Dundonald Church Explained

Dundonald Church
Fullname:Dundonald Church, Raynes Park
Denomination:No affiliation to any denomination. Founding church of the Co-Mission network.
Founder:Co-Mission Initiative
Years Built:2019–2021
Pastor:Rev'd Richard Coekin
Rev'd Santhosh Thomas
Rev'd Richard Leadbeater[1]
Location:Raynes Park, London Borough of Merton
Country:United Kingdom

Dundonald Church is an evangelical Church located in the Wimbledon area of the London Borough of Merton, London.[2] In a new purpose built building in Raynes Park, Dundonald is committed to preaching the Bible in keeping with the Reformed Evangelical tradition known as Calvinism. Dundonald is a part of the Co-Mission Initiative, a church-planting network in London, which houses its offices in the Church building.[3] Since its founding, Dundonald Church has grown from 30 adults to around 600, and 350 under 18s.

The Senior Pastor of Dundonald is Richard Coekin, who is also the CEO of Co-Mission.[4]

Dundonald Church meets on Sundays, with three gatherings at 10am, 4pm and 6:30pm, with provision for childr in August 2024en aged 0-11, at the 10am and 4pm services.

History

The Church was originally planted as "Emmanuel Dundonald" in 1990 by Emmanuel Church, Wimbledon, and met at Dundonald Primary School in Merton,[5] before moving to its current location in 2008, which was originally the site of a former warehouse.[6] [7] In October 2019, construction began for the new three-story church building, and Dundonald temporarily moved to holding services at Wimbledon Chase Primary School, though, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, it also hosts services online.[8] Originally expected to be completed in September 2021,[6] [9] the new building opened in February 2022.[10]

The church also runs The Coffee House, a donations-only coffee shop in the foyer of the building, open Monday-Friday.

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://dundonald.org/ministries-and-people/ Ministries and people
  2. Web site: Directory of Places of Worship in Merton . Merton Standing Advisory Council for Religious Education . 23 April 2021.
  3. https://co-mission.org/church/dundonald-church/ Dundonald Church
  4. Daewoong Lee (30 September 2019) 리처드 코킨 목사 초청 ‘2019 Gospel DNA’ 세미나 ['2019 Gospel DNA' Seminar with Pastor Richard Kokin]. (in Korean). Christian Today. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  5. (2 November 2006) Dr Butler blasts irregular ordinations. Church Times. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  6. Web site: Dundonald Church Public Consultation Boards . Dundonald.org . 23 April 2021.
  7. https://dundonald.org/history/ History
  8. Charsley, Monica (29 July 2020) Coronavirus: Dundonald Church adapts to UK lockdown. Wimbledon Times. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  9. https://web.archive.org/web/20210817122530/https://dundonald.org/openingweek/ Opening Week
  10. News: UK news in brief. Church Times. 11 March 2022. 19 April 2022.