Our Beginnings

our story.

The New Testament Church of God (NTCG) in England held its first public service at the YMCA Centre, Stafford Street, Wolverhampton, on the morning of Sunday 20th September 1953 under the direction of Bishop Oliver A. Lyseight and Bishop Herman D. Brown. It is reported that on the evening of the same day, Bishop G. A. Johnson, Revd Enos Gordon and other believers began a fellowship in Handsworth, Birmingham. Contact was later made between the two groups, and the Handsworth fellowship was visited by Bishop Lyseight.

Almost two years later, after joining more than 30,000 attendees from 34 countries at the Pentecostal World Conference in Stockholm, Sweden (13th – 20th June 1955), the then Executive Secretary of World Missions, Revd Paul H. Walker, visited England and established the Wolverhampton (25 members) and Handsworth (40 members) churches as the first two NTCG congregations in the UK on Saturday 18th June 1955.

NTCG Founding Members — Founding members of the New Testament Church of God in England & Wales

A National Base

Our National Offices

Overstone Hall and its grounds in Overstone Park, Northamptonshire, were purchased in 1979 under the leadership of Dr Jeremiah McIntyre. The site was acquired for a Bible college and convalescent home for members of the Church of God. It became the home of the Administrative Office of NTCG England & Wales, Overstone Theological College, and was part-leased to Abbeyfield Dorcas Residential Care Homes for the elderly.

On 16 April 2001, an arson attack on the building destroyed two-thirds of the site. Despite this setback, NTCG continued to use the remainder of the building for national operations until 2008. In 2006, the Church purchased Cheyne Walk, our present site, and spent the next two years renovating it into the building it is today. The NTCG Heritage Centre and Roswith Gerloff Library were relocated to Cheyne Walk in 2014.

Cheyne Walk, Northampton
National Offices 2008 – present

Leadership Through the Years

Pioneers of the Faith

Across the history of NTCG, men and women have made extraordinary sacrifices for the advancement of the faith. Having answered the call of God, they served with humility, perseverance and deep conviction. We honour these leaders, whose faithfulness helped lay the foundations on which others would continue to build.