History

For over 100 years Queens Road Baptist Church has been at the heart of community life in Broadstairs. Meeting right in the centre of Broadstairs. The church has a long and established tradition of providing both spiritual and social support which we believe has been valued by our community. Beginning in a small meeting room in 1899 the work soon developed and expanded and led to the building of the present ‘sanctuary’ which took place in 1907.

The church has continued to evolve and has constantly re-shaped itself so that it remains a relevant and accessible resource for the spiritual and social well-being of an ever changing community.

The work of serving the local community as a thriving fellowship with a social concern continued throughout the last century. In the 1960's it was recognised that additional premises were needed to meet the expanding work within the local community. A neighbouring house was purchased and eventually demolished to make way for the erection of the existing church halls. These contain two large halls, a well-equipped kitchen, toilet facilities, together with a smaller room and four offices.

Queen’s Road Baptist Church is continuing its work in and among the local community and in recent years we are meeting the needs of a wide range of groups in the town through our GAP Community Project, (which we established to spearhead our work in the community). Through GAP we provide a wide variety of activities for all ages and serve over 500 people each week.

Following the departure of the Revd. Michael Jones after 21 years at QRBC, Stephen brought a new vision to the church of the way that team ministry could develop in the future. This involved bringing together a team of specialists (youth worker; team minister; pastoral worker) to supplement and expand the existing work of the church. Samuel Hearle joined the team in 2004, first as youth worker and then as Youth Minister and Rhodri Walters began here in August 2006 as Team Minister.

In recent years we have recognised that our present premises and facilities are inadequate and inefficient for the vision that the church has. We therefore decided to take a radical look at our premises and resources and to seek a way forward which has provided us with a new building which will meet our needs both as a worshipping Christian community and as a community of Christian faith wanting to make an impact both locally and globally.


	The front elevation of our new building

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Queens Road Baptist Church, Broadstairs is a UK Registered Charity. No: 1131955 - Tel: 01843 602762 - E-mail: contact via e-mail