Open Heaven was planted in 1993 when seven students graduated, dared to believe in God for more, and chose to stay in Loughborough to plant a church for their friends.

What began in student accommodation soon moved into a house as those involved graduated. A gathering in a house quickly outgrew its walls and moved into community centres, school halls and then the Students’ Union, which we continue to use today.

St Peter's Centre

In 2007, we launched a new expression, OH2, to create space for the original group of students, now adults with families, to continue growing in faith together. Then, in 2013, after years of prayer and generous giving, Open Heaven and Elim partnered to purchase the St Peter’s Centre, a space we still share today.

From the very beginning, Open Heaven has existed to "Make Disciples who Establish
Heaven on Earth
."
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Since those early days on the Loughborough University campus, we’ve felt a clear call to make disciples and form communities committed to following Jesus. Over the years, more than two thousand people have experienced a church culture where 1-to-1 discipleship and personal transformation are central.

Open Heaven has sent out a couple of church plants, one to Annecy, France and one to Anglesey, North Wales. Both are thriving, bi-lingual churches.

We are committed to planting more
local expressions of Open Heaven in
Loughborough and sending more church plants further afield.

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Our Network

Open Heaven is part of the Pioneer Network, a growing family of around 50 churches across the UK and beyond. Pioneer exists to take the gospel into new places and is shaped by four key values: missional, relational, charismatic, and Kingdom-oriented.

Ness Wilson has been the Pioneer UK Leader since 2019. We receive apostolic oversight from Steve Clifford, who has walked with us since the beginning. As a recognised resource church, Open Heaven supports and strengthens other churches, especially in the Midlands, by helping them make Spirit-filled disciples and bring Kingdom transformation across locations and generations in creative and innovative ways.
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Our Beliefs

We subscribe to the Evangelical Alliance Basis of Faith.