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Suffolk Gospel Partnership

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 ray to our Heavenly Father to be at work
in Suffolk, and especially in these places to

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see thriving gospel churches planted and
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revitalised.
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 hare the need. Make sure that others know
about the huge gospel need right on our

need in
doorsteps.
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 ncourage your church to work with other
gospel churches to see how we can reach
these places for Christ. The size of the task

Suffolk
might be too daunting for a single church
but it may be that gospel partnerships can be
formed between churches to explore these
opportunities together.
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 elieve in the great commission of the Lord
Jesus Christ and seek to reach out with
the gospel knowing that God can
and will bring people to Text to
faith in Him. go here?? Parum
essinct otatemp orest,
cullam aspelluptur,
volori dolessi nvernam
et eatiur, volorum
facernamenet
The Lord Jesus, said,

‘The harvest is
plentiful but the workers
are few. Ask the Lord of
the harvest, therefore,
to send out workers into
his harvest field.’
Matthew 9:37–38
Suffolk has been blessed 1. Haverhill 3. South-East Ipswich
with many faithful gospel Nestled in south-west Suffolk, Haverhill is the South-East Ipswich, contains some
POPULATION
4th largest town in Suffolk. New housing estates of the most deprived corners of 26,587
preaching churches, which are popping up around the town, such as Great our county. Nearly 50% of pupils

continue today to make Wilsey Park, which will eventually provide 2,500
homes. Growth has been spurred by plans to
at the Ipswich Academy (formerly
Holywells High School) qualify for free school
Jesus known. However, connect Haverhill to a Cambridge metro system. meals. Priory Heath Ward has some of our highest
crime rates, and a significantly higher than normal
there are many growing The town has expanded almost seven times since
death rate among those under the age of 75.
WW2, due to its designation as
areas where there is little A YOUNG a London overspill town. In addition to the deprived sections of this area,
TOWN: OVER
or no evangelical witness 21% ARE AGED
recent developments have constructed housing
aimed at those who are more affluent (e.g. the
under 16
to Christ. POPULATION
27,747
new Ravenswood estate,
built upon the old Ipswich
The gospel need on our doorstep is huge, but so The area
Airfield).
is the opportunity for the harvest. This leaflet benefits from
aims to highlight four of the places of great a number of
gospel need here in Suffolk. These are places retail hubs, which
with significant populations and few, if any, Bible draw in many
shoppers.
preaching churches nearby.
2. Newmarket POPULATION
Newmarket lies half-way between 5,860
Cambridge and Bury St Edmunds. Since 1752,
Will you
Newmarket has been the home of British
commit to join us
in praying for these
horseracing, an industry that contributes £240m 4. Halesworth
to the local economy each year. Large areas of rural Suffolk have little
places, and the places
you know on your The gospel need in Newmarket is huge. Few or no evangelical witness, especially those close
doorstep? churches are formally associated with any to the A12. Halesworth is one such market town,
evangelical network. That need will only increase serving as the hub for a wider area of villages
as the town becomes a more popular place for around the town. The nearest gospel preaching
young families escaping Cambridge to live in a churches are around ten
less expensive area. miles away.
Nearby
Some primary It is an older town
POPULATION Southwold and the
schools in the town
17,187 One of the than much of England:
Suffolk Coast attract
report nearly 40% only Suffolk with over 35% of the
tens of thousands
of pupils speaking towns with a population aged 65+
of tourists
English as an Additional mosque. compared to a national
each year.
Language. average of 18%.