Church History
The Fathers – who they?
with Ruth Gouldbourne
This course provides an introduction to and an overview of church history. If we are to see a humbler Church and a bigger God, we need to deal with the history of the Church to understand where we are now, and why.
The course starts on Monday 24 January and runs twice a month at 7.45 pm on Mondays until 25 July (see below for dates and topics).
Led by Rev Ruth Gouldbourne who has been a Baptist minister for more than 30 years, ministering in churches in Bedford, London and Cheadle Hulme, as well as being a tutor at Bristol Baptist College. An Associate Fellow of Spurgeon’s College, she is also Senior Research Fellow of IBTSC Amsterdam, and a Research Fellow of Bristol Baptist College.
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A sermon preached at St Martin-in-the-Fields on Sunday 28th December 2025, The Fifth Sunday of Advent, by Revd Richard Carter.
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A sermon preached at St Martin-in-the-Fields on Sunday 7th December 2025, The Second Sunday of Advent, by Revd Dr Sam Wells.
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A sermon preached at St Martin-in-the-Fields on Sunday 30th November 2025, The First Sunday of Advent, by Revd Dr Sam Wells.
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A sermon preached at St Martin-in-the-Fields on Sunday 16th November 2025, Christ the King, by Revd Richard Carter.
Sermon (16.11)
A sermon preached at St Martin-in-the-Fields on The Second Sunday Before Advent, Sunday 16th November 2025, by Revd Andrew Woodward.
Sermon (09.11)
A sermon preached at St Martin-in-the-Fields on Remembrance Sunday, Sunday 9th November 2025, by Revd Richard Carter.
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A sermon preached at St Martin-in-the-Fields for Patronal Festival, Sunday 2nd November 2025, by Revd Dr Sam Wells.
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A sermon preached at St Martin-in-the-Fields on All Saints, Sunday 26th October 2025, by Revd Dr Sam Wells.
Sermon (19.10)
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A sermon preached at St Martin-in-the-Fields on the Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity, Sunday 12th October 2025, with Prayers for Healing, Anointing and the Laying-On of Hands, by Revd Richard Carter.
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Sermon (21.09)
A sermon preached at St Martin-in-the-Fields on the Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity Sunday, Sunday 21st September 2025, by Revd Dr Sam Wells.
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A sermon preached at St Martin-in-the-Fields on the Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity Sunday, Sunday 14th September 2025, by Bishop Mariann Budde Bishop of Washington.
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A sermon preached at St Martin-in-the-Fields on the Twelfth Sunday after Trinity Sunday, Sunday 7th September 2025, by Revd Dr Sam Wells.
Sermon (31.08)
A sermon preached at St Martin-in-the-Fields on the Eleventh Sunday after Trinity Sunday, Sunday 31st August 2025, by Jolley Gosnold.