Carey Baptist Church is an independent

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.Carey Baptist Church, ReadingFind a Church
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History

The church was founded in 1867 and was named after William Carey, a famous

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from

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, who went to India in 1793, and never returned to his homeland. Carey's first pastor was

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. Notable past elders include Rev. Theodore Harold Bendor-Samuel.
Theodore Bendor-Samuel, April 1998, Evangelical Times In the mid-1970s two members of Carey, David and Madeleine Potter, founded a Christian Charity called Prospects (charity), Prospects to support learning disabled adults and help them reach their full potential. In 2016, Prospects became part of the

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Group. Additional premises, The Carey Centre, in Anstey Road (a parallel road behind the chapel) were acquired in 1993, following the closure of Central Evangelical Church. As of June 2009, Carey Baptist Church now owns part of what was the Oasis Public House.

Carey today

The church building is on Carey Street (Anstey Road) in central Reading, close to the

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(IDR), Oxford Road, and

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. The main service times are 10:30 and 18:00 on Sunday.

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-format files of the sermons are available on the church's website and Sunday services are streamed live from the website. Sunday services can also be watched live on

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. The church is affiliated to

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and the FIEC

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. The current

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s are James Muldoon and David Magowan.Minister set to move on to pastures new
" 5 August 2009, Whitby Gazette.

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left the church on 16 July 2006 to take up the position of principal of the

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in September 2006, Rev. C. Jonathan Stephen, Principal, faculty page, Wales Evangelical School of Theology, accessed 11 May 2011. while Basil Howlett retired from the position of co-pastor in January 2009.

Missions

The church continues to work in the tradition of William Carey by sending missionaries abroad to India Praying that Ian will be freed
", 14 January 2002, GET Workingham newspaper. and the Amazon.Can you help fill a shoebox?
26 August 2005, Get Surrey newspaper. In 2005 a missionary from Carey, David Barnes, was serving in Aysana, a small village, about five hours down river from

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Ian Stillman Ian Stillman (1950 – 25 May 2016) was a deaf British aid worker from Reading, Berkshire, England, in the United Kingdom, whose imprisonment and subsequent release from prison in India garnered media attention. Together with his wife Sue, he foun ...

, a deaf missionary sent to India by Carey Baptist, was arrested in August 2000 and charged with smuggling 20 kilograms of cannabis after the drug was found in a shared taxi. It is widely believed that the charges were fabricated.

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"pa(id) tribute" to Carey Baptist on the successful campaign to obtain Stillman's release from prison.
"Early day motion 321." 9 December 2002,

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References

External links

*{{Official website
Carey Baptist Church group
on

Churches in Reading, Berkshire Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches Baptist churches in Berkshire Religious organizations established in 1867 1867 establishments in England