Our History

The beginnings of the Elim Movement

Elim’s birth was extraordinary. The year was 1915. It could hardly have been a less promising time as the nation was feeling the full horrors of the First World War. In Monaghan, Ireland, a small group of young men had invited welsh evangelist George Jeffreys to hold some meetings. Their fervour and faith drew him and, on 7 January 1915, in the Temperance Hall the Elim Evangelistic Band was formed to spread the Christian gospel in the power of the Holy Spirit to Ireland and beyond.

A multicultural family church in the heart of the city.

Elim Church Northampton (ECN) was founded in 1967 through an evangelistic campaign led by Evangelist Alex Tee. For over 50 years, we have remained committed to one central mission: to reach people with the life-changing good news of Jesus Christ.

We are a family church made up of people from over 40 nationalities and across every generation. Our heart is to be a church that is friendly, relevant, life-giving, —a place where everyone is welcome and everyone can belong.

Our vision is rooted in the powerful words of Jesus found in Luke 4:18–19:

“The Spirit of the Lord is on me,
because he has anointed me
to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners
and recovery of sight for the blind,
to set the oppressed free,
to proclaim the year of the Lord's favour.”

This vision drives all we do. Elim Church Northampton exists to help people discover the love of God, find freedom from the past, experience restoration in the present, and embrace hope and purpose for the future.

Devotion to God

Our first priority is to honour God with all of our lives (He is our first priority). This is called worship.  *A sentence from the Bible... “So here’s what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering” (Romans 12:1)

Development of people

We desire  to see people grow in their relationship with God, developing Christ like character and seeing them flourish in their God given gifts and talents. This is what we call discipleship. *A sentence from the Bible... “Why is it that he gives us these special abilities to do certain things best? It is that God’s people will be equipped to do better work for him, building up the Church, the body of Christ, to a position of strength and maturity” until finally we all believe alike about our salvation and about our Savior, God’s Son, and all become full-grown in the Lord”. (Ephesians 4:12)

Demonstration of kindness

Not only did Jesus share his compassion, kindness and love to the poor, marginalised and those in need. He also demonstrated to the religious and the rich. We believe that this good news should be shared and demonstrated to all. This is called evangelism (which literally means good news). *A sentence from the Bible... “In kindness he takes us firmly by the hand and leads us into a radical life-change”. (Romans 2:4)

Thank you for taking time to read this.

Jason & Lynda Heron 

Lead Pastors

For more information please email church office

*All Bible sentences are taken from the New International version, The Message bible and Living Bible translations.