There have been many theories into how a whole congregation of 150 disappeared one Sunday morning; this is what we believe to be correct…

‘It is known that friends and relatives of the reverend believed he was the ‘Chosen One’ because he had stigmata from birth.

When he was 12 in 1907 his mother was dying of what would now be TB, he knelt beside her bed and held her hand and prayed. She survived or was ‘healed by her son’ according to her words.

Soon the First World War broke out and Samuel was sent to fight.

When he came back he found that his mother had died of an unknown cause – something still unknown today. He was bitter and angry about not being able to saver her.

In 1921, Samuel Summers trained as a vicar and soon married. In 1924, they moved from London to a town 60 miles away called Northampton where he visited several churches before settling at a new opened church in the Abington area the following year.

Several strange occurrences happened that year which involved the healing of many of the congregation from several fatal diseases. Local people were astounded by these so-called ‘miracles’ that the church was packed every week. However it would be the following year that would prove disastrous as the church would be completely destroyed and a whole congregation would disappear completely with no remains.’