About us
We are a gathering of believers united in our love for Christ, where all are welcome to come and join us for worship, where we hear the Word of God preached faithfully. We confess the Reformed Faith as outlined in the 1689 Baptist Confession, holding to holy scripture as the only certain rule of faith and practice and seeking to glorify God in the town of Ramsbottom.
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MERF Somali Ministry
For around two decades,
twice a week, MERF’s
Somali language radio
programmes have aired
Christ’s good news far
and wide in the midst of
an overwhelmingly harsh
Islamic environment. By
God’s grace, many respond
to the gospel. Inquirers
are carefully followed up.
MERF puts Somali Bibles
in the hands of hungry souls, and translates,
prints and distributes
basic Christian literature
to build young believers
solidly in the faith. Printed
Bibles and Christian literature are very much in
demand. The team recently reprinted these translations: Living the Christian
Life by Albert Martin,
Healthy Christian Growth
by Sinclair Ferguson and
Coming to Faith in Christ
by John Benton.
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The Totality Of God’s Sovereign Providence
If God is God, then He is sovereign over all things. Our world view affirms a divine Providence who governs human history. He doesn’t just govern the orbits of the planets. He is sovereign over everything. That’s the idea that defines our whole understanding of human life, our whole understanding of economics, our whole understanding of government, our whole understanding of education. That concept is on a collision course with every philosophy in human history that would deny the sovereignty of God over human life.
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Pray For Algeria
Prior to independence Algeria was home to more than a million who would have identified as being from a Christian background (mainly French). The majority were evacuated to France in 1962. Today around 98% of Algeria’s 44 million population would identify as Sunni Muslim. Some would claim there has been a modest rise in Algerians calling themselves non-religious, particularly among younger adults.
Algeria’s constitution declares Islam to be the state religion, but also declares that freedom of “creed and opinion” should be maintained.
The Protestant Church in Algeria is small, and mainly confined to the Kabyle Berber ethnic group in the north of the country. In the past churches have generally been free to meet, although in recent years there have been periodic government crackdowns on Christians. Islamist groups in Algeria are increasingly intolerant of non-Muslim religion.
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Special Events and Regular Meetings
At Trinity Grace Church, you will always receive the warmest of welcomes! We love to receive newcomers, and we want to do everything possible to make everyone feel at home amongst us. To help with this, we have a programme of special events that are especially suited to newcomers. Please see the schedule attached. We also seek to offer a friendly welcome to all our mens and ladies meetings, children's clubs and regular services. Please come along and find out for yourself.
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Praise God: MPs Vote Against Death!
Ciarán Kelly of the Christian Institute writes: Wonderfully, the House of Commons has rejected the attempt to legalise assisted suicide in England and Wales by 286 votes to 270.
Please join us in giving praise and thanks to God for this deliverance for our nation. It is a tremendous result, and we give him the glory.
Thank you for your prayers and your contact with MPs. Under God, this has been a huge team effort, over a long period of time. We’re grateful to you, and also to our many co-workers from across the political and philosophical spectrum who have worked so hard towards this truly vital victory.
I’m relieved that MPs understood that legalising state-sponsored suicide would put tens of thousands of vulnerable people at risk. After years of media coverage favouring the assisted suicide lobby, this is a fantastic outcome. Please join me in praying that it would help start to dismantle the myths that have misled so many into believing that assisted suicide is an act of compassion.
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Ladies Meetings 2026-2027
The ladies meeting here at Trinity Grace are a warm, welcoming place where we seek to grow in our
faith and in our love for God and each other as we study the word of God together. We usually have
our meetings once a month on Saturdays from October to June.
We have a theme for the year and we have covered subjects from “Women Who Encountered Jesus”
and “Contentment”. Sometimes we will study a complete book of the Bible in the year as we did with
Ephesians; other times we will focus on specific passages like the ‘Fruit of the Spirit” or “The
Beatitudes.” The book we shall be reading and studying through this session is: “The Whole Armour Of God” by
Iain Duguid. The next meeting is schedules for 17th October 2026.
