A new church plant can often be met with questions of ‘What’s wrong with the existing churches?’ and ‘Do we really need another one?’ But in this instance there are compelling reasons to plant a new church in the centre of Warrington.
Supported by the North West Partnership, Central Church Warrington is looking to launch in Easter 2022. Anglican in nature and conservative evangelical in conviction, this initiative, which is in the Liverpool Diocesan consultation process, has an extraordinary opportunity.
For 25 years the population of Warrington has drifted to the suburbs, with most of the town centre residential property either being demolished or repurposed for commercial use. This ‘doughnut effect’ has left the town centre denuded of residential property apart from a small number of low-rent poor-quality dwellings.
