International Presbyterian Church (IPC), Ealing were delighted to open their new building on 17 November.
Founded in 1969 and grown out of the work of L’Abri, in 1979 it bought St Helena Chapel and this provided a wonderful home for the next 25 years. Redevelopment plans were slow, first mooted in 1990 and the building committee was formed in 2005! Alongside setbacks – English heritage listed the Chapel and so that had to be incorporated into the design – Piercey and Company, the architects, have done a fantastic job with the design.
The total cost of the project is around about £3.2 million, but God has provided remarkably so far. At the opening service Paul Levy, the minister of IPC since 2003, said the church had learned four things during the building project:
