Church

St Paul’s was built to be the first ‘free’ church in Cheltenham, back in the days when you had to pay to go to church. The then vicar of Cheltenham saw the rich coming to his church but their servants had nowhere to go, so he set about building a church for the poor, a church where you didn't have to pay to worship God. That was in 1831, a lot has changed, but the mission is still the same.

In 2006 we formed a partnership with Trinity Church Cheltenham and in mid 2007 a number of people came from Trinity to join us on our mission at St Paul’s.

Today we’re a small but growing church, committed to worshiping the risen Jesus and to serving our local community in the power of the Holy Spirit.

We are

We exist to make committed followers of Jesus Christ who change the St Paul’s community and nations for Him.

We believe the way to do that is to return to being the heart of the community.

We seek the presence of God.

We aim for the purpose of Jesus.

We do it only in the power of the Holy Spirit.

Every group of people has things it holds dear, these are values.

We value

We value G.R.A.C.E:

Generosity - we want to reflect the heart of God in His generosity to His world.

Reality - we want to ‘keep it real’ and tell it like it is, not putting on a mask or spin, not shying away from the tough questions of life.

Access - we want to remove every barrier to people coming to us so that they see Jesus.

Connection - we want to connect; God, ourselves and our community.

Empowering - we want to see the Holy Spirit move powerfully in us, through us and around us.