Who we are

A photo of the church building
Our church building

Hainault Evangelical Church is a non-denominational Christian church based in Hainault in the London Borough of Redbridge. Starting life in the 1950s as Manford Way Gospel Hall and situated near the border with Essex the church has been serving Jesus and the local community for almost seventy years.

Our relaxed and family-friendly Sunday services have inspiring Bible-based teaching and a mix of contemporary and traditional worship. It all starts at 10:30am. We share in communion every other week.

Families with young children/babies are very welcome and we don’t expect you to leave the main room. That said, we have a baby/toddler play area with relayed sound if you want to use it.

We’d love it if you came to visit. Feel free to bring any questions you might have but if you’d prefer there is also a brief summary of what we believe further down this page, we also have some links to other churches in the local area.


Covid-19 restrictions

Updated December 2023: We are aware that several churches are open to the public after the Covid-19 pandemic.

Whilst we are desperate to meet and worship together again, we are also inherently aware of the risk that singing and meeting together in an enclosed space introduces - even with vaccination program, which we firmly support. We have vulnerable people in our membership and we do not want to put people at risk or exclude them.

For that reason, we will not be holding meetings open to the public in our building until further notice. Like many in our country, members of our church lost loved ones through this terrible virus and we continue to pray for all those affected by it.


What we believe

Photo of recycling bins with confusing labels. One side has a slotted hole for a newspaper and the other a circular hole for bottles. The labels for each of those are below the wrong holes
Labels can sometimes be confusing

Labels can be dangerous things and are very much relative to the person using them. For this reason we at HEC tend to describe ourselves as simply Christians but we are aware that term means different things to different people. With that in mind here are some brief outlines of what HEC is, believes and stands for.

If this isn’t what you are looking for have a look at one of the other churches in the area.

Other churches in the area

The Church is as diverse and multi-faceted as the world is it exists to serve. At HEC we are aware that the way we do things won’t be everyone’s cup of tea. If that’s you, or if you are just interested in such things here are some of the other churches in the Hainault & Chigwell area:-