About
us…
This is us
Westbourne Grove Church (known as The Grove!) is a small, friendly and diverse community of Christians in the Notting Hill area of West London.
We focus on following Jesus, loving one another, and sharing God’s love with the wider community.
We are a community where every person can play their part and bring their own unique contribution. It’s not a church where the leader does everything - instead we encourage everyone to participate in ways they feel they can, wherever they are on their journey.
We are all part of the team!
A different kind of team
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Staff Team - Church Ministers
“We are Rosana and Jose Liste. We were born in Argentina, but we came to England in 2002 to be missionaries. We’ve worked with young people in Argentina for many years, and we were part of a major renewal that God brought about there in the late eighties and nineties. Years later, the Lord put a burden on us to see something similar in England. We are delighted to have the privilege of being part of Westbourne Grove Church and helping people to get to know God deeply and reach out to many who still don’t know who Jesus is.”
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Staff Team - Church Minister
“I am one of the elders at Westbourne Grove and have been involved with the church for the best part of the last ten years. I am a theologian. I teach in different contexts and do a lot of writing. I also work with a church planting organisation called Communitas.”
Read more of Andrew’s writing on his blog, focussing on how we retell the biblical story, negotiating its transition from the centre to the margins of our culture following the collapse of Western Christendom.
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Staff Team - Front-desk Receptionist
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Staff Team - Front-desk Receptionist
“My name is Rakeb, a student about to graduate from university. Having this job alongside my studies has been incredible. I have been so in awe of everything this church does for this community, witnessing every single member of this team serving wholeheartedly. I have learnt so much from being at the Grove, where people truly show the love of Christ.”
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Staff Team - Front-Desk Receptionist
“Hi, I am Selu, a university student and receptionist here at the Grove. Working here has truly been a blessing, from our amazing staff family to everyone who walks through our doors. It’s my pleasure to serve you all.”
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Staff team - Cleaner, Prayer team, Drop-in team, Lobby Lunch team.
“Hello, I’m Mary, I have worked for the church for 21 years. I volunteer for Lobby Lunch and Monday-Drop in.”
Through the church’s Mission & Giving fund, the Church helps Mary’s sister's Church in the Philippines by providing refreshment for people that travel far to get to the bible study. This is a welcoming part of their meeting.
Mary also cooks amazing food and is always happy to pray for you.
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Staff team - Operations Manager
I was drawn to this church by the gentle threads of God’s love.
When I moved to the UK in 2022, I prayed for a church that would bless me. One day I was walking down Ledbury Road and saw a receptionist job ad for the church. I applied and got a call back for an interview. As soon as it finished and I walked out the doors the Holy Spirit told me, "You will receive an answer in 7 days," and so I did. For 2 years I worked as a part-time receptionist, growing fonder of WGC's mission and its efforts to help and love the last, the least and the lost through all of our different activities and community engagement.
During the summer of 2025 WGC entered a transition process. As the church sought to encourage young leadership, God blessed me with the opportunity for this role.
When I prayed for a church I thought God would lead me to Sunday services and worship meetings. But because His plans are always better than anything we could imagine, He also gave me a family, two jobs and the most special gift: purpose in serving and working for the Kingdom.
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Staff team - Venue manager, Trustee, Mission and Giving team leader, Prayer team, Lobby Lunch team
“I am Rosie and I have been attending the Grove Church for many years, helping out at the Drop-in and Lobby Lunch. I also run the English Cafe, to help people that do not have English as their 1st language, to improve their reading and conversational skills.
I work at the church, am a Trustee and lead the Mission & Giving team which gives away some of the Church’s money. I love going to the Church camp that we attend with other members of the FORGE churches family and enjoy cardmaking.”
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Staff team - Caretaker
With his easy-going and can-do attitude Ben is a great person to have on your team; he makes all things seem possible. Just hearing him laugh will make you smile.
Ask for Ben if you need any help with the building.
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Staff Team, Accounts manager, Prayer Team, Lobby Lunch team,
“Hello, my name is Barbara. When I first came here, I received such a warm welcome I couldn’t bear to tear myself away. The thing I love about the Grove is that you can make a contribution and get involved in anything you want to. Before lockdown I was cooking Sunday lunch for the Church every other month, I am on the rota for leading communion, I do the Church accounts and during lockdown have been leading Sunday morning worship. Hopefully one day I can welcome you to the Grove.”
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Staff Team - Caretaker
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Trustee, and helps with the church accounts
“I’m Honor, I moved to London for work a few years ago and started looking for a church to attend in 2019. I didn’t try any others after going to the Grove! I now live in Newbury but enjoy participating in The Grove church meetings via the Zoom link. I am one of the church’s trustees and help with the church’s accounts. I work as an accountant for a Local Authority and my favourite hobbies are reading and strength-training.”
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Volunteer Coordinator for Drop-in
Holly keeps us linked with the local on-line groups and coordinates our volunteer team for the Monday Drop-in. Throughout the Covid period she did a great job fund raising for the work we do with the homeless and, with her North Westminster Green Party candidate hat on, she successfully campaigned to reopen the local public toilets which had been closed during lockdown leaving our homeless friends without facilities.
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Trustee
Beliefs
What we believe
Learn more about what we believe as a community.
Simple core pillars
What we believe is simple, but important, and it shapes everything we do as a small, diverse community. Our beliefs basically focus on love: we love God, love each other and love the wider community.
Our values help guide how we live and what we do. They’re simple really, since they’re all about loving God and each other - and we’d love to share them with you!
Values
Guiding what we do
Our values help guide how we live and what we do. They’re simple really, since they’re all about loving God and each other - and we’d love to share them with you!
Faith
What’s life all about?
What's life all about? A short video by our church minister. Chris.
WHat people say
Our Connections
Together for God
A group of local churches of different denominations who have a long history of working together in the community.
Forge
Being part of something bigger than ourselves is really important for us. Forge is a network where we get encouragement, input and a chance to connect with others. In a nutshell. Forge is a collaboration of related churches. Its aims are to develop leaders, do mission together and strengthen churches.
Evangelical Alliance
The EA is a grouping of hundreds of churches and organisations. It aims to represent those members, by serving the wider church in the UK. It also focuses on bringing unity among evangelicals so that more communities may come to know Jesus.
giving
Charitable Giving
We love to be generous and we support projects in our local community and further afield. Learn more about giving and who we support.