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St. Mary’s Luton
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inspired by change inspired by change
 inspired by change inspired by change
 inspired by change inspired by change
Since January 2002 St Mary’s has been transitioning towards becoming a church made up of small groups.  We have always been a church with small groups, but in our journey towards becoming a Cell Church, we have found that growth has come alongside this movement.  As a result of this move, Sundays at St Mary’s have a style of celebration, with different Cells coming together to celebrate the life that God is giving them through being part of His church.
In the 21st Century we have the tendency to equate church with “a group of people meeting in a building on a Sunday morning”.  Yet we must remember that Paul and the other New Testament writers were writing to people that had no concept of meeting in such a way.  With the legalisation of Christianity, huge, lavish temples were built and the family atmosphere of Christianity, for so long the badge of the early church, was suddenly unnecessary.  
Today, in the multicultural, multi-ethnic society of Luton, our attempt to become a Cell Church is a return to a church as the family of God.  It’s the realisation that we desperately need community lived out in face-to-face relationships.  God is calling His church to come home.  The impersonal, “cathedral” approach has created an anonymous church that acts more like a herd of cattle than an intimate family.  How can we know each other as a family when most of our church life is spent sitting in pews or participating in busy, task-driven programmes?  
God desires more for his church.  He wants a family that truly knows and cares for each other.  If we’re going to impact our generation for Christ then we believe that the way we do church needs major reformation.  We need to return to the family centred church of the first century through Cell Church involvement, where our five functional values can be put into practice:  All involve, Becoming disciples, Creating community, Doing evangelism and Encountering God.  These are the vitamins, or values, of the growth of the Body of Christ at St Mary’s.
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St Mary's Parish Church, Church Street, Luton, Bedfordshire. LU1 3JF.   01582 721867   admin@stmarysluton.org
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