2012
- Bearwood Chapel members agreed to begin multiplying congregations, initially using the same building but with a view to planting externally.
- The 930 Service, 11:15 Morning Worship and Sunday Night Church launched
- Hannes Ramsebner joins Bearwood Chapel as a member and trainee worker. After training with the Chapel and Union School of Theology Hannes returns to Austria as a pastor in Linz (from 2017).
2013
- Community Café Opens
2015
- Engagement with South American community leads to partnership with Jose Galindes and with support of Raglan Road Christian Church, Nueva Vida is launched
- Afternoon congregation launched (this currently functions as a monthly “Messy Church” event).
2016
- West Midlands Urban CPI Hub launched. In 2019, CPI is brought under the wing of Counties UK as the Counties Planting Network
2017
- Bearwood Chapel host a Union GDip Learning Community for 2 years. 7 individuals are trained for Gospel ministry
2018
- Bearwood Chapel begin employing Hannah Girling as a Communities and Families worker.
The Future
- We are currently exploring the possibility of launching an urban vocational training programme. This will hopefully be piloted from September 2019.
- We are in conversation with West Smethwick Community Church with view to a revitalisation project launching in 2020.