About us
About us
Who are we?
Who are we?
We are a youth focused church in central Stevenage for Stevenage and the surrounding villages. Being youth focused means we have a particular heart for seeing Jesus meet with and inspire young people, but we are welcome to all and have a multi-generational community.
Oak is a part of the Church of England and we began as a church plant from Soul Survivor Watford in 2015. You can read more about our history below.
Oak Church Stevenage is part of the Stevenage Pioneer Youth Trust.
The Diocese of St. Albans, in consultation with Archbishop Justin Welby's Council, commissioned a church plant for Stevenage, with the aim of seeing a youth-orientated Christian community being grown from the ground. Adam Prior, previously Youth Pastor at Soul Survivor Watford church (www.soulsurvivorwatford.co.uk) and also an ordained Priest within the Church of England, was invited to come to Stevenage with a team and take up the position of leading the new initiative. A team of people gathered together with a heart for this vision, and the whole team were inaugurated at a service in the Bowes Lyon Youth Centre on 17th January 2015.
The name 'Oak Church Stevenage' came about as a result of a lot of prayer, research and many sleepless nights! In the book of Isaiah (chapter 61 verse 3) Isaiah speaks about a vision for God's people as being a blessing, our heart, part of this speaks of being "Oaks of Righteousness, a planting for the Lord". These words were written around 1500 BC. Fast forward to Saxon days and it is said that people in this area would gather around an Oak Tree. In fact, that's how Stevenage got it's name in the first place! Stevenage, or "Stithenence", means Strong Oak.
Gathering is what we do, and so we feel that 'Oak Church' represents who we are and our vision for this town.
We want to love God, His presence, His people and Stevenage
We want to live radical lives rooted in God and to live in relationship with each other
We want to generously give our time,
talents and money
Meet the team.
Meet the team.
adamprior@oakchurchstevenage.org
brittw@oakchurchstevenage.org
sarahh@oakchurchstevenage.org
charlottep@oakchurchstevenage.org
gregc@oakchurchstevenage.org
jadeb@oakchurchstevenage.org
eileenb@oakchurchstevenage.org
markq@oakchurchstevenage.org
Our trustees for Oak Church are Dave Poultney, Ruth Yule, Tim Horlock, Maurice Ballard, Ruth McRoy and Charles Burch. If you would like to email the trustees, please email info@oakchurchstevenage.org
Our Journey So Far...
Our Journey So Far...
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