Commissioning Redeemer Church

Lats Sunday saw the two congregations of Emmanuel Church, Durham and Chester-le-Street, meet together for the final time, as we commissioned our Chester-le-Street congregation to launch as the newly independent Redeemer Church Chester-le-Street.

We’re so grateful to God for what He has done in and through both congregations, and excited to see what He will do in and through both churches in this new chapter.

You can hear Ali’s talk from the meeting here. Below, watch as Matt Cray and Claire Scott pray for our elders and wives in Emmanuel and enjoy some photos from the day.

A message from Steve Oliver

We’ve just received the latest newsletter from Regions Beyond, the family of churches that we’re part of.

It includes news from Hope Church in London and Jubilee Church in Hull, plus a New Year message from Steve Oliver, who leads the network. Read it here. Enjoy!

Redeemer Church Values

This month, we are releasing a number of launch videos for our Chester-le-Street congregation as they prepare to become Redeemer Church on Sunday 26th January.

For this week’s video, we take a closer look at the 6 values of Redeemer Church:

• Up - Grace

  - Power

• In - Authenticity

  - Generosity

• Out - Courage

  - Mercy

You can watch the video below.

The last of the videos will be shown next Sunday (19th January) during our joint commissioning service at The Durham Centre.