Carey Baptist Church, Reading
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| country = England
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| website = [http://careybaptistchurch.org.uk/ careybaptistchurch.org.uk]
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Carey Baptist Church is an independent evangelical/Baptist church in Reading, England.[http://www.findachurch.co.uk/churches/su/su77/careybc/ Carey Baptist Church, Reading], [http://www.findachurch.co.uk/ Find a Church], UK.
History
The church was founded in 1867 and was named after William Carey, a famous missionary from Northamptonshire, who went to India in 1793, and never returned to his homeland.[http://www.wmcarey.edu/carey/links/churches.htm] Churches named for William Carey, webpage of William Carey University, accessed 11 May 2011.
Carey's first pastor was John Howard Hinton.Bill Newton (2017). One Hundred and Fifty: Carey Baptist Church 1867-2017.
Notable past elders include Rev. Theodore Harold Bendor-Samuel.[https://www.evangelical-times.org/27975/theodore-bendor-samuel/] Theodore Bendor-Samuel, April 1998, Evangelical Times
In the mid-1970s two members of Carey, David and Madeleine Potter, founded a Christian Charity called Prospects to support learning disabled adults and help them reach their full potential. In 2016, Prospects became part of the Livability Group. {{cite web|url=https://livability.org.uk/celebrating-40-year-journey-charity-prospects-people-learning-disabilities/|title=Celebrating the 40 year journey of the charity: Prospects – for people with learning disabilities|date=May 2016|accessdate=14 August 2020|website=Livability}}
Additional premises, The Carey Centre, in Anstey Road (a parallel road behind the chapel) were acquired in 1993, following the closure of Central Evangelical Church.
As of June 2009, Carey Baptist Church now owns part of what was the Oasis Public House.
Carey today
The church building is on Carey Street (Anstey Road) in central Reading, close to the Inner Distribution Road (IDR), Oxford Road, and The Hexagon.
The main service times are 10:30 and 18:00 on Sunday. MP3-format files of the sermons are available on the church's website[http://www.careybaptistchurch.org.uk/sermons Sermons], Carey Baptist Church, Reading, UK. and Sunday services are streamed live from the website. Sunday services can also be watched live on Facebook or YouTube.
The church is affiliated to Affinity and the FIEC Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches.
The current pastors are James Muldoon and David Magowan."[http://www.whitbygazette.co.uk/news/local/minister_set_to_move_on_to_pastures_new_1_1884685 Minister set to move on to pastures new]," 5 August 2009, Whitby Gazette. Jonathan Stephen left the church on 16 July 2006 to take up the position of principal of the Wales Evangelical School of Theology in September 2006,{{cite web |url=http://www.west.org.uk/Faculty |title=Faculty at WEST |accessdate=11 May 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609151739/http://www.west.org.uk/Faculty |archivedate=9 June 2011 }} Rev. C. Jonathan Stephen, Principal, faculty page, Wales Evangelical School of Theology, accessed 11 May 2011. while Basil Howlett retired from the position of co-pastor in January 2009.
=Missions=
The church continues to work in the tradition of William Carey by sending missionaries abroad to India "[http://www.getwokingham.co.uk/news/s/2485_praying_that_ian_will_be_freed Praying that Ian will be freed] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928170315/http://www.getwokingham.co.uk/news/s/2485_praying_that_ian_will_be_freed |date=2011-09-28 }}", 14 January 2002, GET Workingham newspaper."Stillman hearing challenged," 25 January 2002, Church Times. and the Amazon."[http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/s/12729_can_you_help_fill_a_shoebox Can you help fill a shoebox?], 26 August 2005, Get Surrey newspaper. In 2005 a missionary from Carey, David Barnes, was serving in Aysana, a small village, about five hours down river from Iquitos, Peru.
Ian Stillman, a deaf missionary sent to India by Carey Baptist, was arrested in August 2000 and charged with smuggling 20 kilograms of cannabis after the drug was found in a shared taxi. It is widely believed that the charges were fabricated. Parliament "pa(id) tribute" to Carey Baptist on the successful campaign to obtain Stillman's release from prison.[http://www.parliament.uk/edm/print/2002-03/321] "Early day motion 321." 9 December 2002, Parliament of the United Kingdom.
References
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External links
- {{Official website}}
- [http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2212792849 Carey Baptist Church group] on Facebook
Category:Churches in Reading, Berkshire
Category:Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches
Category:Baptist churches in Berkshire