We are also connected to evangelist Jonathan Conrathe (Mission 24), Rev Richard Brunton (Living Hope Ministries), evangelist Luke Vardy (Ignite Ministries)

We are also members of the Evangelical Alliance.

That means making disciples of Jesus, which starts with witnessing to what Jesus has done on the Cross, people believing and being converted. It also includes demonstrating the love of God for His people in action, friendliness and also by us believing God for signs and wonders. We seek to demonstrate that love in all manner of ways.

Word of Life Church is an independent charismatic church which is seeking to spread the message of the gospel of Jesus Christ to those who are interested and see people learn to follow Jesus. We are a people who love the scriptures and believe that the Bible helps us understand who our Lord is, what He has done for us and how we are to live.

Our aim is to make disciples or followers of Jesus and to see those disciples grow in their salvation, worship and prayer.

• The Bible is the inspired, infallible and authoritative written Word of God.
• There is one God, eternally existent in three Persons:
• God the Father
• God the Son
• God the Holy Spirit
• In the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, His virgin birth, His sinless life, His miracles, His atoning death, His bodily resurrection, His ascension to the right hand of the Father, His personal future return to this earth in power and glory to rule.
• Jesus Christ is the Way, the Truth and the Life. There is no other way to the Father but by coming through Jesus.
• Everyone who believes in the work of Jesus on the Cross, which was that He died for the sins of mankind, is born again. That means the Holy Spirit has therefore rescued them from Hell which is an eternity away from God.
• Every believer must be baptised in water, in the name of Jesus Christ.
• The redemptive work of Jesus on the Cross is complete and provides healing for the body, soul and spirit. This redemption breaks every curse and releases us into a life of blessing.
• The baptism in the Holy Spirit, according to Acts 2:4, is given to believers who ask for it, with the evidence of “speaking in tongues” and the subsequent fruit and gifts of the Holy Spirit.
• As the Holy Spirit is allowed to rule, the Christian is renewed in mind. Through that ability and power of God each person is able to live a holy life, sanctified by the power of the Holy Spirit
• In the resurrection of the saved and the lost – the one to everlasting life and the other to everlasting separation from God.
• Jesus Christ commissioned the global Church to make disciples. We do so through the proclamation and demonstration of the Gospel, in love and the power of the Spirit and then through effective teaching of the scriptures. The convert becomes a disciple who learns to follow the Holy Spirit.
• In the blessed hope – the rapture of the Church at Christ’s second coming.

Word of Life Church (“the Church”) is an independent church currently based in Kenilworth. We are registered with the Evangelical Alliance and our operating address is Word of Life Church, The Kenilworth Centre, Abbey End Car Park, Kenilworth CV8 1QJ. (This is not our postal address which is 29 Stoneleigh Rd, Coventry CV4  7AB).

General Data Protection Regulation 2018 (“GDPR”)

The Church holds and uses personal data in accordance with the eight requirements of the GDPR that personal data shall:

• Be processed fairly and lawfully.
• Be obtained for a specified and lawful purpose and shall not be processed in any manner incompatible with that purpose.
• Be adequate, relevant and not excessive for those purposes.
• Be accurate, and where necessary, kept up to date.
• Not be kept for longer than is necessary for that purpose.
• Be processed in accordance with the data subject’s rights.
• Be kept secure from unauthorised or unlawful processing and protected against accidental loss, destruction or damage by using the appropriate technical and organisational measures.
• Not be transferred to a country or territory outside the European Economic Area, unless that country or territory ensures an adequate level of protection for the rights and freedoms of data subjects in relation to the processing of personal data.

How we collect data and information about you

We collect personal information when you contact us. For example, when you

• Login to our website or use the contact form on our website.
• Make a donation, by completion of offering envelopes or a standing order or an electronic payment directly to our bank account.
• Provide your contact details, in writing or orally, to Church staff or volunteers.
• Communicate with the Church by means such as email, letter or telephone.
• Access social media platforms such as Facebook, YouTube/Vimeo, WhatsApp, Twitter, Instagram.
  
  

Maintaining Confidentiality

The Church will treat all your personal information as private and confidential and not disclose any data about you to anyone other than the leadership and ministry overseers/co-coordinators of the church in order to facilitate the administration and day-to-day ministry of the church.

All the Church staff and volunteers who have access to personal data will be required to agree to sign a Confidentiality Policy and a Data Protection Policy.

To that end, we have assigned a data privacy manager to superintend all aspects of this Privacy Notice, ensuring your questions are answered and your rights are respected. If you have questions, you should contact the data privacy manager, see below for contact details. 

There are four exceptional circumstances to the above permitted by law: 

• where we are legally compelled to do so.
• where there is a duty to the public to disclose.
• where disclosure is required to protect your interest.
• where disclosure is made at your request or with your consent. 

Use of Personal Information

The Church will use your data for two main purposes:

• The day-to-day administration of the church; e.g. pastoral care and oversight including calls and visits, and preparation of ministry rotas.
• Contacting you to keep you informed of church activities and events.

