Working locally and globally for effective Christianity.
We're helping to spread God's Word
‘Charis’ is the Greek word for grace and it embodies the concept of unmerited favour.
At Charis Communications we are passionate about communicating this favour.
We work to increase biblical literacy,
develop effective leadership and
enhance church-impact initiatives
We are totally committed to inter-church co-operation and regularly partner with others to bring our skills and understanding to their project delivery.
Hugh Osgood, namboole stadium
Our Projects
We have created separate websites for our main projects. Visit their websites by clicking on the pictures below.
Our Story
Throughout the 1990s Cornerstone Christian Centre in south London grew rapidly as a church and resource centre. It had supporting partnerships with many churches, ministries and interchurch projects across the UK and overseas, as well as a Bible school, ministers’ fellowship, well-publicised teaching conferences and a television department.
A planned change of leadership in 2007 saw these aspects of its work brought into a new charity, freeing Cornerstone to function more effectively as a local church. The partnership between the church and the charity remained strong for many years. Charis Communications is that charity.
In taking on these responsibilities, our objectives from the outset have been to:
- increase biblical literacy,
- developing effective leadership and
- enhance kingdom (i.e. church-growth) initiatives
and to do this in person, in print, on air, and online.
An early priority was to create a separate charity for Churches in Communities International, the mutual accountability network for churches and ministries that for ten years had been emerging from the Ministers’ Fellowship. We have retained a close relationship with this charity too.
Summary of present activities:
maintaining an itinerant preaching programme,
holding teaching conferences,
producing television programming and radio contributions
offering recorded teaching series for free through our hughosgood.com website
releasing teaching content through YouTube, Spotify, Facebook and instagram
running Bible Academy as an online 12 module study course with an additional online interactive option
producing video Bible studies with accessible notes, including an ongoing book-by-book, chapter-by-chapter series
Maintaining Charis House to publish books for students and art books for reflection
providing personal mentoring in the context of enhancing kingdom initiatives
releasing Mentoring Mondays on various social media outlets
maintaining the Youth Vids website commending and collating Christian videos
providing consultancy advice for a wide range of city-wide and nation-wide initiatives
supporting initiatives in northern and southern Nigeria to increase church cohesion
providing theological advice for a Christian film company
maintaining close relationships with the EA through its Council (since 2022), [but previously as London coordinator (1997-99) and ACEA board member (1997-2003)]
undertaking the Co-convenor’s role for the UK Charismatic and Pentecostal Leaders’ Gathering (since 2007)
Summary of past activities:
maintaining an itinerant preaching programme,
holding teaching conferences,
producing television programming and radio contributions
offering recorded teaching series for free through our hughosgood.com website
releasing teaching content through YouTube, Spotify, Facebook and instagram
running Bible Academy as an online 12 module study course with an additional online interactive option
producing video Bible studies with accessible notes, including an ongoing book-by-book, chapter-by-chapter series
Maintaining Charis House to publish books for students and art books for reflection
providing personal mentoring in the context of enhancing kingdom initiatives
releasing Mentoring Mondays on various social media outlets
maintaining the Youth Vids website commending and collating Christian videos
providing consultancy advice for a wide range of city-wide and nation-wide initiatives
supporting initiatives in northern and southern Nigeria to increase church cohesion
providing theological advice for a Christian film company
maintaining close relationships with the EA through its Council (since 2022), [but previously as London coordinator (1997-99) and ACEA board member (1997-2003)]
undertaking the Co-convenor’s role for the UK Charismatic and Pentecostal Leaders’ Gathering (since 2007)
Current Focus:
Our executive lead, Hugh Osgood, has always had a passion for helping other people fulfil their God-given agendas, both when he was founding pastor of Cornerstone Christian Centre and as president of Churches in Communities International.
We are thrilled that Charis Communications is enabling him to do this more widely, and are excited that our media team has recently persuaded him to increase his mentoring effectiveness by sharing his own story of fulfilling his own God-given agenda over the years.
We now have a series of semi-autobiographical books [published by Malcolm Down], and a passion for benefitting younger leaders through podcasts and social media.
Our Team
Hugh Osgood
Anna Jago
David Halligan
Wana Chulu
Executive Lead
Office Manager
Diary Coordinator
Media Assistant
Media Assistant
Our Trustees
Darren Roy
Hugh Osgood
James McGlashan
Jenny Shrimpton
Church Leader
Cumbria
Executive Lead
Charis Communications
Chief Operating Officer
KICC
Church Steward
Hexham
Michael Omuwumi Efueye
Paul Syrstad
Trevor Howard
William Sunu
Church Leader
London
Filmmaker
Former Content Coordinator
for Charis Communications
Exec Vice Chair of CIC
Former Ministry Director
for Charis Communication
Church Leader
Basildon
Our Key Focus Areas

Increasing
Biblical Literacy
A better understanding of the Bible enables us to live more effective lives.

Developing
Effective Leadership
Effective leadership is the key to success in delivering projects and initiatives.

Enhancing
Church Growth Initiatives
We are committed to the Church having an impact on the wider world.
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0208 464 7774
contact@chariscommunications.org
Charis Communications,
St Paul's House, Edison Road,
Bromley, BR2 0EP