Through exemplary biblical teaching, discipleship, training and mentoring, and by providing opportunities and support to lead well.
Through youth work, events and holidays for all ages and through the fellowship and pastoral support that flows from these activities.
Through evangelism and an open invitation to join us, as we follow Jesus. Single, married, young or old, whatever stage of faith.
Through the networks of people within The Stewards' Trust - helping one another to go deeper in faith and in our relationships.
Our Vision Statement:
To empower God’s family to build His Kingdom on earth, transforming lives and communities through abundant life in Christ.
Our Mission:
To gather and grow the family of God to build faith, nurture friendships and encourage disciples to make disciples.
To see more about why we are passionate about discipleship and how we do it, follow the link below to our 'Little book of BIG'.
Our core values shape our culture, which impacts everything we do and makes The Stewards' Trust feel like 'family'.
Family
Whatever your age or stage, you have a place at this table and within this family.
Faith
Growing our relationship with Jesus through Bible-based and Spirit-led discipleship.
Friendship
Relationships are at the heart of all we do, as we encourage and support one another in discipleship & leadership.
In 1953 four friends graduated from university and moved to London to live and work.
They wanted to continue meeting, as they had at university, for Bible study, prayer and to encourage one another in faith, by having time away with God and with each other. They also decided to organise events aimed at helping their friends establish or deepen their relationship with Jesus. This was the birth of the Stewards’ Trust.
Over the years, our work has broadened. In the early 1960's a series of training courses were held at Ashburnham Place and evangelistic meetings organised in London and a weekly basis, which then fed into regular Bible studies. 1974 was the year of the first family houseparty at Wadhurst College and these events grew rapidly. Our youth work grew naturally out of the family house parties with the first event aimed at teens taking place at North Foreland Lodge in 1983. Ten years later our first youth worker was employed to encourage teens in their schools, where many felt isolated in their faith away from our events.
From the outset, friendship and relationship were at our heart: relationship with God and relationship with each other; love for God and love for people.
This remains the case today, with many people referring to Stewards’ Trust as a ‘family’.
Alongside the value placed on going deeper in relationship has always been a desire to go deeper in faith - to be disciples helping to make disciples.
Much has changed since 1953 and then in some ways nothing has changed!