Amazing Grace Church started in February 2008 in the Chadwick’s home in Bromley. We were planted out from the Lee Community Church in Lee-On-Solent in Hampshire. The church started with three couples and two children. God soon added to our number and in April we moved into Bromley Community House in South Street. Finding a venue for Sundays proved very difficult and we decided to have our meetings on Saturday evenings.

For us 2008 has been a year full of challenges and opportunities. From such a tiny beginning God has blessed us with a network of wonderful friends among the churches in Bromley and greater London area. We regularly receive visitors from other churches who come to get refreshed by what God is doing in our midst.

We have been particularly thrilled by the diversity of people God has added to our number. Again and again God has amazed us with demonstrations of His grace and power. We have seen lives transformed, souls saved, bodies healed, minds restored and spirits refreshed. Every week we hear testimonies giving God praise for His goodness and love as people encounter Him.

This is what we want! This is what we are here for! Not for “church as usual”, but for life changing encounters with God.

Oct' 2011: With about 3 1/2 years of planting the Amazing Grace Church behind us we can say 'Wow, it's been hard work!' Still, it's been a great privilege, there's nothing else we would rather do. We've seen many changes, seen many lives changed, and in the process the church has slowly been growing. I feel in my heart now that the Amazing Grace Church has reached the point of being established. We are 'planted'! Of course that doesn't mean 'we've arrived'. Perhaps we can call it 'the end of the beginning'.

A significant development in the dynamics of Russell's ministry was his appointment a year ago as Bromley Town Centre Chaplain. This has been a delightful vehicle to facilitate enhanced relationships with many of the ministers and congregations also serving the Bromley Community. It's also served to facilitate better access into the commercial community in Bromley.

From having one home group in our home we've moved into having 2 mid-week groups meeting in other homes. Yes!

Having rented a spacious 4 bedroom house with our children and grandchildren, this year we felt it was time to all have our own homes. As a result Gerrie and I now live in relative peace in our little 2 bedroom apartment. The transition has been a bit traumatic for one of us...but Russell says it's 'Bliss!'