HTB network
The HTB network consists of churches planted by Holy Trinity Brompton (HTB) or by HTB plants themselves. As such, it is a network of Anglican churches within the Church of England and the Church in Wales that are linked back to HTB.[1][2]
The network now comprises more than 30 of the approximately 490 churches in the Diocese of London, and 66 churches nationwide across 17 dioceses. In recent years the Church Commissioners have released tens of millions of pounds of funding to help HTB plants revitalise strategic churches.[3]
History
[edit]St Sepulchre-without-Newgate was known as the National Musicians' Church for 70 years until August 2017 when hiring of the facilities for non-religious events was banned, against assurances which had been given when HTB took over in 2013.[4][5] Fifty figures from the musical world signed an open letter urging reversal of the ban and preservation of the church's "unique national cultural remit".[5] Acting Bishop of London Pete Broadbent tried to convince the church to reverse its ban. Andrew Earis, director of music at St Martin-in-the-Fields and former director of music at St Sepulchre, said the decision was "doing irreparable harm to the church as a whole".[6]
The 2020 relaunch (as 'Citizen Church') of Church of St Andrew & St Teilo in Cardiff was controversial with members of the existing congregation. A petition titled "Save St Teilo's" asking the diocese to "reverse its decision to place a new resource church in the place of ours" received almost 2,000 signatures.[7][8] At an open parish meeting, "expressed opinion was unanimously opposed". Several people interviewed by the Church Times emphasised the importance of the church being welcoming to LGBT members. Parish treasurer Phil Hawkins described the decision to push ahead with plans without parish consultation as "appalling".[8]
A lay leader who came out as lesbian at St Luke's Church, Kentish Town reported that she had been "forced out" of the church and her position as bible study leader by vicar Jon March, when new rules for living "beyond reproach" were introduced after telling him of her sexuality, rules which among other things prohibited being in a same-sex relationship.[9][10] An internal investigation commissioned by the Bishop of Edmonton found that there were pastoral failings but not an abuse of power.[10] The woman, who received three years of therapy for symptoms of PTSD, said: "When a vicar or church rejects someone because of who they are or what they do or what they believe, it feels like God has rejected me."[9][10] Andrew Foreshew-Cain, the first Church of England vicar to marry a same-sex partner, said: "In a church like St Luke’s and Holy Trinity Brompton there is a deliberate attempt to hide what their actual attitudes are to LGBT people, but also to women in leadership."[11]
List of church plants
[edit]This list is mostly drawn from the HTB website.[12] Numbers refer to the maps below.
# | Church | Year of plant | Diocese | Planted from | Plant leaders | URL | Reference(s) |
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1 | Holy Trinity, Brompton (HTB) | N/A | London | N/A | N/A | [1] | |
2 | Church of St Barnabas, Kensington (STBK) | 1985 | London | HTB | John Irvine | [2] | [13] |
3 | St Mark's Church, Battersea Rise (City Rise) | 1987 | Southwark | HTB | Paul Perkin | [3] | [14] |
4 | St Paul's, Onslow Square (HTB Onslow Square) |
1991 | London | HTB | Nicky Lee | [4] | [15] |
5 | Oak Tree Anglican Fellowship | 1993 | London | STBK | Tim Sudworth | [5] | [16] |
6 | Ascension Church, Balham | 1994 | Southwark | SMBR | Andrew White | [6] | [17] |
7 | St Stephen's Church, Westbourne Park | 1994 | London | HTB | Tom Gillum | [7] | [18] |
8 | Christ Church, Fulham (CCF) | 1997 | London | HTB Onslow Square | Stuart Lees | [8] | |
9 | St Paul's Church, Hammersmith (SPH) | 2000 | London | HTB | Simon Downham | [9] | [14] |
