Carey Baptist Church
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Carey Baptist Church is an independent evangelical/baptist church in Reading, UK.
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[edit] History
The church was founded in 1867 and was named after William Carey, a famous missionary from Northamptonshire, who went to India in 1793, and never returned to his homeland. The chapel was opened in 1871 in Tappenden Street which was subsequently re-named Carey Street.
Additional premises, the Carey Centre, in Anstey Road (a parallel road behind the chapel) were acquired in 1993, following the closure of Central Evangelical Church.
[edit] Location
The church is located on Carey Street in central Reading, close to the Inner Distribution Road (IDR), Oxford Road, and The Hexagon.
[edit] Services
The main service times are 10:30am and 6.30pm on Sunday. MP3-format files of the sermons are available on the church's web site.
[edit] Affiliations
The church is affiliated to Affinity and the Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches.
[edit] Pastors
The current pastors are Basil Howlett and James Muldoon. Jonathan Stephen left the church on 16 July 2006 to take up the position of principal of the Evangelical Theological College of Wales in September 2006.
[edit] External links
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