Church Merger in Action (with Trevor Archer and Yannick Christos-Wahab)

The story of Stockwell Baptist Church and Brixton Local Church highlights how a church merger can help move two local churches, one established and one recently planted, forward. In this episode of In:Dependence, Adrian Reynolds (FIEC Head of National Ministries) talks to Trevor Archer (FIEC Director for London) and Yannick Christos-Wahab (pastor, Stockwell Baptist Church) about how they were involved in merging two churches to solve the issues each one faced. 00:00 - Introduction 00:57 - Stockwell Baptist Church's story 09:30 - Mergin Brixton Local Church with Stockwell Baptist Church 17:00 - Church merger challenges 24:39 - Next plans for Stockwell Baptist Church 26:21 - How can we pray for Stockwell Baptist Church? You can watch a video of this episode and get more resources for church leaders on the FIEC website. Show notes A Marriage Made in Heaven: Stockwell Baptist Church (fiec.org.uk) Stockwell Baptist Church on StreetView (goo.gl) About In:Dependence: In:Dependence is FIEC’s official podcast, where you’ll hear teaching and resources for church leaders from the FIEC Ministry Team and guests from FIEC churches and partners. You can access video podcasts by subscribing to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠the FIEC YouTube channel⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. About FIEC: We are ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠a fellowship of Independent churches⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ with members of the family across England, Scotland and Wales. Our mission is to see those Independent churches working together with a big vision: to reach Britain for Christ. Being part of FIEC links you to a growing number of Independent evangelical churches and there are now more than 50,000 people who are part of churches affiliated to FIEC. Follow FIEC on social media: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter