‘The church where everyone is someone and Jesus Christ is Lord.’ That’s the motto for TCM, but the encouraging observation often heard from the members is: ‘It’s hard to keep track of all the new people!’
Thomas Cooper Memorial Evangelical Baptist Church, known locally as TCM, is located in the centre of the picturesque county city of Lincoln. The church has a long history of evangelical witness in Lincoln and, in common with most long-established churches, has experienced glorious times of feasts and difficult times of famine.
We want conversions
When pastor Hugh Hill was called to TCM in September 2000 he asked the church officers what their vision was for the future and received the reply: ‘We want to see conversions, baptisms, the church filled with worshipping people, and the gallery, long unused on Sundays, to be in regular use again.’ In other words, they longed to see spiritual and numerical growth right across the church.
