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

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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

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

# Church Year of plant Diocese Planted from Plant leaders URL Reference(s)
1 Holy Trinity, Brompton (HTB) N/A London N/A N/A [1]
2 Church of St Barnabas, Kensington (STBK) 1985 London HTB John Irvine [2] [14]
3 St Mark's Church, Battersea Rise (City Rise) 1987 Southwark HTB Paul Perkin [3] [15]
4 St Paul's, Onslow Square
(HTB Onslow Square)		 1991 London HTB Nicky Lee [4] [16]
5 Oak Tree Anglican Fellowship 1993 London STBK Tim Sudworth [5] [17]
6 Ascension Church, Balham 1994 Southwark SMBR Andrew White [6] [18]
7 St Stephen's Church, Westbourne Park 1994 London HTB Tom Gillum [7] [19]
8 Christ Church, Fulham (CCF) 1997 London HTB Onslow Square Stuart Lees [8]
9 St Paul's Church, Hammersmith (SPH) 2000 London HTB Simon Downham [9] [15]
10 Church of St George the Martyr, Holborn 2002 London HTB John Valentine [10] [15][20]
11 St Mark's Church, Tollington Park 2005 London HTB Sandy Millar [11] [15]
12 St Saviour's, Hanley Road post-2005 London St Mark's Tollington Park [12] [21]
13 Emmanuel, Holloway post-2005 London St Mark's Tollington Park [13] [21]
14 St Paul's Church, Shadwell (SPS) 2005 London HTB Ric Thorpe and Jez Barnes [14] [22]
15 Holy Trinity Church, Swiss Cottage (The Lighthouse) 2006 London HTB Andy Keighley and Graham Singh [15] [23]
16 Hope Church Islington
Formerly St Mary Magdalene and St David's, Islington		 2006 London St George Holborn Paul Zaphiriou [16] [24]
17 St Peter's Church, Battersea (SPB) 2007 Southwark SMBR Patrick Malone [17] [25]
18 St Peter's Church, Brighton 2009 Chichester HTB Dan Millest [18] [15]
19 St Alban's Church, Fulham 2010 London HTB and SPH Matt Hogg [19] [15]
20 St John's, Hoxton 2010 London Hope Church Islington Graham Hunter [20] [15]
21 Church of All Hallows, Bow 2010 London SPS Cris Rogers [21] [15]
22 St Paul's Church, Brixton 2010 Southwark Ascension Balham Ben Goodyear [22] [15]
23 St Peter's Church, Bethnal Green 2010 London SPS Adam Atkinson [23] [15]
24 St Francis Community Church, Dalgarno Way 2010 London HTB Azariah France-Williams [24] Archived 16 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine [26]
25 St John's Hampton Wick 2010 London HTB Graham Singh and Jerry Field [25] [15]
26 St Augustine's, Queen's Gate
(HTB Queen's Gate)		 2010 London HTB Paul Cowley [26] [16]
27 St Luke's Church, Kentish Town (SLKT) 2011 London HTB Jon March [27] [27]
28 St Paul's Church, Hounslow West 2012 London HTB Libby Etherington [28] [28]
29 Holy Trinity Church, Clapham 2012 Southwark HTB Jago Wynne [29] [15]
30 St Sepulchre-without-Newgate 2013

