The Gate – One Church, Many Communities

About us

The Gate is a warm, friendly church with a lively style of worship and a desire to hear and carry out the Word of God. We are a multi-generational church and currently have 3 sites in the Reading area:

We relate to people of all ages, with children’s work, youth work, and adult groups which meet at various times throughout the week.

Our History

Reading Community Church was formed in July 2005 when two existing churches known as Tilehurst Free Church and Grovelands Christian Fellowship joined together under the leadership of Yinka Oyekan. We changed our name to The Gate in 2016.

In 2014 Reading Community Church purchased St Birinus Church Building from the Church of England and it is currently used as our Main Office Hub.

Acorns Nursery also operates from our Empress Road site.

In 2020 Sindlesham Baptist Church merged with The Gate and has now become The Gate Sindlesham.

The Gate is a member of the Baptist Union and Barnabas Fellowship of Churches (BFOC). We see ourselves as part of God’s one church in Reading, under the guidance and direction of the Lord Jesus Christ.

If you wish to receive updates from Barnabas England you can sign up here.

Church Services

and family services at both The Gate Central & The Gate Sindlesham every Sunday at 11 am. We begin every service with a time of Worship and soaking in God’s presence before hearing a message from one of our amazing Pastors.

After every service you are invited to join us for refreshments where we can spend some time in fellowship.  

Services at Gate Central are live-streamed on The Gate YouTube channel.

We also hold a Prayer Meeting from 9:30-10:30 am at Gate Central and a Rise & Shine, all-age service at the Gate Sindlesham each Sunday fro 9:30-10:30 am.

Online activity on a Sunday is as follows:

11:00 -12:30 pm– Live streaming on The Gate YouTube channel

Please do join with us.  The buttons below will take you to (1) the live stream and previous services for catch-up on The Gate YouTube channel and (2) The Gate Facebook page, which is updated regularly.

If you would like to join us at The Gate Central, please click on the link in the ‘Featured Events’ below.