Church Micro 4340…Chadwell Heath-Baptist Traditional Geocache
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Church Micro 4340…Chadwell Heath-Baptist
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Log only in a waterproof cache container. Please bring a pen. This Cache is NOT on the church premises itself and you able to access it from the pavement. . . “If anybody would like to expand to this series please do, I would just ask that you could let Sadexploration know first so he can keep track of the Church numbers and names to avoid duplication. There is also a Church Micro Stats & Information page found via the Bookmark list”
During the second World War, members of the High Road Baptist Church felt there was a need for a Sunday School in this area. It was eventually started in Autumn 1943 in a house at No.72 Geneva Gardens and then a prefabricated garage was put on this site. Chairs were lent by the High Road Church and benches were made out of wood from bombed-out buildings. The garage could get about 100 children in. It was then decided that a separate Church should be formed and in Autumn 1944 the members held the first Church Meeting. The garage was replaced by a wooden hut. Water was provided by Mr and Mrs Meredith who lived in 108 East Road. Also their toilet was used if needed! In the mid 1950s, after much prayer, permission was given for this permanent building. It was opened in 1956 and the wooden hut became the church hall (where I met Sandra at a young people’s New Year party in 1966!). Ron Whitmore was the Lay Minister for most of this time. He also worked as an itinerant shoe salesman in the area. In the late 1960's the first permanent church hall was built by the members (again with no direct water supply) but this was destroyed by arson and rebuilt in the year 2000 under an insurance claim - this time with a kitchen and toilets, and a store room was added later. From the start, EABC was actually joined with the Federation of Independent Evangelical Churches but the then members decided in the early 1980's to join the Baptist Union thus enjoying the benefits that comes from a wider association with fellow believers. For example, again after much prayer, 110 East Road was bought around 1983 with the help of a low interest rate loan from the London Baptist Property Board. The Home Mission Fund has also helped to pay the stipend of various Ministers, and continues to do so ............................................................Congratulations to Cheekster77 for FTF 2.02pm on 29/9/13
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