“Growing Christ-centred communities that enable everyone to flourish”

One Parish, Many Communities

Christ Our Hope Liverpool is a single parish made up of ten worshipping communities across the north and east of the city. Each church has its own history, character, and tradition, yet we share one calling: to grow Christ‑centred communities that enable everyone to flourish.

We believe we are stronger together. By supporting one another and sharing our gifts, we can serve our neighbourhoods with greater hope, creativity, and confidence.

How We Became Christ Our Hope

In 2022, the churches of West Derby Deanery committed to the Diocese of Liverpool’s Fit for Mission programme. After two years of working closely together, pastoral reorganisation was completed in March 2025, and Christ Our Hope Liverpool was formed.

This new parish wasn’t created to make every church the same. It was created so that every church could thrive.

We embrace our diversity, evangelical, liberal catholic, charismatic, and more — and we celebrate the richness this brings to our shared life.

What Shapes Us

We are committed to four missional priorities that guide everything we do:

• Introducing people to Jesus
• Deepening discipleship
• Developing Christian leaders
• Working for justice

These priorities help us stay focused on our purpose: seeing lives transformed by the hope of Christ.

Working Together for the Sake of Mission

Collaboration is at the heart of COHL.

Each church has a Local Leadership Team discerning mission in its own context. Parish‑wide portfolio teams bring together people with gifts in discipleship, social justice, pastoral care, children and youth, and developing leaders.

This way of working allows us to share experience, support one another, and steward our resources wisely. It also frees our churches to focus on what matters most: worship, community, and mission.

The Communities We Serve

Our parish stretches along a three‑mile span of Queens Drive, from Norris Green to Childwall. More than 90,000 people live within our boundaries, across neighbourhoods that include:

• post‑war outer estates
• Victorian terraces
• suburban developments
• areas of significant deprivation
• growing pockets of diversity

Many of our communities face real challenges. We are committed to being a parish with a Christ‑centred bias for the poor, standing alongside those who are most vulnerable and working for justice in practical, compassionate ways.

Across COHL you’ll find foodbanks, community gardens, school partnerships, uniformed organisations, pastoral visiting, youth and children’s work, and countless acts of everyday kindness.

Growing in Hope

Christ Our Hope Liverpool is still a young parish, but our foundations are strong: prayer, generosity, collaboration, and a shared desire to see God’s kingdom grow.

We believe that by supporting one another centrally and acting boldly in our local contexts, we can nurture thriving worshipping communities across the city.

Our name expresses our conviction: Christ is our hope, for our churches, our communities, and our city.

And our story is still unfolding…