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About Our Church

Wood Green New Testament Church of God (NTCG) is located at Arcadian Gardens, Wood Green, in North London.


The building was originally owned by the Congregational, United Reformed Church of St. James at Bowes, built between 1901 and 1909. The building was classified as a grade II listed building with Historic England.


The church was bought in 1977 by an amalgamation of the Tottenham NTCG and the Hornsey NTCG, under the leadership of the late Reverend Isaac Carter. The resulting structure was the Wood Green Church as the District Church, with the late Reverend Isaac Carter as pastor and District Overseer. The other churches on the District were: Harringay, Edmonton and East Ham. In 1991, the Harringay Church, with its pastor, the Reverend Guy Ricketts, amalgamated with the Wood Green Church, at which point, the Reverend Guy Ricketts was appointed the assistant pastor of the Wood Green Church. He later retired from active ministry.

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Since its establishment, Wood Green New Testament Church of God has benefitted from the pastoral leadership of several ministers: The late Reverend Isaac Carter, Bishop Eric Brown and the late Bishop Barrington Burrell.


The current pastor and District Bishop is Bishop Trevor Smith.


As one of the flagship congregations of the New Testament Church of God in the United Kingdom, the church is comprised of a broad congregation of diverse cultures, backgrounds and age-groups, all working together as the salt and light of Jesus Christ in the Wood Green and surrounding communities.


All are welcome to share in the worship experience, the breaking of God’s words, the celebration of the sacraments and the church's guiding ethos and passion – to make disciples of Jesus Christ.

We Observe

We Celebrate The Christian Calendar:

  • The incarnation and birth of the Son of God, the Lord
    Jesus Christ - Christmas Day

  • The vicarious and atoning death of the Lord
    Jesus Christ - Good Friday

  • The bodily resurrection of the Lord
    Jesus Christ - Easter Sunday

  • The personal work of the Holy Spirit in the church
    and the life of the believer – Pentecost Sunday

  • The doctrine of the one eternal God existing in three personal consciousnesses – Trinity Sunday

  • Life relationships and experiences
    (e.g., motherhood and fatherhood)

  • Civil and social rights and achievements (e.g., Black History, International Women’s Day, etc.)

We Maintain An Active Annual Calendar:

  • January - Appointment and consecration of new church leaders and workers

  • February – Launching of the departments’ objectives for the year

  • March – Prayer, Fasting and Personal Denial

  • April – Evangelism

  • May – Life Experiences

  • June – Children and Selected Emphasis

  • July – Baptism and Selected Emphasis

  • August – Youth and the beginning of Discipleship Training

  • September – Reception and Fellowship of new members

  • October – Selected Emphases

  • November – Generosity and Giving

  • December – Advent and Reports on the Stewardship of Leaders and Coordinators

We Collaborate With Partners In:

  • Establishing a community for social inclusion and regeneration, particularly aimed at youngsters and crime prevention;

  • Establishing a community for the enrichment of families and training in positive parenting skills;

  • Establishing a community for Christian Education and the training in evangelism and church development;

  • Establishing an egalitarian community for the social upliftment and empowerment of the disenfranchised and marginalised in society.

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