HTB network


The HTB network consists of churches planted by Holy Trinity Brompton or by HTB plants themselves. As such, it is a network of Anglican churches within the Church of England and the Church in Wales that are linked back to HTB.
The network now comprises more than 30 of the approximately 490 churches in the Diocese of London, and 66 churches nationwide across 17 dioceses. In recent years the Church Commissioners have released tens of millions of pounds of funding to help HTB plants revitalise strategic churches.

Controversies

was known as the National Musicians' Church for 70 years until August 2017 when hiring of the facilities for non-religious events was banned, against assurances which had been given when HTB took over in 2013. Fifty figures from the musical world signed an open letter urging reversal of the ban and preservation of the church's "unique national cultural remit". Acting Bishop of London Pete Broadbent tried to convince the church to reverse its ban. Andrew Earis, director of music at St Martin-in-the-Fields and former director of music at St Sepulchre, said the decision was "doing irreparable harm to the church as a whole". By 2024, the church was no longer a member of the HTB network, and priest-in-charge Nick Mottershead spoke of work to "rebuild a reputation around being the Musicians’ Church and to redefine and communicate that this is a place that is welcoming to all." He sought to make the church's support for same-sex blessings "very clear", due in part to the perception that it remained connected to HTB.
The 2020 relaunch of Church of St Andrew & St Teilo in Cardiff was controversial with members of the existing congregation. A petition titled "Save St Teilo's" asking the diocese to "reverse its decision to place a new resource church in the place of ours" received almost 2,000 signatures. At an open parish meeting, "expressed opinion was unanimously opposed". Several people interviewed by the Church Times emphasised the importance of the church being welcoming to LGBT members. Parish treasurer Phil Hawkins described the decision to push ahead with plans without parish consultation as "appalling".
A lay leader who came out as lesbian at St Luke's Church, Kentish Town reported that she had been "forced out" of the church and her position as bible study leader by vicar Jon March, when new rules for living "beyond reproach" were introduced after telling him of her sexuality, rules which among other things prohibited being in a same-sex relationship. An internal investigation commissioned by the Bishop of Edmonton found that there were pastoral failings but not an abuse of power. The woman, who received three years of therapy for symptoms of PTSD, said: "When a vicar or church rejects someone because of who they are or what they do or what they believe, it feels like God has rejected me." Andrew Foreshew-Cain, the first Church of England vicar to marry a same-sex partner, said: "In a church like St Luke’s and Holy Trinity Brompton there is a deliberate attempt to hide what their actual attitudes are to LGBT people, but also to women in leadership."

