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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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The Lord Sends, Through The Church
Christian missions does not begin with us. It does not begin with the missionary who goes, or even with the church that sends him. Missions begins with the Lord Himself.
The Church is certainly a sent people. Jesus calls us “the light of the world” (Matthew 5:14), and Revelation pictures the churches as lampstands bearing witness to Christ. As the body of Christ, the whole Church has been sent to proclaim the gospel and make disciples of all nations.
At the same time, the Church is the body that sends. From among her members, the Church identifies qualified and called men and women, commissions them, and sends them to make Christ known where He is not yet known. These missionaries do not go as independent religious adventurers. They go on behalf of Christ’s church (Acts 13:1–4).
Sending is not merely “a moment.” The churches that send missionaries remain their co-laborers. We support them, pray for them, care for them, encourage them, and hold them accountable (Acts 14:26–28). They go, and we go with them through our fellowship in the gospel.
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TASTE Nigeria September Update
The 1,300 population of Glo-Village Rakubeleng are overwhelmed with their new water facilities which was commissioned and handed over to them earlier this month.
There is joy and gratitude because community members can now access clean and safe water on their doorstep. At the same time, the project carries a deep significance as the community decided to dedicate the project to the memory of Zarep Semiah, the 5 month old son of Abigail of one of our volunteers. Zarep was killed in the car accident which happen in March 2025 when our Training team were going out to a community to do some training.
This water facility will continue to impact lives in the community, both in providing safe drinking water and will also be a legacy of Zarep for years to come.
We are also thankful to God that we were also able to comfort the family and the community in their loss and sadness by pointing them to the source of the true comfort and Life changing water – our Lord Jesus Christ.
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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.
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.
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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.
