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Evangelical Presbyterian Church in England and Wales
Polity	Presbyterian
Clerk of Presbytery	Falko Drijfhout
Associations	International Conference of Reformed Churches
Region	England, Wales, Sweden, Switzerland, Germany
Origin	1996
Congregations	23
Publications	The Presbyterian Network
www.epcew.org.uk

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Religion in Wales
History 1859 Welsh revival 1904–1905 Welsh revival 1915–1916 Church of England border polls Brynmawr Experiment Bible translations into Welsh Synod of Brefi Dissolution of the monasteries Mary Jones and her Bible Nonconformity in Wales Synod of Victory Welsh Church Act 1914 Welsh Methodist revival
Structures Churches Anglican cathedrals former cathedrals Commissioners' Friends of Friendless Anglesey Conwy Denbighshire Flintshire Gwynedd Powys Wrexham Monastic houses Places of worship in Cardiff
Topics Archbishop of Wales Priest hole List of Welsh saints Plygain
Christianity Britain Yearly Meeting Baptist Union of Wales Catholic Church in England and Wales Catholic Education Service Church in Wales archdeacons armorial governing body representative body Church of England border Latter-day Saints Coptic Orthodox Church Covenanted Churches Evangelical Presbyterian Church Evangelical Movement History of Christianity in Britain Presbyterian Church of Wales Union of Welsh Independents Bala-Bangor Theological Seminary
Ecumenism Cytûn Local ecumenical partnership
Non-Christian faiths Baháʼí Faith Buddhism Hinduism Irreligion Islam History of the Jews Sikhism
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The Evangelical Presbyterian Church in England and Wales (EPCEW) (Welsh: Eglwys Bresbyteraidd Efengylaidd yng Nghymru a Lloegr) is a reformed and conservative evangelical Presbyterian denomination based in England and Wales with churches in Germany, Switzerland, and Sweden. Founded in 1996, denominational growth has been steady but the denomination remains small with around 20 congregations.

History

In 1986, a Presbyterian conference was held in a Free Church of Scotland chapel in London, where a vision of a new Presbyterian denomination in England was proposed, which was to be faithful to Scripture and adhere to the Westminster Confession. As a consequence, the Presbyterian Association in England was formed in 1987 from several small Christian groups and existing congregations with efforts at church planting following. In 1991, an interim Presbytery was formed with congregations in Blackburn, Cambridge, Chelmsford, Durham and Hull to work towards the establishment of the new denomination. This came to fruition in 1996, taking the name, Evangelical Presbyterian Church in England and Wales.

Several EPCEW ministers were instrumental in the 2020 founding of Westminster Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Gateshead, England.

Church planting

In 2000, two congregations in Cardiff, Immanuel and Bethel, were accepted into communion. The EPCEW has grown significantly since its founding with a number of congregations joining the EPCEW and others being planted by existing churches. The denomination is working to establish church plants in Oxford, Lincoln, Gloucester, and Sunderland. They are actively looking to plant churches throughout England and Wales.

Denominational growth has been steady:

Congregations

As of 2020, the denomination has twenty-three congregations and church plants at:

England

Congregation	Town or City	Minister	Website	Image
All Saints Presbyterian Church	Newcastle Upon Tyne	Rev Benjamin Wontrop
Blackburn Evangelical Presbyterian Church	Blackburn	Rev Norman Green
Bury St Edmunds Presbyterian Church	Bury St Edmunds	Matthew Jolley
Cambridge Presbyterian Church	Cambridge	Rev Douglas McCallum
Chelmsford Presbyterian Church	Chelmsford	Rev Darren Moore
Durham Presbyterian Church	Durham	Rev Phil Baiden
East Hull Presbyterian Church	Hull	Vacant
Hexham Presbyterian Church	Hexham	Vacant
Naunton Lane Evangelical Presbyterian Church	Leckhampton, Cheltenham	Rev Matt Faux
Oxford Presbyterian Church	Oxford (Northgate Hall)	Rev Andy Young
Sheffield Presbyterian Church	Sheffield	Rev Dr Kevin Bidwell
Solihull Presbyterian Church	Solihull	Rev Dr Stephen Dancer
Sunderland Evangelical Presbyterian Church	Sunderland	Rev Nathan Hilton
Whaddon Road Evangelical Presbyterian Church	Cheltenham	Rev David Pfeiffer, Rev Larry Wilkes
Lincoln Presbyterian Church	Lincoln	Rev Ben Thomas
Gloucester Evangelical Presbyterian Church	Gloucester	Rev Michael Cochran, Rev Tim Dalton

Wales

Congregation	Town or City	Minister	Website	Image
Christ Presbyterian Church	Barry	Rev Dr Drew Goodman
Bethel Presbyterian Church	Cardiff	Rev Andrew Graham
Immanuel Presbyterian Church	Cardiff	Rev Dr Peter Naylor
Ely Presbyterian Church	Ely, Cardiff	Rev Philip Haines

Sweden

• Tranås, Sweden

Germany

• Berlin, Germany

Switzerland

• Zurich, Switzerland

Publications

The denomination publishes The Presbyterian Network in Spring and Autumn with theological and pastoral articles and news from its congregations.

International organisations

Along with the Free Church of Scotland and the Free Church of Scotland (Continuing), the denomination is one of the three members of the International Conference of Reformed Churches from Great Britain, and one of seven European Christian denominations who founded the European Conference of Reformed Churches. The denomination has a co-operative agreement with the Presbyterian Church in America and maintains relations with the Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Northern Ireland.

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External links

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