149 High Street 

Hurstpierpoint 

West Sussex 

BN6 9PU 

Recent history

Although the church has been present in our village for over 150 years, in 2006 the church began a partnership with Cuckfield Baptist Church and Haywards Heath Evangelical Free Church.

Hurstpierpoint Evangelical Church was replanted with a new sense of what it is to be and do, and with new leadership from 2008/9.

What's in a name?

The church's full name is "Hurstpierpoint Evangelical Free Church" - it's a long name!  But our name gives you a clue to what we're about. 

What does it mean?  Well, we're..

  • Based in Hurstpierpoint
  • evangelical which means focussed upon the good news about God's Son Jesus, revealed in the Bible.
  • free of denominational connections, and this also means we're... 
  • independent as a church with its own leadership, subject to Jesus who is the church's only Head
  • church meaning a gathering of God's people.

There are other words that could describe the church we want to be.  One of those words is missional. 

We believe that mission is not something the church does amongst other things; it is at the heart of what it means to be church. 

Joining with other UK churches

Because we see the importance of being interdependent with other evangelical churches we have embraced The Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches (FIEC) as our church group in the UK. 

FIEC is not a denomination but helps us to express unity with other independent, evangelical churches. 

Joining with other churches in Sussex

Locally we support the Sussex Gospel Partnership.

The church joined SGP in 2010.

SGP has a vision for training, youth work, church planting and much more - it is a vision for God's mission throughout Sussex that excites us. 

Supporting church planting in Brighton

The church prayerfully supports the FIEC's church planting work in East Brighton, which is led by Julian Reberra.  The New Life Church was planted over a decade ago.

                                             

Supporting the Brighton and Hove City Mission

The church actively supports the work of the BHCM, collecting food and other necessities for its basics bank project throughout the year, and at special events such as Easter, Harvest and Christmas. 

Missionary partners overseas

The church takes an active interest in overseas mission.

We partner with a couple who serve with MECO 

We also partner with a couple serving overseas amongst the Uyghur people group. 

The Persecuted Church

We have a special concern for Christians who are being ill treated simply because they are Christians.  As well as a regular prayer meeting for persecuted Christians, we support the work of Barnabas Fund and take a keen interest in the work of Open Doors.