Letchworth Garden City Church
Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire

We are a multicultural family church based in Letchworth, North Hertfordshire.

Our values

We are a family & all are welcome.

Church is not simply a place you go, but a family to belong to.

We are devoted.

Living life to its fullest through the help of the Holy Spirit.

We are generous.

We give the best of all we have - our talents, time and finances.

We are involved.

To serve is in our nature and we know we can achieve infinitely more together than we ever could apart.

We are faithful.

We exist to see those far from God come to new life in him.

We gather.

Time together is not simply important, but essential.

We serve our community.

To see our society transformed from distress & poverty to peace & prosperity.

 

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Letchworth Garden City Church (as we know it today) originally started as a small home group Bible study in Common View, Letchworth in the 1920’s.

During these gatherings, studying the Bible, singing in worship and praying for each other and God’s people was done. As it grew, it provided ministry to other communities as small fellowships were also formed in nearby towns. There were also many open-air meetings in the town and surrounding area. A very small pedal organ was carried to each witness meeting, along with other instruments.

As the church grew and gained its own building in Letchworth, a choir and orchestra came into being (in 1932) for worship and praise to God.

From this time, the church grew very slowly, and then in 1939 the Second World War broke out. However, it was told that in one prayer meeting the church was given a promise in prophecy that no bombs would drop on Letchworth. To our knowledge, that was true and they dropped outside of the Letchworth boundary.

Besides the main Sunday meetings, the Sunday school was held on a Sunday afternoon at 3pm. The anniversaries each year were a highlight for the children when they received a book for attendance at a special service of praise. The yearly outing was to a local place for a picnic, games and fellowship, travelling in a furniture van. Alternatively they went to the seaside, saving up each week at Sunday school for the fare and spending money. For many, this was the outing of the year.

1940s onwards

During the 1940s there were other types of programmes, including open-air services around the estates in the summer, which were called Garden Evenings. Some Sunday nights in the summer members would go outside after the service and hold an open-air meeting. At times the pastor would change his message as the Spirit led him, and on most Sunday mornings the gifts of the Spirit were witnessed. God’s power was felt and moved the worshippers to God’s glory.

By the late 1940s, there were some very special outreach meetings, starting with a four-week divine healing campaign. 5th March 1940 was a snowy Saturday night when between 70-80 people gathered in the church for the first meeting of what was to prove to be an amazing revival for Letchworth. So intense was the local interest that greater numbers attended, rising to 450 people congregating for the close, a month later. Never before had the Letchworth church witnessed such scenes of enthusiasm, healings and converts to Jesus.

Some twenty years or so later, during the 1980s, some of the church left to help set up a church in another town. However, even though this left a gap in the fellowship, the church continued to grow. Along with the change in numbers, a worship group was formed, which brought stronger worship to the Lord with praising and prayers. This saw the introduction of an amplifier system and the overhead system. As a result of this, the hymn books were no longer used.

The name of the church was changed in the 1980’s from Elim Church to “Church on the Way”, as the early followers of Jesus were known as People of the Way (Acts 9:2). Then in the ‘90s, the name was changed again to “Letchworth Christian Fellowship”. Many pastors have contributed to the growth of LGCC, from its small beginnings as a Bible study group to the church we have today. Though the leaders and members may have changed throughout the years, God is continuing to fulfil his purpose of reaching the lost in and around Letchworth.