HTB network

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The HTB network consists of churches planted by Holy Trinity Brompton (HTB) or by HTB plants themselves. As such, it is a network of Anglican churches within the Church of England and the Church in Wales that are linked back to HTB.[1][2]

The network now comprises more than 30 of the approximately 490 churches in the Diocese of London, and 66 churches nationwide across 17 dioceses. In recent years the Church Commissioners have released tens of millions of pounds of funding to help HTB plants revitalise strategic churches.[3]

Controversies

St Sepulchre-without-Newgate was known as the National Musicians' Church for 70 years until August 2017 when hiring of the facilities for non-religious events was banned, against assurances which had been given when HTB took over in 2013.[4][5] Fifty figures from the musical world signed an open letter urging reversal of the ban and preservation of the church's "unique national cultural remit".[5] Acting Bishop of London Pete Broadbent tried to convince the church to reverse its ban. Andrew Earis, director of music at St Martin-in-the-Fields and former director of music at St Sepulchre, said the decision was "doing irreparable harm to the church as a whole".[6] By 2024, the church was no longer a member of the HTB network, and priest-in-charge Nick Mottershead spoke of work to "rebuild a reputation around being the Musicians’ Church and to redefine and communicate that this is a place that is welcoming to all." He sought to make the church's support for same-sex blessings "very clear", due in part to the perception that it remained connected to HTB.[7]

The 2020 relaunch (as 'Citizen Church') of Church of St Andrew & St Teilo in Cardiff was controversial with members of the existing congregation. A petition titled "Save St Teilo's" asking the diocese to "reverse its decision to place a new resource church in the place of ours" received almost 2,000 signatures.[8][9] At an open parish meeting, "expressed opinion was unanimously opposed". Several people interviewed by the Church Times emphasised the importance of the church being welcoming to LGBT members. Parish treasurer Phil Hawkins described the decision to push ahead with plans without parish consultation as "appalling".[9]

A lay leader who came out as lesbian at St Luke's Church, Kentish Town reported that she had been "forced out" of the church and her position as bible study leader by vicar Jon March, when new rules for living "beyond reproach" were introduced after telling him of her sexuality, rules which among other things prohibited being in a same-sex relationship.[10][11] An internal investigation commissioned by the Bishop of Edmonton found that there were pastoral failings but not an abuse of power.[11] The woman, who received three years of therapy for symptoms of PTSD, said: "When a vicar or church rejects someone because of who they are or what they do or what they believe, it feels like God has rejected me."[10][11] Andrew Foreshew-Cain, the first Church of England vicar to marry a same-sex partner, said: "In a church like St Luke’s and Holy Trinity Brompton there is a deliberate attempt to hide what their actual attitudes are to LGBT people, but also to women in leadership."[12]

List of church plants

This list is mostly drawn from the HTB website.[13] Numbers refer to the maps below.

