Church in Chesterfield

Church in the Peak has a vision to plant churches across the Peak District and beyond.  Having already planted a church in Buxton we are now planting a church in Chesterfield.

The Towns History

Chesterfield is a market town situated just of the M1 motorway and on the edge of the Peak District. It has a history from Roman times and has been a market town for about 800 years. 

The town's population is now around 100,000 people and has recently benefited from large investment in the town centre and surrounding areas as local industry has changed.

Coal mines and the steel works have disappeared and new firms such as those in the information technology sector and large distribution centres have located here.

Church Planting

Church in the Peak has a growing group of people in the town and is continuing to work towards planting a church in Chesterfield.  Sunday meetings began on 11th May 2008 with a series of events taking place in September.

Our vision is to see the groups grow as they express Gods love to the people of the town through personal evangelism and outreach events. We would like to see Christians in every area of the town reaching out to their neighbourhoods and see God change individuals, families and whole communites with His love.

If you are interested in joining us to help plant a church in Chesterfield, please contact:

dave.harper@churchinthepeak.org.uk or phil.hardy@churchinthepeak.org.uk

Phil and Sally Hardy

"In 1997 God began to speak to us about moving to Chesterfield to plant a church. As a family we moved to Chesterfield at the end of 1999 to help the group, and to see it grow.

Over the past few years we have done various outreach events in the town, particularly each Christmas we have had a stall on the Christmas market and offered free gift wrapping, teas, coffees and mince pies.

Our most significant event though has been the alpha supper where we took a Chinese restaurant for the evening and invited people to have a free meal and then to attend the Alpha course to explore the Christian Faith.

We have run a number of alpha courses in Chesterfield and seen several people become Christians and join us.

We have friendship and fun together meeting weekly for friendship and worship and at other times.

We want to see the expression of Christianity changed in Chesterfield and so will continue to reach out to the people with the good news that Jesus loves them."

The Chesterfield church plant meets on Sunday mornings at 10:30am, at the New Street Centre, CSG Bodyshop Business Park, New Street, Chesterfield, S40 2LQ tel 01246 557 429.