KingsGate Community Church is a

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, originating in

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, England. The church was established in 1988, originally called Peterborough Community Church, by Dave and Karen Smith.

History

Its first service in 1988, held in a house, was attended by nine people. In 2006, the congregation moved into its new, £7m, 84,000sq ft building, which in addition to meeting rooms, offices, kitchen facilities and children's rooms, contains an auditorium which will eventually seat 1,800 people. KingsGate Community Church has four centres. In September 2010, KingsGate launched a new centre in Cambridge. In February 2014, KingsGate launched a new centre in Leicester. In October 2018, KingsGate launched their fourth centre in London. In 2017, the church has 2,200 people.Warren Bird
World megachurches
, Leadership Network, USA, Retrieved 31 October 2017

Music

KingsGate have produced two live albums, featuring original songs by the church. Their first album, ''Faithful'', was released in 2013, followed by Now More Than Ever, released in 2016, which reached 6th in the Official UK Christian & Gospel Albums Charts.

Network

There are affiliated churches in

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Leicester Leicester ( ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city, Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area, and the county town of Leicestershire in the East Midlands of England. It is the largest city in the East Midlands with a popula ...

, and

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.KingsGate Community Church London
www.kingsgateuk.com/london, accessed 30 April 2016

References

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External links

Official website
Churches in Cambridge Churches in Peterborough Churches in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Churches in Leicester Evangelical megachurches in the United Kingdom