10 | Church of St George the Martyr, Holborn | 2002 | London | HTB | John Valentine | [10] | [14][19] |
11 | St Mark's Church, Tollington Park | 2005 | London | HTB | Sandy Millar | [11] | [14] |
12 | St Saviour's, Hanley Road | post-2005 | London | St Mark's Tollington Park | [12] | [20] | |
13 | Emmanuel, Holloway | post-2005 | London | St Mark's Tollington Park | [13] | [20] | |
14 | St Paul's Church, Shadwell (SPS) | 2005 | London | HTB | Ric Thorpe and Jez Barnes | [14] | [21] |
15 | Holy Trinity Church, Swiss Cottage (The Lighthouse) | 2006 | London | HTB | Andy Keighley and Graham Singh | [15] | [22] |
16 | Hope Church Islington Formerly St Mary Magdalene and St David's, Islington |
2006 | London | St George Holborn | Paul Zaphiriou | [16] | [23] |
17 | St Peter's Church, Battersea (SPB) | 2007 | Southwark | SMBR | Patrick Malone | [17] | [24] |
18 | St Peter's Church, Brighton | 2009 | Chichester | HTB | Dan Millest | [18] | [14] |
19 | St Alban's Church, Fulham | 2010 | London | HTB and SPH | Matt Hogg | [19] | [14] |
20 | St John's, Hoxton | 2010 | London | Hope Church Islington | Graham Hunter | [20] | [14] |
21 | Church of All Hallows, Bow | 2010 | London | SPS | Cris Rogers | [21] | [14] |
22 | St Paul's Church, Brixton | 2010 | Southwark | Ascension Balham | Ben Goodyear | [22] | [14] |
23 | St Peter's Church, Bethnal Green | 2010 | London | SPS | Adam Atkinson | [23] | [14] |
24 | St Francis Community Church, Dalgarno Way | 2010 | London | HTB | Azariah France-Williams | [24] Archived 16 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine | [25] |
25 | St John's Hampton Wick | 2010 | London | HTB | Graham Singh and Jerry Field | [25] | [14] |
26 | St Augustine's, Queen's Gate (HTB Queen's Gate) |
2010 | London | HTB | Paul Cowley | [26] | [15] |
27 | St Luke's Church, Kentish Town (SLKT) | 2011 | London | HTB | Jon March | [27] | [26] |
28 | St Paul's Church, Hounslow West | 2012 | London | HTB | Libby Etherington | [28] | [27] |
29 | Holy Trinity Church, Clapham | 2012 | Southwark | HTB | Jago Wynne | [29] | [14] |
30 | St Sepulchre-without-Newgate | 2013 | London | HTB and St George Holborn | David Ingall | [30] | [28][29] |
31 | St Luke's Church, Millwall | 2013 | London | SPS | Ed Dix | [31] | [14] |
32 | St Thomas's Church, Norwich (STN)[a] | 2013 | Norwich | HTB | Ian Dyble | [32] | [14] |
33 | St Cuthman's Church, Whitehawk | 2013 | Chichester | St Peter's Brighton | Steve Tennant | [33] | [30] |
34 | Church of St Dionis, Parsons Green | 2014 | London | HTB | Pat Allerton | [34] | [31] |
35 | St Swithun's Church, Bournemouth[b] | 2014 | Winchester | HTB | Tim Matthews | [35] | [32] |
36 | Holy Trinity Church, Hastings | 2014 | Chichester | St Peter's Brighton | Simon and Sarah Larkin | [36] | [14] |
37 | St Swithin's Church, Lincoln | 2014 | Lincoln | HTB | Jim and Vicky Prestwood | [37] | [33] |
38 | Christ Church, Spitalfields | 2014 | London | SPS | [38] | [34] | |
39 | St Luke's Church, Gas Street | 2015 | Birmingham | HTB | Tim Hughes | [39] | [35] |
40 | St Alban's Church, Norwich[a] | 2015 | Norwich | STN | [40] | [36] | |
41 | St Barnabas' Church, Heigham[a] | c. 2015 | Norwich | STN | [41] | [37] | |
42 | St George's Church, Gateshead | 2016 | Durham | HTB | Rich Grant | [42] | [38] |
43 | Harbour Church, Portsmouth[c] | 2016 | Portsmouth | St Peter's Brighton | Alex Wood | [43] | [39] |
44 | St Matthias' Church, Canning Town | 2016 | Chelmsford | All Hallows Bow | Ben Atkins | [44] | [40] |
45 | Church of St Matthias, Plymouth | 2016 | Exeter | HTB | Olly and Ali Ryder | [45] | [41] |
46 | Trinity Church, Nottingham | 2016 | Southwell and Nottingham | HTB | Jonny and Amy Hughes | [46] | [42] |
61 | St John-at-Hackney[d] | 2016 | London | HTB | Al and Olivia Gordon | [47] | [43] |
47 | St Clement's Church, Boscombe[b] | 2017 | Winchester | St Swithun's Bournemouth | Tim Matthews | [48] | [44] |
