1985

New Covenant Church formed out of Christchurch Baptist Church. Start meeting at PontinsHoliday Camp – now Captains Club. Mike Frisby is lead elder.

1986

Church meets in various locations around the town including Druitt Hall, Bournemouth Water Social Club, 2Riversmeet, Kings Arms Hotel and lastly Christchurch Infants School.

Offices leased in the High Street.

1993

New Covenant Church Bournemouth (Now CityGate) is planted out from this church. The Kingdom is advancing.

1996

Church moves its Sunday services to Twynham School

1999

Church is re-named The Family Church and Hope House is purchased. Great Faith is demonstrated.

2000

Kingdom initiatives are launched as Hope Debt advice is launched and continues to present day under Faithworks Wessex

2003

The Kingdom keeps going wider as The Family Church helps another new church start this time in Verwood.

2006

Kingdom expansion is in view as the Church moves its Sunday services to The Regent Centre, High Street.

2008

Duncan Lee takes on the leadership of The Family Church.

2011

A new intentional search for a larger building is started and the Dreams building starts to comes into sight.

2012

The name is changed to ‘GodFirst’ and the church run their first Father heart Conference.  Lives are dramatically changed and God’s Kingdom breaks in.

2013

Dreams building falls through but the church learns lots and raises a lot of money! Theculture of generosity is on display BIG time.

2016

GodFirst goes multi-site and Airfield Road building comes on the radar to buy, alongside prophetic words about clearing runways to reach into Europe.

2016/17

GodFirst runs two more Father Heart Conferences this time for Commission. Lives are radically impacted, blind eyes and deaf ears opened and there is great joy and the Kingdom comes!

2018

GodFirst complete on the purchase of Airfield Road 24,000sq.ft building after much prayer and battling for planning change of use land and lease assignment from the council. It marks the end of a 30 year search.

2019

GodFirst comes back to being one site in The Runway building and the adventure of fund-raising for refurbishing the centre so it can be used for community continues.

2022-25

GodFirst takes next steps toward its calling to be an apostolic resource church