Around 800 congregation members of Holy Trinity Brompton packed the church for an evening with guest speaker Jackie Pullinger-To last night.

Music from Handel's Messiah is to be sung by the HTB choir, accompanied by a string orchestra, at the Good Friday three-hour service this month.

More than 2,200 people are set to pack the big Worship Central event at Westminster Central Hall on March 15, led by HTB worship leaders Tim Hughes and Al Gordon.

The Financial Times newspaper published a prominent interview with Alpha International’s Chairman Ken Costa in February, which they trumpeted on the front page.

Kay Warren, who co-pastors one of the largest churches in America with her husband Rick, is to speak at Holy Trinity Brompton’s services on Sunday 16 March.

Brother Andrew, the Christian missionary author of God’s Smuggler, one of the biggest-selling Christian books of the last 40 years, has accepted an invitation to speak at Home Focus, HTB’s annual holiday week in July.

The Royal Marsden Hospital hosted a Service of Thanksgiving at St Paul’s, Onslow Square earlier this month following the fire which caused tens of millions of pounds worth of damage in January.