What is Love Southend?

Jesus came to show us what His Father was really like. He came to tell us that God is for us, not against us and that He really does love us. Not only did He tell us that His Father loved us, but He demonstrated it by laying down His own life, that we might be born into His wonderful family.

Today we live in a fatherless generation where many people believe that God is angry and distant from His creation. Our need to be loved has caused us to look in many places for the love and acceptance that can only come from God. The world is crying out to be unconditionally loved. We all desperately need to hear the truth that God loves us and is the Father we have been looking for all our lives.

aims simply to proclaim the truth of God’s love throughout the Borough of Southend through a continuous programme of outreach including community improvement projects throughout the year. Every month there will be a number of projects designed to bring communities together and allow the church to serve Southend, no strings attached.

Our intention is to serve the people throughout the Borough of Southend regardless of their faith, background or lifestyle choices. Nobody has to change because of what we are doing. Instead, we pray that they receive a touch of God’s love through and that the evangelistic events will be excellent opportunities to hear the Good News of Jesus Christ.

is an initiative set up by an interdenominational group of church leaders with the aim of showing God's Love to the Borough of Southend. It is intended to support a range of inter church and individual church initiatives, put on key events and support work in the local community. There will be a range of evangelistic events, events to support and equip churches and local Christians along with a range of community work to support people living and working in the Borough.

The team is chaired by Rev Stuart Kimber, who was appointed by an open meeting of church leaders, and by Avanti Ministries who act as the registered charity under which the initiative operates. There are regular meetings of Church leaders to which all churches are invited, and to which the Chair of reports.

The team who work to deliver the various initiatives are approved by the Chair of and are accountable through him to the meeting of Church leaders. Financial reports are presented both to church leaders and to the Board of Avanti.

The meeting of church leaders is chaired by Rev Martin Harris from Christchurch.