1883 – 1891
The houses in the triangle of land between the Wokingham Road, the railway line & Palmer Park start to be built by Huntley & Palmer for their workers

1891/1892
At Wycliffe Baptist Church, a class of 40 young men meet under the leading of Mr. W R Simmons. The class ‘feeling led by God and his spirit to serve Him outside their classroom, gathered together for prayer and consider which of three areas they should labour for Our Lord – Redlands, Newtown or Earley Rise’

Sunday 6th March 1892
The group has formed ‘Earley Rise Mission Band’ and the first mission service is held in the home of Mr Street who lived in St Peter’s Road. The sermon preached by Arthur Giles was on the text in St John 3 vs. 14 – 15.

May 1893
The ‘Noisy Group’ (as they were also called) maintained four meetings a week – a Cottage Service and Open Air Service on Sundays, an Open Air Service on Thursday evenings visiting each street in turn, and a Bible Class in the home of Mr Giles in Clarendon Road. They also consider whether to purchase a cottage to convert into meeting rooms

July 1893
The first two plots of ground in Amherst Road are purchased where the mission hall is later to be built

September 1893
The group (who had already held tent meetings with a group from the Primitive Methodist Circuit) consider whether they should join with the Methodists, but no agreement is reached

December 1893
Wycliffe Church helps the Earley Rise mission to rent 13 (now 111) Wykeham Road. It is modified and the opening service is held.

June 1895
Mr Mumford agrees to build the hall for £300 and the official stone-laying ceremony for the new mission hall is held. With much rejoicing the first service is held in August even before the floor was laid.

August 1896 First service held in the mission hall.

July 1903                                                                                                                                                                                            Up until 1903 the work on Earley Rise was under the supervision of Wycliffe Baptist Church, but on 15th July 1903 with a transfer of 37 members from Wycliffe the church at  Anderson was formed. A further 13 members were received before the end of the year.

1906-1908   Rev. Ernest Newell served as minister.

1908-1937  Rev William King served as minister, dying in the vestry of the church at evening service.

1909  Plans for the new church building were drawn up

1910  The  church building is erected and completed at a cost of £1,500.

1924  Wadwick house in St Peters Road is bought to accommodate the ever expanding Sunday School.

1931  New pipe organ and electric lighting installed into the church

1932                                                                                                                                                                                           

As a way to engage with the many children attending the Sunday School Scout and Guide Groups were started

71st Reading (Anderson)Scout Troop and Wolf Cub pack for the boys

28th Reading (Anderson) Guides and Brownies for the girls

1939-1953

Rev Thomas Jones served as minister

1953-1958  Rev Keith Skinner  served as minister

1959 – 1964  Rev W John Weaver served as minister

1965- 1969  Rev David J.B. Sayer served as minister

1971 – 1973
Rev Trevor L Landon is the minister of Anderson church

1974
The entrance to the Hall is rebuilt and toilets added to it

1975 – 1987
Rev R Anderson Duncan is the minister of Anderson church

1977
Wadwick House is sold. The end of the garden is kept and the money is used to build a garage/store there in Amherst Road with parking space for 3 vehicles, and the Hall kitchen was replaced with a new one, including a boiler room and meeting rooms in a 2 story extension.

An electric organ which had already replace the pipe organ installed in 1931 is removed and replaced with a donated electronic organ.

1980
Anderson’s first lady Secretary is elected

1987 – 1991
Rev Gareth Thomas is the minister of Anderson church

1990
The original pews are replaced with chairs

1992 – 2009
Rev David Skinner is inducted as the minister of Anderson church.

1995
The original Church porch is replaced and the Manse has a two-story extension added. The access to the Hall & Church is also refurbished with disabled access ramps.
The last Caretakers leave No.10 and the house is rented to fund increased youth work.

1996
Lorna Pugh, a  ‘Time For God’ volunteer, is taken on for one year with the specific goal of establishing a church based youth group called ‘Dunamis’

1997 – 1998
Ruthie Bryant, a student worker from ‘Oasis Trust’ is taken on to continue expanding the Youth work

2000 – 2011
Rev Judith Wheatley, who initially was appointed as the Youth Worker and became the Youth Minister of Anderson Church, with ‘Special Responsibility for Youth and Families’, continuing the youth work expansion.

In 2011 she is called to become the General Minister of Anderson.

2009 – 2017
Pastor Tulasi Rai, from Nepal and working with INF, becomes the Honary Associate Minister with particular responsibility for ministry among the Nepali community.

The work amongst Nepali ghurkas and their families flourishes.

2010
The electric organ donated in 1977, the original pulpit and some remaining balustrades are removed and the Church considers how to refurbish the front area of the Church

2011
A digital piano is purchased to replace the organ that was removed in 2010 and the baby grand piano, which was originally obtained in the early 1950 ‘s during the time of Rev Jones from the local Home Guard unit which was closing, is donated to the Pigott School where several of our youth attend

March 2011 – date
Rev Judith Wheatley is inducted as the Minister of Anderson church when she transferred from being the Youth Minister.

2011 – 2014
John Collins is called to join Anderson Church as the Youth Worker.

2014- 2017                                                                                                                                                                                    Alina Rai joins the ministry team when she becomes the Minister – in – Training, working part time with the church and studying at Regents Park College.

September 2017   Rev. Alina Rai is ordained as a part-time Minister  at Anderson.  Her role is to continue the work of pioneering a bi-lingual congregation, to work with the church to grow the leadership within the expanding Nepali community and to be part of the leadership team that oversees the life and mission of the church.

2018 – 2020 

Joseph Forson is appointed as a Minister for Outreach (part-time) to work alongside the leadership team to continue and develop the outreach and the work amongst families