Chipping Sodbury Baptist Church

Our history is important to us as a pointer to our future.

Chipping Sodbury Baptist Church can be traced back to 1656, when we know there was a pastor of a group of Christian dissenters who formed one of the earliest Baptist churches.

Until 1965 the church met in one of the older buildings, which dates back to around 1700. It is located in Hounds Road and is now known as the Church Centre.

The Church services were then moved to what is now known as the Church Hall, which is the building you can see from the High Street. Since the 1970's the church has grown from 70 to 240 members and, in the process, erected in 1990 the building in which we currently worship.

Over the decades we have started a number of new churches in the surrounding area and we are continuing to do this.

The strong Biblical emphasis drew people from a variety of Christian traditions who moved into the town, as well as those who became new Christians. Excellent children's and young people's groups were established, enabling the church to provide for the whole family.

While our core beliefs have remained the same, our approach to worship and meeting the spiritual needs of the community has changed to reflect the different expectations and attitudes of people in today's society.

This is a very brief summary of over 350 years of our history. If you would like to find out more please click on this to go to the next page