About Foots
Cray
Baptist Church
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Foots Cray Baptist Church is a member of:
The Baptist Union of Great Britain
The London Baptist Association
Churches Together in Sidcup.
Foots Cray Baptist Church grew from the initiative of Mr W.H. Colyer, a member of Eynsford Baptist Church who came to live in the village of Foots Cray. He licensed his house for public worship, and when he later returned to Farningham to live he left behind a thriving fellowship, now too large for the house and meeting in the Foots Cray Paper Mill (Nash's).
At about this time land was needed to provide a burial ground for members of the fellowship, as the Anglicans would not allow their graveyard to be used by the Baptists. On the 24th March 1836 the foundation stone of a proposed church on this land was laid, and the building opened for worship in August that year.
There has been worship and witness here on Sidcup Hill from that time. Before the buses, members came by horse and cart. In 1859 gas light was installed, and not changed for electricity until the centenary in 1936.
We know we live in greatly troubled times today, but then too times were very hard. There was great economic hardship following the Napoleonic Wars, and in the 1830's farm labourers were to be found dead in the hedgerows from starvation. History has brought many changes, some of them swift and terrible. But then, and now, Jesus Christ is the same. We now, as then, have the resources of God's grace and love in Jesus to bring us through.
So we extend a welcome to all to join us in worship and praise, fellowship and joy, grateful to God for all that is past, and trusting him for all that's to come.
Reverend Sam Sayer will always be happy to speak to you on issues of faith, regarding weddings and funerals, and with further details of our activities. You can telephone him on 0208 300 8464