Welcome to Central Baptist Church

We are a Baptist Church in the centre of Chelmsford. Our congregation is all age and multicultural with people from over 20 countries worshipping together.

Church With Clouds 2We have two services on a Sunday with a mix of traditional and contemporary worship.

We are a town centre church which is used by the local community and runs seven days a week.

You can find us near the Chelmsford railway station and town library.

Recent Sermons

More sermons are available in the archives!

Leadership At Antioch

Published on 17th May 2012.

To my amazement, this year nobody in our church felt free to accept nomination as a deacon. As a result, there will be no deacons’ election, and instead of having twelve deacons, we are now down to seven. It was in that context that, in the course of following the daily lectionary, I read Acts 13.1-3 – the passage where Luke describes the setting apart of Paul and Barnabas for missionary service. It is a passage that I had read many times before, but as is so often the case, in a new setting Luke’s account took on fresh meaning.

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Next Seven Days

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10 a.m. Dads & Toddlers

10 a.m. Morning Service: All age service
3 p.m. Outlook
6 p.m. Evening Service
7:30 p.m. Fusion Yellow & Fusion Green
7:30 p.m. Fusion Red

7 p.m. Alpha
8 p.m. Circuit Training
8 p.m. Badminton Club

10 a.m. Baby & Toddler Group
10:30 a.m. Oasis Café
10:30 a.m. Fair Trade Stall
6:30 p.m. Football: Training
7 p.m. Ozone

10:30 a.m. Oasis Café
7:30 p.m. Church Meeting

10:30 a.m. Oasis Café
2:15 p.m. Thursday Fellowship
5:30 p.m. Girls Brigade
5:30 p.m. Boys Brigade

10:30 a.m. Oasis Café
7:30 p.m. Boys Brigade

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