Who we are
Our church building
Hainault Evangelical Church is a non-denominational Christian church based in Hainault in the London Borough of Redbridge. Starting life in the 1950s as Manford Way Gospel Hall and situated near the border with Essex the church has been serving Jesus and the local community for almost seventy years.
Our relaxed and family-friendly Sunday services have inspiring Bible-based teaching and a mix of contemporary and traditional worship. It all starts at 10:30am. We share in communion every other week.
- Everybody is welcome
- Fully accessible by wheelchair/pram
- Disabled toilet facilities
Families with young children/babies are very welcome and we don’t expect you to leave the main room. That said, we have a baby/toddler play area with relayed sound if you want to use it.
We’d love it if you came to visit. Feel free to bring any questions you might have but if you’d prefer there is also a brief summary of what we believe further down this page, we also have some links to other churches in the local area.
Covid-19 restrictions
Updated December 2023: We are aware that several churches are open to the public after the Covid-19 pandemic.
Whilst we are desperate to meet and worship together again, we are also inherently aware of the risk that singing and meeting together in an enclosed space introduces - even with vaccination program, which we firmly support. We have vulnerable people in our membership and we do not want to put people at risk or exclude them.
For that reason, we will not be holding meetings open to the public in our building until further notice. Like many in our country, members of our church lost loved ones through this terrible virus and we continue to pray for all those affected by it.
What we believe
Labels can sometimes be confusing
Labels can be dangerous things and are very much relative to the person using them. For this reason we at HEC tend to describe ourselves as simply Christians but we are aware that term means different things to different people. With that in mind here are some brief outlines of what HEC is, believes and stands for.
- We believe in faith in God through Jesus, empowered by the Holy Spirit as a life-enhancing strength.
- We believe in hope through Jesus which should be spread by his church among the world.
- We believe in love from God, to God and among people, unconditionally, for all.
- We believe in life in all its difficult, joyous, heart-breaking, vibrant and diverse fullness. Jesus came so we could have it, died that it would be free and rose again that it need not end.
- We believe life is a gift to be enjoyed, a journey to share and as much about now as the future.
- If you have any specific questions about the church, please feel free to bring them along or contact us
If this isn’t what you are looking for have a look at one of the other churches in the area.
Other churches in the area
The Church is as diverse and multi-faceted as the world is it exists to serve. At HEC we are aware that the way we do things won’t be everyone’s cup of tea. If that’s you, or if you are just interested in such things here are some of the other churches in the Hainault & Chigwell area:-