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About Us
Thank you for taking time to visit our website.
Wheatsheaf Church Leicester, formerly Wheatsheaf Christian Community Church, has met in Knighton Fields for 16 years.
Our mission is to worship and glorify Jesus, equip the church family, and serve our local community through sharing the good news of Jesus Christ.
Our Pastors
Our leaders are accredited ministers with Barnabas Fellowship of Churches, in association with the Evangelical Alliance
Alastair and Jill Gray
Alastair's story
Alastair shares how he became a Christian.....
Family stories
The following section includes members stories and experiences of becoming a Christian and walking daily with God.
Our Prayer Connections
We are part of the wider church in Leicester.
We have active relationships with many churches and Christian organisations.
Leicester-shire Intercessory Prayer
This new group has been formed to circulate information for intercessory prayer for Leicester and Leicestershire. It has been established to address the space left by the closure of Watchmen on the Wall earlier in 2025.
The group does not presently meet in person but information is relayed via whatsapp accompanied by email
If you wish to be part of this new approach please message group admin on 07942 512 067
or email: Leicestershire25@gmail.com
Please supply the following information:
Name
Email add
Mobile phone number
If you are not on whatsapp can you join? yes / no
Eternal Wall
Eternal Wall of Answered Prayer is a huge Christian landmark. It will sit in the heart of the UK. The gigantic monument of hope will host a million accounts of answered prayer, making it the largest database of hope stories in the world.
Each brick will recount a personal, specific way in which God has answered a prayer for people both now and in the past, offering a vast amount of experiences all explaining how God has come through for individuals in the midst of life’s storms.
We want to see Jesus’ miraculous and loving nature celebrated through these answered prayers and believe that the one million testimonies will ignite faith, and belief in the power of prayer, on a national level.
Sharing the Good News
Mission24
Mission24 believes... Mankind was created in the image of God to be in relationship with Him, but their disobedience damaged the perfect relationship with the creator God and corrupted the human heart, incurring divine wrath and judgement. BUT
Salvation is solely a work of God's free grace and cannot be earned by works, goodness or religious ceremony. God imputes His righteousness to those who put their faith in Christ alone for their salvation.
Mission24 is reflected locally through the Mission24 Leicester E Hub (Evangelism Hub)
This team is made up of believers from across the churches in Leicester-shire desperate to go and share the Good News.
We join with different local churches/ ministries on the third Saturday of each month (precise dates and times confirmed ahead of each time we meet). Wheatsheaf members play a regular part in this work.
A local co-ordinating team consists of Pastors Alastair Gray and Craig Sweeney-Essex (Central Baptist) and Mission 24 Evangelists Gareth and Jane Griffiths
UNITED Churches in Leicestershire
Wheatsheaf is a partner with 'United'
'United' is Churches working together to share the Good News with a heart to walk together with other Church Leaders in Leicestershire who carry a heart for the whole Body of Christ and celebrate one another. We know that Jesus has one bride and we are stronger together.
Churches connected typically commit to the following….
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To meet as leaders in groups for relational breakfasts each month
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To pray together as a group twice a year
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To join our joint events with children, youth and Young Adults
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To support one another.
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To be able to sign up for the Evangelical Alliance statement of Faith - https://www.eauk.org/about-us/how-we-work/basis-of-faith
The Leaders of United are:
David Hind - One Church Leicester
together with
Elaine Sutherland - Holy Trinity Leicester
Taiwo Olugbenga - RCCG City Of Favour
Matt MacDiarmid - Hope Community Church
Craig Sweeney-Essex - Central Baptist Church
Administrator and contact for 'United' is: Zoë Frew
United Network Administrator
Email: zoe@unitedleicestershire.com
Call: 0116 255 8672
Barnabas Fellowship of Churches
Barnabas Fellowship of Churches is an international network of churches called together to share vision and resources, to work with Christ in the building of His Kingdom. Wheatsheaf is an active part of Barnabas, and Barnabas England in particular.
It from the leadership of Barnabas England that the Church receives oversight and to whom our pastors are accountable.
The work of Barnabas can be summed up in the Barnabas mission statement:
Building Kingdom Churches, Developing Kingdom Relationships
The Barnabas England website represents the English churches within the Barnabas network.
Barnabas International
You can learn more about Barnabas as an international network at our international website at www.bfoc.org
Our pastors Alastair and Jill are the International Team link to the Southern Africa Barnabas Churches in Zimbabwe and Zambia
Barnabas International:
Barnabas Southern Africa
