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About us

Local and UK links

KingsHeart is one of many churches in the London Borough of Havering - all part of God’s wider church.

We have close links with a number of churches and ministries in our area and regularly meet under the Across Havering initiative. KingsHeart is a member of Churches in Community International, and part of the Global Legacy network.

Churches in community International

www.cicinternational.org

Global Legacy

Global Legacy is a relational network that connects, encourages, and equips revival leaders worldwide.

We expand God’s kingdom by helping to build relationships between revival leaders, ministries, and organizations around the globe, and to equip them to transform their spheres of influence.

http://globallegacy.com/organizations/kingsheart-church

Our history

We were founded in 1983 at a time when a large number of believers wanted to experience church as it was described in the Bible. This included powerful experiences of God and the supernatural. Often it was impossible to achieve this in the churches they were in, so they left and formed new churches, like ours.

At first they met in people's homes but as they grew they moved to hired halls and later acquired buildings of their own as we have. Originally called Emmanuel Fellowship, we were more widely known as Romford Community Church meeting for several years in Gidea Park Primary School. We have been meeting in Rise Park since the summer of 2005.

More recently, we've changed our name to KingsHeart Church - feeling that this truly reflects our values, uniqueness and God's heart of love for all. 

Our Team

KingsHeart Church is run by a group of 7 leaders who collectively manage the church, teach & encourage its members and much more!

Our leadership team is:

  • Brian Smith
  • Stephen Kitchen
  • Lis Williams
  • Remi Okeshola
  • Emma Mathews
  • Sam Haley
  • Matt Carter

Our Vision and Values

Our vision is, to help people to grow into all that God has called them to be through His transforming presence.

Love

Love is the foundation for everything. It begins with His love for us. We are to love as He loved so that will affect how we relate to people in what we say and do. God loves us as a church, and individually; we want to display His love at all times.

Honour

Every person on earth can be honoured and celebrated because every person is made in God's image. Each person is unique and special to God. Treating people with honour and respect is vital. In all our dealings with people we seek to see them as God intends them to be; seeing their true identity and potential, and encouraging them in that, regardless of what their current attitudes, or actions may be.

Presence

God has designed us all for connection with Him. Every time we talk to him or engage in praise and worship, we can experience Him with us in a real way. We value experiencing God's presence whether we are gathered together or on our own.  All good things flow from the tangible presence of our good God!

Power

Jesus performed many miracles and He has given us (His church) the power and authority to do the same. This is good news! We owe people an encounter with His power - an encounter which can transform lives. This power is an expression of His love. It is supernatural! Church may have empathy, live morally, have right concepts and do good works but without supernatural power it will not be what Jesus intended!

Freedom

Jesus came to set people free - free from the effects of all the bad things done by us or to us. Free instead to live life to the full. A life that will express the uniqueness of who we are. As a church we want to maintain an atmosphere of safety and freedom which encourages people to take risks (and even make mistakes) as they learn to grow and become all that God has called them to be.

Truth

Jesus is the truth. God has spoken the truth to us. The bible and the Holy Spirit continually reveal truth to us. God's truth is perfect and never changes. Apart from a relationship with the God of truth we cannot know truth fully. We value the proclamation of the truth and see it as something that must be lived out day by day. Truth and integrity are key as we deepen relationships with God and each other.

Community

The church is called to be an outward looking community of people centred in Jesus. It is a place for anyone in the community to come and enjoy friendship, care, love, fun and practical support, and to encounter Jesus for themselves. All will be welcomed and valued.  We value the developing of relationships with non-church people and projects so that as we serve the community in creative ways, the whole area will be transformed by His presence.

Overseas links

KingsHeart church is actively engaged with a number of ministries around the world including in Latvia, India, Myanmar and Romania.
We, and they, value these personal connections and we support these communities through both regular visits and through providing financial support and teaching.