# ChurchYear of plantDiocesePlanted fromPlant leadersURLReference(s)
1 Holy Trinity, Brompton (HTB) N/A London N/A N/A
2 Church of St Barnabas, Kensington (STBK)1985LondonHTBJohn Irvine[14]
3 St Mark's Church, Battersea Rise (City Rise)1987SouthwarkHTBPaul Perkin[15]
4 St Paul's, Onslow Square
(HTB Onslow Square)		1991LondonHTBNicky Lee[16]
5 Oak Tree Anglican Fellowship 1993 London STBK Tim Sudworth [17]
6 Ascension Church, Balham1994SouthwarkSMBRAndrew White[18]
7 St Stephen's Church, Westbourne Park1994LondonHTBTom Gillum[19]
8 Christ Church, Fulham (CCF)1997LondonHTB Onslow SquareStuart Lees
9 St Paul's Church, Hammersmith (SPH)2000LondonHTBSimon Downham[15]
10 Church of St George the Martyr, Holborn2002LondonHTBJohn Valentine[15][20]
11 St Mark's Church, Tollington Park2005LondonHTBSandy Millar[15]
12 St Saviour's, Hanley Road post-2005 London St Mark's Tollington Park [21]
13 Emmanuel, Holloway post-2005 London St Mark's Tollington Park [21]
14 St Paul's Church, Shadwell (SPS)2005LondonHTBRic Thorpe and Jez Barnes[22]
15 Holy Trinity Church, Swiss Cottage (The Lighthouse)2006LondonHTBAndy Keighley and Graham Singh[23]
16 Hope Church Islington
Formerly St Mary Magdalene and St David's, Islington		2006LondonSt George HolbornPaul Zaphiriou[24]
17 St Peter's Church, Battersea (SPB)2007SouthwarkSMBRPatrick Malone[25]
18 St Peter's Church, Brighton2009ChichesterHTBDan Millest[15]
19 St Alban's Church, Fulham2010LondonHTB and SPHMatt Hogg[15]
20 St John's, Hoxton2010LondonHope Church IslingtonGraham Hunter[15]
21 Church of All Hallows, Bow2010LondonSPSCris Rogers[15]
22 St Paul's Church, Brixton2010SouthwarkAscension BalhamBen Goodyear[15]
23 St Peter's Church, Bethnal Green2010LondonSPSAdam Atkinson[15]
24 St Francis Community Church, Dalgarno Way2010LondonHTBAzariah France-Williams Archived 16 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine[26]
25 St John's Hampton Wick2010LondonHTBGraham Singh and Jerry Field[15]
26 St Augustine's, Queen's Gate
(HTB Queen's Gate)		2010LondonHTBPaul Cowley[16]
27 St Luke's Church, Kentish Town (SLKT)2011LondonHTBJon March[27]
28 St Paul's Church, Hounslow West2012LondonHTBLibby Etherington[28]
29 Holy Trinity Church, Clapham2012SouthwarkHTBJago Wynne[15]
30 St Sepulchre-without-Newgate2013

No longer a member, as of 2024.[7]

