Café-Style Church - is an approach to exploring the Christian faith in a community that involves interaction, creativity, informality and an openness to connecting with people who may have different ideas, beliefs and values to your own. The Café Church model is one that is sometimes associated with alternative worship and the emerging church movements, which seeks to find new forms and approaches to existing as a church in the 21st century. These churches are often focussed on relational aspects of Christian fellowship, and consequently a Café approach is particularly appropriate.

There are a number of churches around the world that have embraced this particular model, to a greater or lesser extent. Some take it as far as existing as a permanent coffee shop, in which the members of the fellowship meet; others simply utilise it as a way of providing variation within their normal service structure (for example serving coffee throughout the service, or having the congregation gathered around tables).

Community Church relates more to the latter but we do also run our own separate coffee shop which we regularly use for smaller gatherings and courses.