Our vision is to invite people to encounter Jesus, equip people to follow Jesus in every area of their lives, and envision people to transform their communities.
We are excited about what God is doing in our midst. We are seeing people come to faith in Jesus on a weekly basis, and we are pioneering new ways of discipling people to make a difference in every area of their lives. As a city-centre church with a congregation of 1200+, we have a large number of volunteer leaders and teams across our ministries, leading Aldates Groups, Alpha, student ministry, Aldates Kids and Youth. We have four services every Sunday, one of which is broadcast live. We are passionate about connecting with and supporting people who are street homeless and those in or leaving local prisons through our ACT ministry.
St Aldates has three main buildings: the Church, the Church Centre (which provides offices for most of the Staff team and a variety of meeting rooms) and the Catacombs (housing a youth centre and the Oxford Prayer Room).
As a city centre church, working alongside people who are poor or marginalised is a key part of our ministry and is carried out largely through Aldates Community Transformation Initiatives (ACT). This is an innovative charity which builds a community. where the homeless, prisoners, prison-leavers and others in need experience acceptance, support and opportunities and where people are transformed and set free to become all they were intended to be.