Annual Review 2024-2025
Welcome! This past year has been an exciting new chapter for Christ Church London, as we and the Leadership Team have been privileged to serve our church family together. We’ve celebrated some incredible moments – our joint services with record numbers being baptised, vibrant growth across our children’s and youth work, and the launch of our key values of Presence, Formation, and Mission.
Prayer has deepened across our services through our Prayer Rooms, STEPS and Alpha courses have welcomed many exploring faith, and the church responded with extraordinary generosity in our biggest ever Gift Day offering. We loved gathering as a church family at the Wildfires Festival this summer and look forward to it next year! And though we’re sad to say goodbye to Helen and Shaninga Marasha, former leaders of our Stockwell Service, as they move to South Africa, we’re grateful for their leadership and excited for what’s ahead. Thank you you for being part of this journey with us; as we celebrate God’s faithfulness over the past year, we look forward with hope and expectation for all he has in store.
Co-senior leaders
Year in Review
We have had an average of 520 people attend our services each week. We celebrated CCL’s 20th birthday in October with a joint service together at Mary Ward House, and witnessed 27 people get baptised at our Gather 25 service in March! In Sutton, both English and Cantonese services began to meet together every other week as a further step towards joint fellowship and community.
Social Action
CCL has partnered with IJM for over a decade, supporting their tireless work to end modern-day slavery and stop violence. Our more recent contributions have been towards their pilot project in the Dominican Republic, where they worked with the government and local communities to tackle sex trafficking of children. Their work has led to a 78% decrease in the commercial sexual exploitation of children.
