History : The 1970/80's...

The predecessors of the Church members came to acquaintance at meetings organised by the Portsmouth Polytechnic Christian Fellowship. At that time, none of them had any thought of setting up other Christian activities as this group of freshly arrived foreign students were just settling in Portsmouth, busy adapting themselves to the British way of life and the new studying environment. It was not until around early 1974 when two Christian lecturers of the Portsmouth Polytechnic organized country walks and international evenings for foreign. It was during these activities and meetings that the idea of forming a Chinese Christian Fellowship was suggested. The Portsmouth Christian Fellowship (PCCF) came into being in October 1974. The numbers that attended varied from 10 to as many as 20 or more. The numbers met to study the Bible and to listen to Scripture Expositions by guest speakers. By October 1976, numbers attending the meetings grew substantially, sometimes numbering as many as 30. Speakers were invited from the Chinese Overseas Christian Mission to speak and to counsel the members and non Christian friends.

Fellowship Committees were formed by brothers and sisters who willingly volunteered their time and energy to ensure the smooth running of the fellowship.

In early 1977, the Fellowship returned to the student flat where they had met previously. Meetings were held on the premises regularly until the end of summer 1978.

At the end of 1983, the PCCF started to meet in the upper hall of Eastney Evangelical Free Church.

Look below for some memories...

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