Richmond Baptist Church
Making Jesus known throughout Anfield & Everton
Our History
The history of Richmond Baptist Church began in November 1859 when members of the congregations of Pembroke Baptist Church and Myrtle Street Baptist Church started an extension project holding services at the Athenaeum in Brunel Street. Numbers attending these meetings grew so that it was decided a new Church building was needed.
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Find more information on those first 100 years by downloading the Word document here...
Richmond Baptist Church has existed in the Anfield/Everton area of Liverpool for over 150 years but our extensive premises on Breck Road were sold in 2009 because of the spiralling costs of maintaining the grade 2 listed building. From 2009, the fellowship made use of the nearby Methodist Church premises for Sunday worship and social events. Despite the relative "invisibility" of the church, the fellowship started to grow again and was also able to maintain a Tots Group in the hall of another nearby church. However, these arrangements were far from ideal for the church.​
In May 2014 we were asked if we would be interested in taking over the premises of the nearby Good News Mission as the congregation there was no longer able to meet maintenance costs. Following conversations with regional ministers and a number of prayer meetings, the church agreed to pursue the opportunity offered. Building Surveyors were engaged to give advice on the viability, design and cost of making the premises suitable for use. The substantial cost of renovating the premises was met from the sale proceeds of the Breck Road premises, a loan from the Baptist Union and generous donations from past and present members and friends
“Welcome to The House – Home of Richmond Baptist Church” are the words that greeted those who walked through the doors of our newly opened premises on Sunday 4 February 2018.
Rev.John McLaren is Richmond's current pastor. We welcomed John and his wife Pam in April 2014 when the Rev. Norman Wade retired.
Rev Wade and Mrs Maureen Wade served Richmond faithfully for over 30 years.
