Freedom Church facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Freedom Church
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Country	Worldwide
Denomination	Evangelical Non-denominational Charismatic
History
Former name(s)	New Life Church
Founded	May 1988 (1988-05)
Founder(s)	Gary Snowzell, Heather Snowzell

Freedom Church is a global non-denominational evangelical Christian church whose vision is to "Connect Anyone Anywhere to a Life Changing relationship with Jesus". The church is headquartered in Hereford in the United Kingdom with locations in Africa, North America, Asia and Europe. Freedom Church is a member of the Evangelical Alliance.

History

Freedom Church was founded as New Life Church by Pastors Gary and Heather Snowzell in 1988. Originally situated in Leominster in Herefordshire, in around 2005 it moved to Hereford and was renamed Freedom Church.

In 2011, Freedom Church partnered with the Southern Baptist megachurch NewSpring Church in South Carolina. The purpose of the partnership was to help Freedom Church plant churches all over the world. This arrangement came to an end in December 2017. In 2015, Freedom Church started to give 10% of its income as a tithe to NewSpring Church, though this has since ceased.

Freedom Church's first planted church was in Cardiff in 2011, and it has since started locations in Africa, North America, Asia and Europe.

In 2015, Freedom Church's location in Hereford moved location to a converted cinema and nightclub.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Freedom Church in Worcester, England supported a local food bank with storage space.

Music

Freedom Church has produced 3 albums, 2 singles and an EP.

Albums

Singles and EPs

Media

Freedom Church has a YouTube channel and its messages have been shown on the TV channels TBN UK and TBN Africa.

Freedom Heroes

Freedom Church in Kampala, Uganda runs an organisation called 'Freedom Heroes' which takes homeless boys aged 12–21 off the streets of Kampala, Uganda and supports them with housing, a "Street School", and "Street Church" with the stated aim of reuniting them with their families. Sponsors from the United States can visit their beneficiaries on a missions trip with NewSpring Church.

Freedom Heroes is a registered charity in both Uganda and the United Kingdom.

Notable people

Stuart Anderson, who sat on Herefordshire Council as councillor for Kings Acre ward and was later elected as the Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton South West in the 2019 general election, and whose wife is also a member of the church, is a member of the church and has appeared on Songs of Praise to promote the church. His former business eTravelSafety previously shared the same registered address as Freedom Church Hereford.

Freedom Church has also maintained a connection with NewSpring Church's founder Perry Noble, who continued to deliver sermons for Freedom Church after being ousted from NewSpring Church.

Locations

Freedom Church has churches across the world, with locations in the following cities:

Europe

Africa

Asia

North America