What a truly exciting time we find ourselves alive in! These are awesome days to be serving God.

All Nations Christian Centre has been going strong for over 70 years! Many faithful people have served God through this family of believers. Our best days are right now before us. We are seeing people coming to know Christ every week; we are serving and reaching the community on a daily basis.

There are still so many who need to be reached with the love of God. There is still much work to be done and we have no plans to slow down.

A new Chapter is beginning for us. The building project is an opportunity for us to reach more people, establish a stronger base and serve our City in a greater way. It will take faith. It will take courage. It will take sacrifice. I believe with God’s help we can do this.

As the baton is passed to us and a new chapter begins, I pray we will be found faithful. Let us stand together and build!

Steve & Esther Uppal
Senior Leaders

70+ years

During the Second World War (1941) two sisters, Elsie and Jenny Woods came to Wolverhampton to start the Church known today as All Nations Christian Centre.

Their main aim was to reach the slums, particularly poor children. They looked for the poorest area in Wolverhampton and found a place called Horseley Fields. The fathers were still at war and they found children running around in the streets with no shoes or socks on. The sisters opened a Sunday School to reach the children. To finance this work the Wood sisters did all that they could to earn money, from gardening to potato picking.

Temple Street

In the mid 50s, after 12 years faithfully working in Horseley Fields, they felt that God was telling them to expand. They found a church on Temple Street which had been used during the war as a factory, but was now up for sale. Elsie went to see the person selling the property. As he looked her up and down he told her she couldn’t buy it. Elsie’s immediate response was “all things are possible with God” and the man listened to what she had to say. He allowed them to buy the building in installments!

Expansion

All Nations continued to expand and by the 80s the Church had out-grown the building. An extension seating up to 300 people was built and the original building was converted into use as a meeting room, soup kitchen and day centre. In 2006 due to growing numbers the Church went to two services on a Sunday morning to. Space was also tight for office and the growing community work. Again due to the growing numbers in March 2007 the Sunday morning service moved to the Wulfrun Hall.

Current Day

We currently have four services each weekend and are continuing to grow! This is very exciting however, we need to act quickly to facilitate growth and our future plans. We believe that the local church is the hope for our city…  It’s time to build !

 

 

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