Personal information will not be passed onto any third parties outside of the church environment, ministries connected to the Church or our Church Accountants (who may use this information for the preparation of our annual accounts). We do not sell or pass any of your personal information to any other organisations and/or individuals without your express consent, with the following exceptions:

• By providing us with your details you are giving the Church your express permission to transfer your data to service providers including mailing houses, such as MailChimp, to enable fulfilment of the purpose for collection.
• When required by law.

Data Storage

We store data for financial and other admin purposes.

• Access to databases are controlled by passwords and other security measures included in the software.
• Individuals are responsible for keeping their account contact details up to date. The Church have internal processes to periodically review the data held and delete data that is no longer relevant to the purpose for processing.

Rights to Access Information

Employees and other subjects of electronic or manual personal data held by the Church are entitled to:

• ask what information the church holds about them and why;
• ask how to gain access to it;
• be informed how to keep it up to date.

Personal information may be withheld if the information relates to another individual.

Any person who wishes to exercise this right should make the request in writing to the Church Data Protection Officer, using the standard letter which is available online from www.ico.org.uk.

Please address all correspondence to:

FAO: The Data Protection Officer
Word of Life Church,
29 Stoneleigh Rd,
Coventry CV4 7AB

or emailing admin@wol.org.uk.

If personal details are inaccurate, they can be amended upon request.

Removing your data

If you wish to have your details removed entirely from our systems please send an email to admin@wol.org.uk, or write to The Data Protection Officer Word of Life Church, The Kenilworth Centre, Abbey End Car Park, Kenilworth CV8 1QJ. providing your full name and postal address.

The Church aims to comply with requests for access to personal information as quickly as possible, aiming to do so within the 30 days, unless there is good reason for delay. If that is the case, we will write to you within that period providing you with the reason for delay and will follow this up as soon as possible thereafter.

Further Processing

If the Church wish to use an individual’s personal information for a new purpose, not covered by this privacy notice, we will provide all relevant subjects with a new notice, explaining the new use, setting out the relevant purposes and legal basis for processing, and seeking your approval prior to starting the processing.

We are a family church that has started to meet in the Kenilworth Centre. We meet on Sunday afternoon from 4:30pm to 6pm. We welcome people from all backgrounds and ethnicities.

The Eldership recognises the importance of the ministry/work with children, young people and vulnerable adults and its responsibility to protect everyone entrusted to our care.

The following statement was agreed by the leadership on 19th April 2024.
This place of worship is committed to the safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults and ensuring their well-being.

Specifically:

• We recognise that we all have a responsibility to help prevent the physical, sexual, emotional abuse and neglect of children and young people (under 18 years of age) and to report any such abuse that we discover or suspect.
• We believe every child should be valued, safe and happy. We want to make sure that children we have contact with know this and are empowered to tell us if they are suffering harm.
• All children and young people have the right to be treated with respect, to be listened to and to be protected from all forms of abuse.
• We recognise that we all have a responsibility to help prevent the physical, sexual, psychological, financial and discriminatory abuse and neglect of vulnerable adults and to report any such abuse that we discover or suspect.
• We recognise the personal dignity and rights of vulnerable adults and will ensure all our policies and procedures reflect this.
• We believe all adults should enjoy and have access to every aspect of the life of this place of worship unless they pose a risk to the safety of those we serve.
• We undertake to exercise proper care in the appointment and selection of all those who will work with children and vulnerable adults.

We are committed to:

• Following the requirements for UK legislation in relation to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and good practice recommendations.
• Respecting the rights of children as described in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
• Implementing the requirements of legislation in regard to people with disabilities.
• Ensuring that workers adhere to the agreed procedures of our safeguarding policy.
• Keeping up to date with national and local developments relating to safeguarding.
• Following any organisational guidelines in relation to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults.
• Supporting the Safeguarding Co-ordinator/s in their work and in any action, they may need to take in order to protect children/vulnerable adults.
• Ensuring that everyone agrees to abide by these recommendations and the guidelines established by this place of worship.
• Supporting parents and families
• Nurturing, protecting and safeguarding children and young people
• Supporting, resourcing, training, monitoring and providing supervision to all those who undertake this work.
• Supporting all attendees of Word of Life Church, who have been victims of abuse.

We recognise:

• Children’s Social Services (or equivalent) has lead responsibility for investigating all allegations or suspicions of abuse where there are concerns about a child. Adult Social Care (or equivalent) has lead responsibility for investigating all allegations or suspicions of abuse where there are concerns about a vulnerable adult.
• Where an allegation suggests that a criminal offence may have been committed then the police should be contacted as a matter of urgency.
• Where working outside of the UK, concerns will be reported to the appropriate agencies in the country in which we operate, and their procedures followed, and in addition we will report concerns to our agency’s headquarters.
  Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility.

We will review this statement and our policy and procedures annually.

If you have any concerns for a child or vulnerable adult then speak to one of the following who have been approved as safeguarding co-ordinators for this place of worship.

Elizabeth Abraham - Safeguarding Coordinator

If you have any concerns regarding this policy, please contact us.