It’s not often that a former Church of England vicar is inducted to the pastorate of an independent evangelical church. But that is what happened at Trinity Evangelical Church Rainhill, Merseyside on September 6.
The Revd David Wilkinson took on the leadership of Trinity, which is part of the Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches (FIEC).
David left the Church of England 11 years ago and was, prior to moving to Rainhill, both an antiquarian bookseller and pastor of an evangelical free church in Kendal, Cumbria.