Who We Are – Loughborough Baptist Church

What We Believe

We are a church made up of people from many different age groups, cultures and backgrounds but we share a desire to follow Jesus. We hold in common that in the life, death and resurrection of Jesus, God has shown His love for a broken world. We seek to follow Jesus’ teachings and example as found in the Bible.

Worship and prayer is at the heart of our life together.

Wherever you may be on your spiritual journey, at Loughborough Baptist Church you will find a supportive community that will always seek to help you grow as a person and a follower of Jesus.

About Baptists

Baptism is following the example of Jesus who himself was baptised. Baptists see themselves as a distinct movement that can trace its roots back to the renewal of Church life in the 16th and 17th century. Early Baptists were influenced by dissenting Christians from the continent and England. From these they took their understanding of Baptism – by full immersion and as a personal decision to follow Jesus. Also that every Church member, under God, has a say in the way the Church is run and what activities are developed.

Leadership

THE MINISTER

The minister has responsibility for the conduct of Worship of the church and the Pastoral Care of its wider congregation

THE DEACONS

Elected from the membersip, deacons work alongside the minister to form the leadership team

Diaconate 2025

Staff

PASTORAL WORKER

The part-time paid Pastoral Worker supports, enables and develops the pastoral team in its work among members and contacts of the church

CHILDREN & FAMILIES WORKER

The part-time paid Family Worker coordinates the volunteer leaders in the childrens work and is also part of the Sunday Club team

Georgia Ridout

candf@lbcweb.org.uk

CATERING

Our Catering Staff prepare food for the lunch-time Cafe and for our Lunch Club, and in addition cater for special occasions within the church

Alison and Geraldine

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Our History

1753 – A small group of Baptists met in a house in the town and seven years later the first pastors for the growing Church appointed.

1792 – The first dedicated Church building erected on Wood Gate.

1804 – The Sunday School began which for many years provided basic education for the children of the poor. The number of children attending the school quickly rose and by the 1830s numbered over 800.

1828 – The present building on Baxter Gate erected which was needed because of the increasing membership and needs of the Sunday School.

1846 – A group left the Baxter Gate Church and were allowed to use the old building on Wood Gate.

1878 – An imposing Romanesque building erected on Wood Gate next to the 1792 Church building.

1898 – The third Baptist Church on King Street opened.

1904 – Extensive Sunday School buildings erected over the grave yard of the Wood Gate Church. This also included the demolition of the original 1792 building.

1973 – The first united Church Meeting of the three town Baptist Churches.

1974 – Regular services in the refurbished Baxter Gate worship room began.

Many of the town’s leading citizens including several Mayors, Aldermen and Councillors came from the three Baptist Churches during the period from the mid 19th century to the mid 20th century.