 LondonHTB and St George HolbornDavid Ingall[29][30]
31 St Luke's Church, Millwall2013LondonSPSEd Dix[15]
32 St Thomas's Church, Norwich (STN)[a]2013NorwichHTBIan Dyble[15]
33 St Cuthman's Church, Whitehawk 2013 Chichester St Peter's Brighton Steve Tennant [31]
34 Church of St Dionis, Parsons Green2014LondonHTBPat Allerton[32]
35 St Swithun's Church, Bournemouth[b]2014WinchesterHTBTim Matthews[33]
36 Holy Trinity Church, Hastings2014ChichesterSt Peter's BrightonSimon and Sarah Larkin[15]
37 St Swithin's Church, Lincoln2014LincolnHTBJim and Vicky Prestwood Archived 24 January 2018 at the Wayback Machine[34]
38 Christ Church, Spitalfields 2014 London SPS [35]
39 St Luke's Church, Gas Street2015BirminghamHTBTim Hughes[36]
40 St Alban's Church, Norwich[a] 2015 Norwich STN [37]
41 St Barnabas' Church, Heigham[a] c. 2015 Norwich STN [38]
42 St George's Church, Gateshead2016DurhamHTBRich Grant[39]
43 Harbour Church, Portsmouth[c]2016PortsmouthSt Peter's BrightonAlex Wood[40]
44 St Matthias' Church, Canning Town2016ChelmsfordAll Hallows BowBen Atkins [41]
45 Church of St Matthias, Plymouth2016ExeterHTBOlly and Ali Ryder[42]
46 Trinity Church, Nottingham2016Southwell and NottinghamHTBJonny and Amy Hughes[43]
61 St John-at-Hackney[d] 2016 London HTB Al and Olivia Gordon [44]
47 St Clement's Church, Boscombe[b]2017WinchesterSt Swithun's BournemouthTim Matthews[45]
48 St Mark's Church, Coventry2017CoventryHTBPhil Atkinson[46]
49 St Werburgh's Church, Derby2017DerbyHTBPhil and Anna Mann[15]
50 St Matthias' Church, Fiveways 2017 Chichester St Peter's Brighton Tom and Katy Holbird [47]
51 St John the Baptist's Church, Crawley 2017 Chichester St Peter's Brighton Steve and Liz Burston [47]
52 St Peter's Church, West Molesey 2017 Guildford St John's Hampton Wick Alex Munro [48]
53 St Nicholas' Church, Bristol 2018 Bristol HTB Toby and Gill Flint [21]
54 St Mary's Church, Southampton 2018 Winchester HTB and SLKT Jon and Hannah Finch [21]
55 Pattern Church, Swindon 2018 Bristol HTB Joel Sales [21]
56 St Chad's Church, Whitleigh 2018 Exeter St Matthias Plymouth Rob Fowler [3]
57 Christ Church, Feltham 2018 London St Stephen's Twickenham Andy Watkins [3]
58 St Margaret's, Aspley 2018 Southwell and Nottingham HTB Rich Atkinson Archived 26 September 2018 at the Wayback Machine [3]
59 St George's, Portsea[c] 2018 Portsmouth Harbour Church Portsmouth [49]
60 St Alban's, Copnor[c] 2018 Portsmouth Harbour Church Portsmouth Archived 19 October 2018 at the Wayback Machine [49]
62 St Luke at Hackney[d] 2018 London St John-at-Hackney [44]
63 St Matthew's Church, Exeter 2019 Exeter HTB Ed and Jess Hodges [21]
64 St John's Minster, Preston 2019 Blackburn HTB Sam and Hannah Haigh [21]
65 St Mary's, Andover 2019 Winchester HTB Chris and Nai Bradish [50]
66 St Peter's, Vauxhall 2019 Southwark Holy Trinity Clapham Emma and Michael John [51]
67 Hope Street Church, Wrexham 2020 St Asaph (Wales) HTB Rachel and Andy Kitchen
68 St Barnabas Penny Lane, Liverpool 2020 Liverpool HTB Alex and Laura Rayment
69 St Francis, Mackworth 2020 Derby St Werburgh's Derby Andy and Rachel Bond
70 St Leonard's, Shoreditch 2020 London Hackney Church Al Gordon, Naomi Maxwell and Toby Thomas
71 St Wilfrid, Bognor Regis 2020 Chichester St Peter's Brighton Joel and Lella Mennie
72 Citizen Church, Cardiff 2021 Llandaff (Wales) Harbour Church Portsmouth Ryan and Ellie Forey
73 Nelson Street Church, Rochdale 2021 Manchester HTB Janie and James Cronin
74 St Wins, Totton 2021 Winchester Saint Mary's Southampton Ali and Steve Hill
75 River Church Ipswich 2021 St Edmundsbury and Ipswich HTB and St Augustine's Ipswich Matt and Amy Key [52]
76 The Well, Swindon 2021 Bristol Pattern Church, Swindon Paul Freeland
77 Bay Church, Torbay 2022 Exeter Church of St Matthias, Plymouth and Harbour Church Portsmouth Matt and Fiona Bray [76]
78 St Wilfrid's Wilford 2022 Nottingham and Southwell Trinity Church Nottingham George and Katie White
79 Concord Church, Bristol 2022 Bristol St Nicholas' Church, Bristol Andy Carter
80 Fabric Church 2023 Manchester HTB Mark & Jo Roper and Nakita Ainsworth [53]
81 St George's ref Newcastle-under-Lyme HTB Martin Ball [77] https://www.stgn.org/

Maps

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Notes

  1. Operates as one church in three church buildings: St Thomas's Norwich, St Barnabas' Heigham and St Alban's Grove Walk
  2. Operates as one church in two church buildings: St Swithun's Bournemouth and St Clement's Boscombe
  3. Operates as one church in three buildings: Harbour Church, St George's, Portsea and St Alban's, Copnor
  4. Operates as one church in two buildings: St John-at-Hackney and St Luke at Hackney

References

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  8. Williams, Hattie (16 August 2020). "A New Christian Community for Cardiff Students". Church Times. Retrieved 21 March 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  9. Davies, Madeleine (22 March 2019). "Church in Wales launches its first resource church". Church Times. Retrieved 21 March 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
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