Fallowfield Baptist Church

About Fallowfield Baptist Church

Our congregation normally numbers around 35, with around 25 adults and 10 children and young people. We have a good mix of people of different ages and backgrounds drawn from the South of Manchester area.

Our Sunday begins at 10am. We start with worship, then have a coffee break before we continue with various activities, ending with a short epilogue by noon. The service is carefully structured, but informal in style. Children of all ages are welcome in the service. They generally leave part way through to follow their own Junior Church classes, but occasionally remain and join in the whole service.

Our beliefs are many and varied. We have an open, exploratory approach to faith and belief. We avoid dogma, fundamentalism and prescription and we acknowledge that there are no easy answers to hard questions. We believe that true faith reveals itself in action.

We are Baptists because of the tradition of dissent and freedom in belief, because we believe that the local congregation is best equipped to make decisions about its own direction, and in spite of much of the rest of the denomination. Though we offer believers baptism, it is not a precondition of membership. When you come you will find a warm welcome - friendly but not pushy. You will have a chance to join in worship and other activities that are thoughtful and challenging, along with the opportunity to meet others in a relaxed setting. There will be space for reflection and quiet, with no demands to get involved.