Bedfordshire Essex & Hertfordshire District The Methodist Church

Who we are

The Bedfordshire Essex & Hertfordshire District of the Methodist church is made up of 11 Circuits and 140 Methodist and LEP churches across the three counties

We stretch from the Essex coast to the Dunstable Downs east to west and from the M25 to Biggleswade and Bedford south to north, an area of 2,500 square miles with a population of 3.7 million people.

As a district we provide  a framework of support for all aspects of church and circuit life and ministry within and without church walls and structures. 

Our culture and values

There is great variation in geography and culture in town churches and rural chapels and in the initiatives we take in response to local needs. We recogonise the different challenges faced by rural communities, busy town and city centres, coastal areas.

All those living in our District are loved by God and so we do our best to treat everyone with respect. 

We have a variety of  chaplaincy work in schools, hospitals, prisons, airports, universities and more and we are indebted to our lay and ordained members who work tirelessly day by day and week to week in church and non-church settings.

Equality, diversity and inclusion policy

We embrace the wide ranging strategy agreed by the The Methodist Conference of 2021  to ensure Justice at every level of the Church, where everyone was treated with Dignity, and to stand in Solidarity with those who are marginalised in society.

Across the District we provide free training to leaders at all levels of the church in Unconscious Bias and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.