48 | St Mark's Church, Coventry | 2017 | Coventry | HTB | Phil Atkinson | [49] | [45] |
49 | St Werburgh's Church, Derby | 2017 | Derby | HTB | Phil and Anna Mann | [50] | [14] |
50 | St Matthias' Church, Fiveways | 2017 | Chichester | St Peter's Brighton | Tom and Katy Holbird | [51] | [46] |
51 | St John the Baptist's Church, Crawley | 2017 | Chichester | St Peter's Brighton | Steve and Liz Burston | [52] | [46] |
52 | St Peter's Church, West Molesey | 2017 | Guildford | St John's Hampton Wick | Alex Munro | [53] | [47] |
53 | St Nicholas' Church, Bristol | 2018 | Bristol | HTB | Toby and Gill Flint | [54] | [20] |
54 | St Mary's Church, Southampton | 2018 | Winchester | HTB and SLKT | Jon and Hannah Finch | [55] | [20] |
55 | Pattern Church, Swindon | 2018 | Bristol | HTB | Joel Sales | [56] | [20] |
56 | St Chad's Church, Whitleigh | 2018 | Exeter | St Matthias Plymouth | Rob Fowler | [3] | |
57 | Christ Church, Feltham | 2018 | London | St Stephen's Twickenham | Andy Watkins | [57] | [3] |
58 | St Margaret's, Aspley | 2018 | Southwell and Nottingham | HTB | Rich Atkinson | [58] | [3] |
59 | St George's, Portsea[c] | 2018 | Portsmouth | Harbour Church Portsmouth | [59] | [48] | |
60 | St Alban's, Copnor[c] | 2018 | Portsmouth | Harbour Church Portsmouth | [60] | [48] | |
62 | St Luke at Hackney[d] | 2018 | London | St John-at-Hackney | [61] | [43] | |
63 | St Matthew's Church, Exeter | 2019 | Exeter | HTB | Ed and Jess Hodges | [62] | [20] |
64 | St John's Minster, Preston | 2019 | Blackburn | HTB | Sam and Hannah Haigh | [63] | [20] |
65 | St Mary's, Andover | 2019 | Winchester | HTB | Chris and Nai Bradish | [64] | [49] |
66 | St Peter's, Vauxhall | 2019 | Southwark | Holy Trinity Clapham | Emma and Michael John | [65] | [50] |
67 | Hope Street Church, Wrexham | 2020 | St Asaph (Wales) | HTB | Rachel and Andy Kitchen | [66] | |
68 | St Barnabas Penny Lane, Liverpool | 2020 | Liverpool | HTB | Alex and Laura Rayment | [67] | |
69 | St Francis, Mackworth | 2020 | Derby | St Werburgh's Derby | Andy and Rachel Bond | [68] | |
70 | St Leonard's, Shoreditch | 2020 | London | Hackney Church | Al Gordon, Naomi Maxwell and Toby Thomas | [69] | |
71 | St Wilfrid, Bognor Regis | 2020 | Chichester | St Peter's Brighton | Joel and Lella Mennie | [70] | |
72 | Citizen Church, Cardiff | 2021 | Llandaff (Wales) | Harbour Church Portsmouth | Ryan and Ellie Forey | [71] | |
73 | Nelson Street Church, Rochdale | 2021 | Manchester | HTB | Janie and James Cronin | [72] | |
74 | St Wins, Totton | 2021 | Winchester | Saint Mary's Southampton | Ali and Steve Hill | [73] | |
75 | River Church Ipswich | 2021 | St Edmundsbury and Ipswich | HTB and St Augustine's Ipswich | Matt and Amy Key | [74] | [51] |
76 | The Well, Swindon | 2021 | Bristol | Pattern Church, Swindon | Paul Freeland | [75] | |
77 | Bay Church, Torbay | 2022 | Exeter | Church of St Matthias, Plymouth and Harbour Church Portsmouth | Matt and Fiona Bray | [76] | |
78 | St Wilfrid's Wilford | 2022 | Nottingham and Southwell | Trinity Church Nottingham | George and Katie White | ||
79 | Concord Church, Bristol | 2022 | Bristol | St Nicholas' Church, Bristol | Andy Carter | [76] | |
80 | Fabric Church | 2023 | Manchester | HTB | Mark & Jo Roper and Nakita Ainsworth | [52] | |
81 | St George's | ref | Newcastle-under-Lyme | HTB | Martin Ball | [77] https://www.stgn.org/ |
Maps
[edit]London
[edit]England & Wales
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ a b c Operates as one church in three church buildings: St Thomas's Norwich, St Barnabas' Heigham and St Alban's Grove Walk
- ^ a b Operates as one church in two church buildings: St Swithun's Bournemouth and St Clement's Boscombe
- ^ a b c Operates as one church in three buildings: Harbour Church, St George's, Portsea and St Alban's, Copnor
- ^ a b Operates as one church in two buildings: St John-at-Hackney and St Luke at Hackney
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