Though every Baptist Church is autonomous (self-governing), many value the benefits of association or interdependence.
Globally the Baptist family is represented by the Baptist World Alliance, and in Europe by the European Baptist Federation.
In the UK the Baptist Union of Great Britain - branded Baptists Together - is the largest grouping of Baptist Churches with its National Resoource (Headquarters) based in Didcot in Oxfordshire.
With the Nation Resource there 12 Regional Associations of which we are the most easterly church of the South Eastern Baptist Association (around 150 churches across Kent, Sussex and Surrey).
We are members of the South Kent Network, encompassing Baptist Churches roughly from Walmer to Rye and inland to The Weald following the M20 corridor to Ashford and A28 to Tenterden.
The Coastal Cluster is the 'local' group of associating churches including: Walmer, Dover, Capel, Folkestone, Hawkinge, and Cheriton