Welcome to NTCG Herne Hill

In the early 1900s, a church was set up in a small wooden shack in Croxted Road to serve the
newly built Peabody Estate in Rosendale Road. It was originally built at St. John the Evangelist (C
of E), a daughter church of Holy Trinity Church in Trinity Rise. The congregation increased, so a
larger but temporary iron church (‘tin chapel’) was built in Guernsey Grove. In June 1911, the
foundation stone to the present building was laid. The architect was Leonard Martin (1869-1935),
formerly of the Treadwell and Martin partnership. The original ‘tin chapel’ was transferred to

Abersoch in North Wales.

The New Testament Church of God was founded in 1866 in the USA. It has branches in 160
countries. The UK branch was established in September 1953 by Rev Dr Oliver A. Leyseight at
YMCA Hall, Waterloo Road, Wolverhampton. It is now the largest African-Caribbean led Pentecostal
Church in the UK, with over 100 churches around the country. The Building in Guernsey e was

acquired in 1975.

The church contains a memorial plaque on which are written the names of 86 men from Holy

Trinity and St John’s who lost their lives in the 1914-18 war.