Kensington Temple

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Kensington Temple is a large Pentecostal Church in the Notting Hill area of London. It is pastored by Reverend Colin Dye, and is the largest church in its denomination, the Elim Pentecostal Church.

1 History
2 KT today
3 Theology & ministry
4 References
5 Links

[edit] History

The church was founded in 1965 by the Elim Pentecostal Church minister Reverend Eldin Corsie in Horbury Chapel, originally by the Hornton Street Congregational Church in 1849. The building had been used for some years by the Bible-Pattern Church Fellowship (itself an Elim offshoot founded by George Jeffreys) until its use reverted to Elim in the early 1960s and it became known as Kensington Temple.

Under the ministry of Rev. Corsie in the late 1960s–1970s the congregation grew to 600, and then to several thousand under Rev. Wynne Lewis (later to become Elim's General Superintendent) during the 1980s.

In 2005 the church moved its offices from their large ex-BBC warehouse (called "The Tabernacle") to Summit House, Hanger Lane, London. Congregations continue to grow as do peripheral services. ^[1]

[edit] KT today

The church continues to hold services at the Notting Hill site. There are five services on Sunday, with a live link service at the Notting Hill Coronet acting as an overflow for the busy 11am service. ^[2]. Among its many ministries, the church has a Bible School, a performing arts school ^[3], an A-level college ^[4], a nursery ^[5], a conference centre ^[6], rooms to let, a publishing company (Dovewell Communications) ^[7] and a cinema.^[8]

The church attracts such high-profile Charismatic preachers as Tommy Tenney, Rodney Howard-Browne and Benny Hinn.

[edit] Theology & ministry

The church is prominent in the revival of Charismatic Christianity initially known as the "Toronto Blessing". Colin Dye has become one of its foremost apologists in the UK, defending such phenomena as being "slain in the Spirit" and "holy laughter".^[9]