Where our story started: the past

There’s been a Christian church in the area since around 800AD. You can find the lineage of the church on the history area of the website. There is an evangelical story stretching back to the 1590s (Hambledon) and 1960s (Brighton Road Busbridge). Rev Charles and John Wesley, who founded Methodism, have connections to Church Street Godalming Town Centre. John Wesley preached at Church Street Godalming (1770s), and the Wesley brothers were sponsored in their work by James Oglethorpe. He was a Godalming landowner and founder of the US State of Georgia, with a ban on slavery. Like many churches, experience of the charismatic gifts of the Holy Spirit can be traced to the 1970s (Hambledon) and 1990s (Brighton Road Busbridge). Several Church of England clergy and Bishops can trace their faith to Hambledon’s evangelical heritage.

If you’d like to know more about any of this, then get in touch or look for a church near to you which is running The Alpha Course.

The statements of faith of The Church of England's 39 Articles of Religion; Anglican Church Pastoral Aid Society and New Wine are helpful in explaining what we believe.

Mission partners

We support a number of groups doing good things in the community, with belief and social action. We provide funding, volunteers and prayer.