About Us
“At Freedom Church, the Bible shapes everything we believe, teach and how we live. We want to be a worshipping, Spirit-filled community where the work of the Holy Spirit can be seen in the way we love, serve and follow Jesus.”
Where It Began
Freedom Church Chester began in 2012 when Keith and Rachel Cooper, along with their daughter Rosannah, pioneered a new church in the heart of Chester.
What started with the 3 of them meeting in their living room grew into a thriving church community of more than 100 people. Since then, Freedom Church has continued to grow, serve the city and send people out, planting new churches and helping establish new communities of faith.
Our Leadership
Keith Cooper
Founding Elder
Matt Banks
Elder
Dave Brown
Lead Elder / Pastor
Khumbulani Sibanda
Elder
Les Wright
Elder
Elders aren’t special people, but Scripture gives them a special responsibility: to lead, teach, protect and care for God’s church. Our team isn’t made up of perfect super-Christians, just ordinary men who know and love Jesus and want to serve his people. They’re still learning and growing too, seeking to lead by example, with humility, prayer and God’s Word at the heart of all they do.
Our Vision
To be a church on a mission, one which reaches the people of Chester and beyond with the love of God, and which grows through teaching the gospel, making disciples & planting more churches.
Our Values
🤝 Being Family Together
Community and unity are part of being made in Gods image and we believe this foundational to us as Gods people
🙏 Wholeheartedly Adoring Jesus
Jesus and our focus on him is central to all we do as we “Seek first the kingdom of God”. Honest, full-hearted & spirit filled worship comes from a life of adoration
📖 Advancing The Gospel
We take seriously the call to go into the world and make Jesus known & share his “good news of great joy”, through evangelism and church planting
🌟 Living God's Truth
We seek to build on a foundation of both word & spirit. Head knowledge alone is useless without action, we believe that via Holy Spirit, what we learn from scripture must be practiced in our lives as disciples
❤️ Loving Others Generously
Loving God means loving people, regardless of differences. Seeking justice, loving mercy, walking humbly and giving generously as an act of worship to God
Our Core Beliefs
We Believe In:
The one true God who lives eternally in three persons—the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
The love, grace and sovereignty of God in creating, sustaining, ruling, redeeming and judging the world.
The divine inspiration and supreme authority of the Old and New Testament Scriptures, which are the written Word of God—fully trustworthy for faith and conduct.
The dignity of all people, made male and female in God’s image to love, be holy and care for creation, yet corrupted by sin, which incurs divine wrath and judgement.
The incarnation of God’s eternal Son, the Lord Jesus Christ—born of the virgin Mary; truly divine and truly human, yet without sin.
The atoning sacrifice of Christ on the cross: dying in our place, paying the price of sin and defeating evil, so reconciling us with God.
The bodily resurrection of Christ, the first fruits of our resurrection; his ascension to the Father, and his reign and mediation as the only Saviour of the world.
The justification of sinners solely by the grace of God through faith in Christ.
The ministry of God the Holy Spirit, who leads us to repentance, unites us with Christ through new birth, empowers our discipleship and enables our witness.
The Church, the body of Christ both local and universal, the priesthood of all believers— given life by the Spirit and endowed with the Spirit’s gifts to worship God and proclaim the gospel, promoting justice and love.
The personal and visible return of Jesus Christ to fulfil the purposes of God, who will raise all people to judgement, bring eternal life to the redeemed, eternal condemnation to the lost, and establish a new heaven and new earth.
Our Church Network
Freedom Church Chester is part of ChristCentral, a family of around 275 churches across 25 nations, led by Jeremy Simpkins and his team.
ChristCentral is part of the wider Newfrontiers family of churches, connecting us with churches across the UK and around the world.
You can find out more at christcentralchurches.org and newfrontierstogether.org.