What's happening at Inglewood ?

Hi All,

You may have heard some rumours about Inglewood Church of Christ merging with a Baptist church and giving them everything we have - not all true, but not all wrong either.

As ICOC looked at how we could best move forward to becoming an even healthier church it became clear that we just didn't have the resources to do it well. As we considered our options (which included - closing to release funds for church planting - merging with another COC - continuing as is) a discussion occured with the local Baptist church in Bedford. Due to where they were at, their values, mission focus and passion, it became clear that a merged church would be a good move for our members, for evangelism, and for the kingdom. So that's what we did.

We have been meeting for three weeks now and it has been awesome. There is a wonderful sense of God's presence, harmony and blessing. It was a huge step of faith but so far so good.

Regarding the rumours -

• Yes, we will be called Inglewood Community Church
• Yes, we are meeting where ICOC has been meeting for the past 2 1/2 years (at the Inglewood Community Centre)
• Yes, we will still be using the facilities in 6th Ave for our weekly activities
• No, they didn't get everything. In consultation with Mark Edwards (the Baptist Pastor) the people, ministries, assets and resources will be a part of the merge, but we want to honour the Churches of Christ heritage, so the building will be given to COCWA with a request that Inglewood Community Church be honoured when the facility is eventually sold.
• Yes, we will be a Baptist church.
• Yes, our official launch will be on the 21st September.

Bless you all and if you have any further questions please give me a call.

Colin Craggs
04 22 89 44 79
ICOC@bigpond.com