and young people in what was then a new housing area for Cambridge. From the outset, the church formed its own identity with an attitude of openness and responsiveness to its surrounding community. The church has been led over the intervening years by a succession of Eldership teams, together with the support of full time employed personnel, particularly over the past 35-40 years. Inevitably, worship styles have changed over the years, although the value of open congregational worship with its encouragement of exercising spiritual gift within church life remains as a key feature. The church has always valued a pluralistic style of leadership, and in recent years has increasingly appreciated the input of salaried staff in the areas of pastoral care, teaching and outreach.

Our premisies have been extended and developed over the church’s lifetime and incorporate a main meeting hall, a variety of small rooms, community facilities, a well-equipped kitchen and multi-purpose sports hall. An internal renovation of the premises is currently being planned and managed.

The dominant attitude towards the church by the fellowship would be expressed by sentiments of a welcoming spiritual home and family, together with the thought that it is a place where a personal relationship with Christ can be expressed with openness, thus encouraging personal spiritual growth and maturity. The attitude to newcomers and international visitors is expressed through an informal welcoming/friendship and ready acceptance and inclusion within the fellowship at the earliest opportunity.

Outreach and the support of mission is an integral and vital part of church life. Many are active in personal friendship evangelism as part of their Christian lifestyle. In a more structured way, there are many vibrant groups and activities, run and based on the premises, serving the community amongst children, young people, and the elderly. Support is further given to missionaries serving in South America and France, together with local and national missions based in the UK.

External Affiliations

· The Evangelical Alliance - as such we accept the Basis of Faith held by this national organisation.

· Counties - an evangelism support network for independent churches, providing advice, literature and resources on a regional basis.

Website
www.queenedithchapel.org
Provides general information about the church, further details about the role, and a fuller Church Profile