Vision
 

We are One church with One Vision, to share the good news of Jesus and to serve our community.

The Wrangthorn and Church @ Hyde Park Corner communities are a group of people who come from different backgrounds, are at different stages of life, have different interests and views, yet are a united family.

At the heart of all we do are the values of knowing, being and sharing the hope of the good news of Jesus, which motivates us to serve our neighbourhood.

 

  • We gather at different times and on different days of the week as part of one church family. We are part of the Church of England and, with other local churches, members of the wider Christian community in Hyde Park, Wrangthorn and Woodhouse.

  • As a community of diverse, different and imperfect people our common purpose is to know, be and share the hope of the good news of Jesus as we try to serve our neighbourhood.

  • As Christians our faith is centred in and on Jesus. Our desire is to become more like Jesus in our attitudes and our actions. Although Christianity is about a personal relationship with God, being part of a church together is vital to growing in faith.

  • We worship God - expressed as Father, Son and Holy Spirit - who is loving, compassionate, relational and interested.

  • We are proud to be part of the dynamic communities that make up Hyde Park and Woodhouse. We want to learn with and from residents, businesses, students and local groups, working alongside each other to promote unity and make this area the best it can be.

Through the Bible, by meeting God in prayer, and through our own and other people’s lived experiences we want to learn more about God and the good news of Jesus.

Know
Be

The Good News is that Jesus, God’s son, died and was raised to life and therefore we too will be raised to life in God’s new world. So we try to live in a way that reflects that. You can read this idea summed up in the book of John here.

If you found that Morrison’s were giving away free food, you’d tell all your friends to come and get free food too. We share the Good News for the same reason: we’ve heard that God has done a wonderful thing and we don’t want our friends to miss out!

Share
 

Community

Wrangthorn church is ideally located on Hyde Park corner, in the middle of the communities of Hyde Park, Wrangthorn and Woodhouse. We’re proud to be part of the thriving and dynamic community around us. Because of the Good News, we serve our community. We try to follow Jesus’ teachings, which call us to help our neighbours: ‘Love your neighbour as yourself.’ Mark 12.31

 
One Team, Three Churches

Wrangthorn is part of a team of three churches: St George’s, Holy Trinity Boar Lane, and St Augustine’s Wrangthorn. We hope that each person will feel rooted in one church while recognising our role in resourcing one another.

St George’s is a resource church with a vision to preach Jesus, make disciples, serve the city, and send out leaders. Holy Trinity is a vibrant weekday centre of worship, prayer and mission, reaching out to the 60,000 workers in Leeds city centre.