Overseas mission
The church supports a number of missionary organisations working both in the UK and around the world:
Youth for Christ is about seeing young people’s lives changed by Jesus.
We support Jon Sewell who is YFC’s Head of Mission. Jon was part of Latymer a few years ago when he was a member of the Eden Team based at the church and joined YFC in 2021. He is working on creating and launching new initiatives to help connect with the hardest to reach young people across Britain. His vision is to help young people to hear the message of hope and to see their lives transformed by the power of the gospel.
YWAM’s many ministries fit into three main categories: evangelism, training and mercy ministries. Their ministries cover every sphere of society and involve every type of outreach or ministry you could imagine.
Jose and Rosana Liste first came to England in 2002 to begin the pioneering process of YWAM Urban Key London www.ywamurbankeywillesden.com and officially launched the mission in 2005 with their family. Today, they are one family with one heart, based in two locations in the northwest of London: Harlesden and Willesden. At their Willesden location they have a variety of ministries which can be categorised as follows: Film & Acting, Sports & Adventure, Counselling, Worldview & Government, Community Food Distribution and Kids' Ministry.
International Justice Mission (IJM) www.ijm.org is a global organization partnering with local justice systems to end violence against people living in poverty. Their model is to:
- Rescue and Restore Victims - They find enslaved people, bring them to
- safety and walk alongside them until they are restored.
- Bring Criminals to Justice - They relentlessly pursue justice in court. They
- ensure that traffickers, rapists and other criminals go to jail so they
- cannot abuse, exploit or enslave others.
- Strengthen Justice Systems - They provide training, mentoring and
- support to police, judges and other community leaders to slow down and
- stop the cycle of violence.
Transform Europe Network (TEN) works with churches, organisations and individuals in
Wycliffe Bible Translators work to see the bible translated into every language in the world. 1.5 billion people still can't read the bible in their own language, so Wycliffe work with urgency in the long term towards a world where everyone can know Jesus through the bible.
Mercy Air www.mercyair.co.za is a Christian-NGO registered in South Africa. Since 1991 Mercy Air has been providing aviation services to humanitarian and mission organisations throughout Southern Africa.
We partner with Paul and Cathy Middleton; Paul is a pilot and is also responsible for flight operations and is Mercy Air’s Safety Officer. Cathy is a registered nurse and midwife who works part time at Africa School of Missions which is a bible college preparing missionaries for overseas service. She teaches in their School of Health and is part of a team which visits a number of rural clinics during the week. She also helps with the hospitality ministry that Mercy Air runs.
Bernhard and Maria are with "Go and Make Disciples" based in London. Their work includes ministering to unreached people groups and making disciples, coaching and mentoring Christian workers and volunteers and counselling.
The Church is also a Fairtrade Church, committed to purchasing fairtrade products where possible, and promoting fairtrade during Fairtrade