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A history of the Abundant Life Church

The Abundant Life Church is a large Christian neo-charismatic church based in Bradford in Yorkshire, England. It is a part of the British New Church Movement. This article explores the church and its history.

History of the church

The Abundant Life Church was founded in 1976 by Bryn Jones who was one of the early Restoration/British New Church leaders. It was started following the amalgamation of three small churches that were based in Bradford: a charismatic Brethren Assembly which was based at the Bolton Woods Gospel Hall, an independent charismatic church made up mostly of former baptists who had been unable to continue in their church because of their charismatic beliefs and the New Covenant Church which was a fellowship originally under the apostolic leadership of G W North.
Early days In its earlier days, the church met in the Anglican Church House and is therefore locally known as 'church house.' In 1988, the church spent almost £1 million to buy a former textile mill on Wapping Road and built a main building with a car park at the rear.

The church today

In the present day, (July 2011) the church has an attendance of around 3,000 people. This attendance has steadily grown over the years with a thousand more people attending now than they did only a decade ago in 2000. This is mainly due to the fact that in the present day, the church is based in three different locations as two other branches of the church have opened up in Belfast and in Leeds. As a result of this, the church now describes itslef as 'One church, three locations.' As of July 2011, the current senior pastor of the church is Paul Scanlon who, along with his wife, have served the Abundant life church for twenty-seven years.

Church music

A very interesting fact about the Abundant Life Church is that it has its very own record label. 'Abundant life music' currently has a publishing and distributing deal with 'Intengrity music.' Through the church's label, the church has produced several live praise and worship albums as well as a studio-recorded album. In May 2010, the church released its first project under its record label entitled 'Name Above All Names' under the banner ALM:uk

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