Who we are

Springbank is an independent Evangelical Church with its roots in a movement known as the Christian Brethren. This movement originated around the year 1825.

In the early part of the nineteenth century the barriers separating the various Christian denominations were not so easily overcome as they are today. The founders of the Brethren movement were a group of young men, mostly associated with Trinity College (an Anglican Theological College), Dublin, who tried to find a way in which they could come together for worship and communion simply as fellow Christians, regardless of their denominational barriers. They wanted to meet informally to show the unity of true believers of different denominations and to worship in apostolic simplicity uncluttered by liturgy or other traditions in services.

From Dublin the movement spread to England. In England the first Brethren assembly was established in Plymouth in 1831.

The Brethren have no central organisation. They belong to a number of local churches spread throughout most parts of the world today. Each of the local churches is independent so far as administration goes; there is no federation or union linking them. Yet there is a recognisable family likeness between them, and their sense of a spiritual bond is strong.

Springbank Evangelical Church began its life in the 1920's when a small group of believers gathered together to worship and witness in the community. The oldest part of the church building used today was opened in 1928 and was known as the Gospel Hall.

The original Gospel Hall has been altered over the years and extended. The hall and upstairs area being completed in 1997 and the car park and recycling building were purchased in 2002. The ministry of the church has broadened to reflect a desire to have a greater impact and involvement with the local community.