About Us

St Mary’s Church is situated on the Eastern outskirts of Basingstoke town centre. There has been a Christian presence on this site since Anglo-Saxon times. However the Old Church, a Grade 2 Listed building, is composed of three principal parts dating from 1770, 1880 and 1912. In 1970 the hall and the new purpose-built rectory were added. During the 1980’s the church continued to grow significantly and it was decided to build a new auditorium to accommodate the growing congregation.…

The main part of our building has level access, including the Reception, Coffee Shop, Old Church, main Auditorium seating area, Hall, kitchen, and toilets. There are steps to the Annexe, where some children’s groups take place on Sundays. There is an accessible toilet. There are reserved parking spaces nearest to the main entrance. We have a hearing loop in the main auditorium. On the fourth Sunday of the month, there is a signer for the deaf and hard of hearing…

St Mary’s aims to be a 7-day a week church for all ages. In our teaching we aim to be biblically orthodox and relevant to the issues we face in life today. In our fellowship we aim to be warm, caring and supportive, growing in both quality and quantity. In our worship we aim to be vital, contemporary and culturally relevant—prayer based and cross centred. In our mission we aim to be comprehensive, compassionate and evangelistic with a global as…

The ministry of St Mary’s is supported by the generous gifts of its members. On this page, you’ll find details of how you can partner financially in this work.  As followers of Jesus, we want to be generous with the resources God has given us. Paul reminds the Corinthian church that their generosity should come not because they are commanded to give or are pressured into it. Instead, they are to be reflect Christ’s generosity to us:  For you know the grace of our Lord…

Equipping God’s people for works of service to build up the body of Christ The Ministry Trainee Programme at St Mary’s aims to equip disciples of Jesus to serve his church. We want to give people opportunities to get hands-on experience of a busy town-centre church, serve those in the church and the local area, whilst looking to grow to become disciples of Jesus Christ and be equipped for serving the church wherever you may end up in the future.…

Assistant Minister for Music We are looking for someone to join the staff team who will serve the congregation by coordinating, leading, and developing musicians to lead people in singing with thanksgiving to the Lord. We are open to combining this position with another ministry responsibility, such as children and youth, or creative ministry, to create a full-time role (depending on experience). Ministry Training Programme We are also always on the look out for Ministry Trainees: check out more about…