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God’s People Suffering In Cameroon
Please pray for Oumar in Cameroon. After surviving a Boko Haram attack, a bullet remains dangerously lodged in his leg, prolonging the physical and mental anguish of the brutal attack. Oumar was left for dead when Boko Haram militants attacked his community in north Cameroon. Incredibly, he survived. However, a bullet remains dangerously lodged in his leg, reminding him of the brutality of what happened.
More than 12 people were killed when the militants attacked on 20 January 2026. Oumar’s neighbour was amongst those who lost their lives.
“After he died, we spent the day digging the grave and buried him,” Oumar recalls. “In the evening, Boko Haram returned. They pulled out Adama, the elder brother of the one who died, and me. After taking me out of the city, I told them I would not go with them. I cried for help, and then they shot me.”
Adama – married and a father of seven – was tragically killed. Oumar was shot in the leg.
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TASTE Nigeria Latest News
We are thankful to God for continuing to keep our team in Nigeria safe as they travel to remote communities to carry out projects.
Please continue to pray for these communities many of which are facing relentless and brutal attacks, which are sadly likely to get worse as the election in early 2027 looms.
One such attack happened on the night of 30 July 2026.
Naridon village in, Kauru Local Government Area (LGA), Kaduna State, was plunged into unimaginable grief when terrorist attacked without warning killing 30 innocent people, including 22 adults and 8 children.
In the midst of the attack, several women sought refuge inside a house they believed would offer them protection. However, the attackers broke into the house and killed them all.
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Keith Underhill Newsletter September 2026
Keith Underhill writes: Thank you for your fellowship in prayer. We so much appreciate that many of you have written
especially concerned about Priscilla after her small stroke. By God’s grace she continues to
make progress. There do not seem to be any permanent visible effects, but she is not
regaining her strength as quickly as she would like, although there is nothing she is not able
to do. We are able to participate in all the meetings of the church, and we are profiting from
the ministry and the fellowship. We are seeing a few new faces in the church. Last Sunday a
Kenyan student came having found us online. We have also had two ladies, former Muslims,
and a Chinese mainland Christian. You never know who will be there next time! Such is the
providence of God. But we seldom see conversions, or professing Christians willing to put the
local church at the centre of their lives.
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IRBS Newsletter September 2026
Dr James Renihan writes: Courtney Dolezal reports that her husband is doing well. He was discharged from the rehabilitation hospital on August 11, and since being home has continued to make progress in his recovery. She writes: "James has been home for a couple of weeks now and is recovering more each day. He is still receiving outpatient therapy (PT, OT, and Speech) at the rehab hospital twice a week. Therapy, combined with regular visitors at our home, has stretched his body and mind in very positive ways. James can walk indoors independently. He can walk outside and up the stairs with someone to assist. He is reading a little and able to follow a train of thought in print and in conversation. He has been to church the past two Sundays. We are glad to have him home and very thankful for the continued support as we step into this next phase of recovery." Please give thanks for the Lord's mercies to the Dolezal family and continue to pray for further recovery.
The Second London Baptist Confession of Faith (1689)
In 2011 we made the decision to officially adopt the Second London Baptist Confession (1689) as our confession of faith. We exhort you to read it.
What's on?
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Resources
Here you can find a vast array of helpful, encouraging and edifying resources to further your understanding of the Christian faith.
Churches & Organisations
Here you can find the Churches and organisations we support as a fellowship. We support these works with resources which God has blessed us with and prayer for the glory of God.
Overseas / Missions
Trinity Grace Church has supported overseas missionary ministries for many years. We first began our involvement in the early 1970s and since then have expanded our gospel outreach to a needy world. We believe it is the responsibility of local churches to engage in this ministry, and we have rejoiced to play our part in the building of God’s kingdom throughout the world.
