 After a declining congregation and a dilapidated church building, the parish recovered as the result of a church plant in 1987 from Holy Trinity Brompton, led by Pastor Paul Perkin, his wife Christine and a group of about 50 followers.Through donations from the congregation, building works have been undertaken, with a new welcome hall and extended meeting hall opened in 2007.St Mark's Church has been described as conservative and evangelical and was the subject of an article by The Guardian newspaper in 2012, "Money becomes new church battleground".