Evangelical church services in the UK

You could look at the website for the Evangelical Presbyterian Church of England and Wales and see if they have churches in those areas. Cambridge is actually one of the more evangelical areas, but you're not going there. There is also a church in the Brentford area of London-Immanuel Church. They have a website. I doubt you will find mid-week services since these churches tend to be small, although maybe the Baptists do. But as people, of similar minds as your mother, we love attending Evensongs in Church of England cathedrals. They really give you the feeling that God is high and exalted and very different from us. I don't know anything about their theology, but St. Giles in Edinburgh is beautiful.

Maybe the pastor/minister/clergyman of the mother's home church, which I presume is of the evangelical flavour, could advise.

Try putting in the post code of the places you are staying in onto the search facility at the website of the Evangelical Alliance

This will only provide details of their members in the area, which won't be all churches, but should give a few possibilities nearby. In most cases there is a link to the website of the specific local church.

Evangelical means different things to different people. For example All Souls Langham Place in the centre of London, and Holy Trinity Brompton in South Kensington are two Anglican churches but with a strong evangelical leaning - Bible-based, with an emphasis on outreach, evangelism and modern lively services. Here’s HTB’s website to give you an idea: https://www.htb.org

Or if you want to go down the more Pentecostal route, and less Anglican - how about this one: http://hopecity.church/london/

For London you could look at htb.org for information on the Holy Trinity Brompton church group. Popular with visitors because of Nicky Gumble and the Alpha course.

To echo one of the posters above, Evangelical in the UK means something different than Evangelical in the US. In the UK, think more like the Salvation Army in the US. Perhaps she has a concept or example of where she would like to go, but I think you will need to do some internet work to figure out what your options are.

There is an American International Church in Fitzrovia right next door to the Goodge Street tube station. Here's the website to see if it might be along the lines of what you are looking for. It's probably going to be the closest thing to what you are looking for in London.

One of the most "alive," Bible teaching churches in London is Holy Trinity, Brompton Road.

Agreeing with PPs that

• it depends on what you mean by "evangelical";
  
• we absolutely love evensong services, and in the past year were privileged to attend evensong at St Bride's (London) and Christ Church (Oxford), among others;
• some C of E churches might definitely fit the "evangelical" bill (St Aldate's in Oxford comes to mind).

The Internet is certainly your friend here. We find likely candidates, and then narrow our choices down using the church websites, city maps, & public transport information (it has to be easy to get to, with services at a reasonable time).

Hillsong in London was a lively, welcoming service, but just TOO loud for us, haha, so we politely bailed after a while (and went to plainsong evensong at St Bride's!). I'm still glad we went! In Budapest we chose an English-speaking church based on proximity to a subway stop and time of service, and were delighted to have a surprise reunion with people we had known at our church on the Continent many years ago. Small world! Spiritual considerations aside, attending church has been a great way to connect with kind locals (and expatriates) who are only too happy to share information and resources. Best wishes!

Agreeing with PPs that

• it depends on what you mean by "evangelical";
  
• we absolutely love evensong services, and in the past year were privileged to attend evensong at St Bride's (London) and Christ Church Cathedral (Oxford), among others;
• some C of E churches might definitely fit the "evangelical" bill (St Aldate's in Oxford comes to mind).

The Internet is certainly your friend here. We find likely candidates, and then narrow our choices down using the church websites, city maps, & public transport information (it has to be easy to get to, with services at a reasonable time).

Hillsong in London was a lively, welcoming service, but just TOO loud for us, haha, so we politely bailed after a while (and went to plainsong evensong at St Bride's!). I'm still glad we went. In Budapest we chose an English-speaking church based on proximity to a subway stop and time of service, and were delighted to have a surprise reunion with people we had known at our church on the Continent many years ago. Small world! Spiritual considerations aside, attending church has been a great way to connect with kind locals (and expatriates) who are only too happy to share information and resources, and to feel more at home and less like a busy tourist. Best wishes!

I would suggest looking at the Mystery Worsippper reviews of church services in the UK. It’s basically like a Yelp! for church services. I am a Mystery Worshipper myself, under a different screen name although so far only in the USA. We are all volunteers that enjoy visiting churches.

http://www.ship-of-fools.com/mystery/uk.html

Dale, I have never heard of mystery worshippers and just checked out the website, how interesting! I too enjoy visiting different churches as I travel. I enjoyed reading some of the reviews on the website.

Dale! I had totally forgotten about that website. I used to read their reviews all the time. Thanks for the memory jog.

Thank you for the Mystery Worshipper website. I've just spent 20 happy minutes browsing – I see my brother's church in Los Angeles is in there.

We use the internet to research churches in the areas where we'll be. We check the church websites, local public transportation, and maps to see which likely candidates are accessible and have services at times that work with our schedule.

In London we attended Hillsong (which meets at a lovely West End theater where we'd seen a show) but it was just too loud for us ;-) so despite the warm welcome, we ducked out early and went to plainsong evensong at St Bride's (rather different!). In Budapest we chose an English-speaking church (one of several), and were delighted to have a surprise reunion with people we had known at our church on the Continent many years ago. Small world!

p.s. The Metropolitan Tabernacle in London (Spurgeon's church) had the most diverse congregation we've seen anywhere in the world. Definitely a must if you're a Spurgeon fan; pretty central (we took a bus to Elephant & Castle). Perhaps it falls into the category of British evangelical? The hymns were different from what we're used to, but everything else was familiar to us.

ejl,

did any of this help? We haven't heard from you since your one and only post....

Thanks, everyone, for the information and helpful links. I'm a first-time poster in this forum and am very impressed with the wide knowledge base of the community! I'm certain we'll find something suitable for mom. It looks like we'll be in Bath that first Sunday and then perhaps York the following Sunday...still ironing out the itinerary.

We attend church while traveling because we like to, but marvelous side benefits are free history lessons & a sense of time travel, and meeting friendly locals and expatriates (there is almost always a coffee-tea-biscuits-chatting time after each service).

St Giles' in Edinburgh was mentioned upthread. We didn't have time to attend a service there, but I wish we had, as it is where John Knox preached. We did attend a service at "Met Tab" in London, Spurgeon's church, which was quite an experience – I don't think we've seen such diversity in a congregation anywhere else in the world. In December we attended a German/English advent carol service at University Church (St Mary) in Oxford; a friendly lady in our pew told us Wesley had preached his last C of E sermon in that pulpit, and C S Lewis had preached during WWII; and Dietrich Bonhoeffer's sister was among the German refugees who started a German-language congregation that has met there since the 1940s. In a small town in Cornwall we attended a service at the local Methodist chapel; it had been built to hold 700 and there were maybe 30 people in attendance, who insisted we stay for cake and tea afterwards and entertained us with local gossip. At a lovely C of E church near Reading, during coffee afterwards, we were told why 25% of the church was walled off – "the Reformation is still going on here," as 1/4 of the church still belongs to the Catholic Church (!) – and bombarded with helpful information about our upcoming trip to Cornwall.

ejl – best wishes as you plan your visit!