List of church plants

This list is mostly drawn from the HTB website. Numbers refer to the maps below.
#ChurchYear of plantDiocesePlanted fromPlant leadersURLReference
1Holy Trinity, Brompton N/ALondonN/AN/A
2 1985LondonHTBJohn Irvine
3 1987SouthwarkHTBPaul Perkin
4
1991LondonHTBNicky Lee
5Oak Tree Anglican Fellowship1993LondonSTBKTim Sudworth
61994SouthwarkSMBRAndrew White
71994LondonHTBTom Gillum
8 1997LondonHTB Onslow SquareStuart Lees
9 2000LondonHTBSimon Downham
102002LondonHTBJohn Valentine
112005LondonHTBSandy Millar
12St Saviour's, Hanley Roadpost-2005LondonSt Mark's Tollington Park
13Emmanuel, Hollowaypost-2005LondonSt Mark's Tollington Park
14 2005LondonHTBRic Thorpe and Jez Barnes
15 2006LondonHTBAndy Keighley and Graham Singh
16
Formerly St Mary Magdalene and St David's, Islington
2006LondonSt George HolbornPaul Zaphiriou
17 2007SouthwarkSMBRPatrick Malone
182009ChichesterHTBDan Millest
192010LondonHTB and SPHMatt Hogg
202010LondonHope Church IslingtonGraham Hunter
212010LondonSPSCris Rogers
222010SouthwarkAscension BalhamBen Goodyear
232010LondonSPSAdam Atkinson
242010LondonHTBAzariah France-Williams
252010LondonHTBGraham Singh and Jerry Field
26
2010LondonHTBPaul Cowley
27 2011LondonHTBJon March
282012LondonHTBLibby Etherington
292012SouthwarkHTBJago Wynne
302013
No longer a member, as of 2024.
LondonHTB and St George HolbornDavid Ingall
312013LondonSPSEd Dix
32 2013NorwichHTBIan Dyble
33St Cuthman's Church, Whitehawk2013ChichesterSt Peter's BrightonSteve Tennant
342014LondonHTBPat Allerton
352014WinchesterHTBTim Matthews
362014ChichesterSt Peter's BrightonSimon and Sarah Larkin
372014LincolnHTBJim and Vicky Prestwood
38Christ Church, Spitalfields2014LondonSPS
392015BirminghamHTBTim Hughes
40St Alban's Church, Norwich2015NorwichSTN
41St Barnabas' Church, HeighamNorwichSTN
422016DurhamHTBRich Grant
432016PortsmouthSt Peter's BrightonAlex Wood
442016ChelmsfordAll Hallows BowBen Atkins
452016ExeterHTBOlly and Ali Ryder
462016Southwell and NottinghamHTBJonny and Amy Hughes
61St John-at-Hackney2016LondonHTBAl and Olivia Gordon
472017WinchesterSt Swithun's BournemouthTim Matthews
482017CoventryHTBPhil Atkinson
492017DerbyHTBPhil and Anna Mann
50St Matthias' Church, Fiveways2017ChichesterSt Peter's BrightonTom and Katy Holbird
51St John the Baptist's Church, Crawley2017ChichesterSt Peter's BrightonSteve and Liz Burston
52St Peter's Church, West Molesey2017GuildfordSt John's Hampton WickAlex Munro
53St Nicholas' Church, Bristol2018BristolHTBToby and Gill Flint
54St Mary's Church, Southampton2018WinchesterHTB and SLKTJon and Hannah Finch
55Pattern Church, Swindon2018BristolHTBJoel Sales
56St Chad's Church, Whitleigh2018ExeterSt Matthias PlymouthRob Fowler
57Christ Church, Feltham2018LondonSt Stephen's TwickenhamAndy Watkins
58St Margaret's, Aspley2018Southwell and NottinghamHTBRich Atkinson
59St George's, Portsea2018PortsmouthHarbour Church Portsmouth
60St Alban's, Copnor2018PortsmouthHarbour Church Portsmouth
62St Luke at Hackney2018LondonSt John-at-Hackney
63St Matthew's Church, Exeter2019ExeterHTBEd and Jess Hodges
64St John's Minster, Preston2019BlackburnHTBSam and Hannah Haigh
65St Mary's, Andover2019WinchesterHTBChris and Nai Bradish
66St Peter's, Vauxhall2019SouthwarkHoly Trinity ClaphamEmma and Michael John
67Hope Street Church, Wrexham2020St Asaph HTBRachel and Andy Kitchen
68St Barnabas Penny Lane, Liverpool2020LiverpoolHTBAlex and Laura Rayment
69St Francis, Mackworth2020DerbySt Werburgh's DerbyAndy and Rachel Bond
70St Leonard's, Shoreditch2020LondonHackney ChurchAl Gordon, Naomi Maxwell and Toby Thomas
71St Wilfrid, Bognor Regis2020ChichesterSt Peter's BrightonJoel and Lella Mennie
72Citizen Church, Cardiff2021Llandaff Harbour Church PortsmouthRyan and Ellie Forey
73Nelson Street Church, Rochdale2021ManchesterHTBJanie and James Cronin
74St Wins, Totton2021WinchesterSaint Mary's SouthamptonAli and Steve Hill
75River Church Ipswich2021St Edmundsbury and IpswichHTB and St Augustine's IpswichMatt and Amy Key
76The Well, Swindon2021BristolPattern Church, SwindonPaul Freeland
77Bay Church, Torbay2022Exeter and Harbour Church PortsmouthMatt and Fiona Bray]
78St Wilfrid's Wilford2022Nottingham and SouthwellTrinity Church NottinghamGeorge and Katie White-
79Concord Church, Bristol2022BristolSt Nicholas' Church, BristolAndy Carter-
80Fabric Church2023ManchesterHTBMark & Jo Roper and Nakita Ainsworth
81St George'srefNewcastle-under-LymeHTBMartin Ball https://www.stgn.org/