When does a local church begin? With its first Sunday service, which in the case of HMEC / ECC was in October 1969? But what of those unseen beginnings, with God working in the neighbourhood going back to at least 1884. This history was written for the 50th Anniversary in 2019, and updated to Oct 2023.

Please read on to learn about our Faithful God at work in the Heatons, Reddish and beyond…