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

London HTB and St George Holborn David Ingall [30] [29][30]
31 St Luke's Church, Millwall 2013 London SPS Ed Dix [31] [15]
32 St Thomas's Church, Norwich (STN)[a] 2013 Norwich HTB Ian Dyble [32] [15]
33 St Cuthman's Church, Whitehawk 2013 Chichester St Peter's Brighton Steve Tennant [33] [31]
34 Church of St Dionis, Parsons Green 2014 London HTB Pat Allerton [34] [32]
35 St Swithun's Church, Bournemouth[b] 2014 Winchester HTB Tim Matthews [35] [33]
36 Holy Trinity Church, Hastings 2014 Chichester St Peter's Brighton Simon and Sarah Larkin [36] [15]
37 St Swithin's Church, Lincoln 2014 Lincoln HTB Jim and Vicky Prestwood [37] Archived 24 January 2018 at the Wayback Machine [34]
38 Christ Church, Spitalfields 2014 London SPS [38] [35]
39 St Luke's Church, Gas Street 2015 Birmingham HTB Tim Hughes [39] [36]
40 St Alban's Church, Norwich[a] 2015 Norwich STN [40] [37]
41 St Barnabas' Church, Heigham[a] c. 2015 Norwich STN [41] [38]
42 St George's Church, Gateshead 2016 Durham HTB Rich Grant [42] [39]
43 Harbour Church, Portsmouth[c] 2016 Portsmouth St Peter's Brighton Alex Wood [43] [40]
44 St Matthias' Church, Canning Town 2016 Chelmsford All Hallows Bow Ben Atkins [44] [41]
45 Church of St Matthias, Plymouth 2016 Exeter HTB Olly and Ali Ryder [45] [42]
46 Trinity Church, Nottingham 2016 Southwell and Nottingham HTB Jonny and Amy Hughes [46] [43]
61 St John-at-Hackney[d] 2016 London HTB Al and Olivia Gordon [47] [44]
47 St Clement's Church, Boscombe[b] 2017 Winchester St Swithun's Bournemouth Tim Matthews [48] [45]
48 St Mark's Church, Coventry 2017 Coventry HTB Phil Atkinson [49] [46]
49 St Werburgh's Church, Derby 2017 Derby HTB Phil and Anna Mann [50] [15]
50 St Matthias' Church, Fiveways 2017 Chichester St Peter's Brighton Tom and Katy Holbird [51] [47]
51 St John the Baptist's Church, Crawley 2017 Chichester St Peter's Brighton Steve and Liz Burston [52] [47]
52 St Peter's Church, West Molesey 2017 Guildford St John's Hampton Wick Alex Munro [53] [48]
53 St Nicholas' Church, Bristol 2018 Bristol HTB Toby and Gill Flint [54] [21]
54 St Mary's Church, Southampton 2018 Winchester HTB and SLKT Jon and Hannah Finch [55] [21]
55 Pattern Church, Swindon 2018 Bristol HTB Joel Sales [56] [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 [57] [3]
58 St Margaret's, Aspley 2018 Southwell and Nottingham HTB Rich Atkinson [58] Archived 26 September 2018 at the Wayback Machine [3]
59 St George's, Portsea[c] 2018 Portsmouth Harbour Church Portsmouth [59][permanent dead link] [49]
60 St Alban's, Copnor[c] 2018 Portsmouth Harbour Church Portsmouth [60] Archived 19 October 2018 at the Wayback Machine [49]
62 St Luke at Hackney[d] 2018 London St John-at-Hackney [61] [44]
63 St Matthew's Church, Exeter 2019 Exeter HTB Ed and Jess Hodges [62] [21]
64 St John's Minster, Preston 2019 Blackburn HTB Sam and Hannah Haigh [63] [21]
65 St Mary's, Andover 2019 Winchester HTB Chris and Nai Bradish [64][permanent dead link] [50]
66 St Peter's, Vauxhall 2019 Southwark Holy Trinity Clapham Emma and Michael John [65] [51]
67 Hope Street Church, Wrexham 2020 St Asaph (Wales) HTB Rachel and Andy Kitchen [66]
68 St Barnabas Penny Lane, Liverpool 2020 Liverpool HTB Alex and Laura Rayment [67]
69 St Francis, Mackworth 2020 Derby St Werburgh's Derby Andy and Rachel Bond [68]
70 St Leonard's, Shoreditch 2020 London Hackney Church Al Gordon, Naomi Maxwell and Toby Thomas [69]
71 St Wilfrid, Bognor Regis 2020 Chichester St Peter's Brighton Joel and Lella Mennie [70]
72 Citizen Church, Cardiff 2021 Llandaff (Wales) Harbour Church Portsmouth Ryan and Ellie Forey [71]
73 Nelson Street Church, Rochdale 2021 Manchester HTB Janie and James Cronin [72]
74 St Wins, Totton 2021 Winchester Saint Mary's Southampton Ali and Steve Hill [73]
75 River Church Ipswich 2021 St Edmundsbury and Ipswich HTB and St Augustine's Ipswich Matt and Amy Key [74] [52]
76 The Well, Swindon 2021 Bristol Pattern Church, Swindon Paul Freeland [75]
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 [76]
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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London

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London churches in the HTB network

England & Wales

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Notes

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

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