The Quarterly meeting held in March, 1873, heard the chairman submit a request "of the friends at Acocks Green relative to a supernumary being invited to that place and it was resolved that the request be acceded to, providing the stewards at Acocks Green were willing to take the responsibility of providing the necessary funds to meet the increased expenditure." Exactly a year later the secretary recorded in the Quarterly Meeting minute book: "Acocks Green - the friends from this place presented the following resolution: that this committee requests the Q.M. to undertake the charge of the supernumary minister until July 24th, 1874, at which time his services end, this committee guaranteeing the amount of his stipend for that time." (£150 p.a.). After further discussion, it was decided: "That the question of ministerial supply for Acocks Green be remitted to the invitation committee."

At this time the assessment levied on Acocks Green chapel was £3 10s 0d p.a., as against £48 0s 0d for Bradford Street and £46 0s 0d for Belmont Row chapels. Two years later the Acocks Green representatives at the Quarterly Meeting were asked to raise their subscription and they replied: "They thought there would be no difficulty in raising an additional £10 per annum." The increased assessment led to the appointment of the supernumary minister, the Rev. John Hornby, to take , charge of this chapel. Mr Hornby is known to have lived in at least two houses in the area, "Fronmere" on the Yardley Road, and "Laurel Villas" in Broad Lane, later Broad Road. In 1886 his son and daughter in law became the first couple to be married in the new church and they were presented with a Bible and hymn book by the Trustees in recognition of this fact.

In 1889 the Rev. William Martin, the "young man" of the Belmont Row circuit, was the minister for Acocks Green, living in nearby Victoria Road. He was succeeded in 1892 by another bachelor, the Rev. H.G. Roberts, again residing in Victoria Road. The first married couple (apart from the supernumary minister, Rev. Hornby) arrived three years later in 1895. The Rev. Theophilus S. Gregory was the second of three generations of ministers to bear that name. He and his wife took up residence in the first manse in Botteville Road, bought just four months earlier. Their son, the Rev. Arthur S. Gregory, now a supernumary minister living in Kendal, Cumbria, wrote to the present writer in April, 1983:

"Your letter has sent me back to my 'Halls Arrangement' (1886 edition) and also to my father's detailed record of all his preaching from 1878 to 1902, the year of his own early death. My grandfather, first of the three Rev. Theophilus S. Gregorys, died in 1885. The third 'T.S.' my cousin, whom you mention, left the Wesleyan ministry in 1935 when he became a Roman Catholic. He and I both served as Assistant Tutor at Handsworth College in the 'twenties and he most probably preached at Acocks Green during 1921-2. Three years later I most certainly did so - actually, I see on June 7, 1925. I could even tell you what I preached about! My recollections of the earlier association (with Acocks Green) however relate only to the birth of a baby sister and a festive celebration (when I was 2½) of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee."

Successors to the Gregorys were the Revs. Robert Wardell, 1898-1901, H.J. Sugden, 1901-1904, Arthur Wooliscroft 1904-1907 and James Goudie, 1907-1910.

An important decision was taken at the March Quarterly Meeting in 1910. "Resolved that the Rev. Samuel Marriott, now at Sheffield, to succeed the Rev. James Goudie at Acocks Green at the ensuing Conference and to take the superintendency on the expiration of Mr. Rose's three years in the circuit." So it was that in September, 1911, the superintendency moved from Belmont Row to Acocks Green, the same year as Acocks Green village was taken into the municipal arms of Birmingham. The Rev. Marriott had already spent one year at Acocks Green and had set up what were described as "cottage" services on Tuesday evenings in the New Avenue. Mid week services had been a feature of the chapel ever since the first church was opened in 1863. Mr Marriott also hired the Public Hall in Sherbourne Road on Sunday afternoons and held 'Men's Meetings' there.

The tenure of the next minister, the Rev. George W. Kettleborough was to be a long one, seven years, from 1913-1920 with World War I intervening. Early in 1917 the Methodist Conference, upon representations by the Government, decided that because of the difficulties of transit associated with the war it was desirable that no changes be made in ministerial appointments unless unavoidable circumstances prevailed. (The war had brought difficulties to the church in a practical sense when the Leaders Meeting was informed that it was difficult to heat the building owing to the high price of coal.) Both Mr. Kettleborough and his wife are remembered by two of the oldest members of the present congregation, his wife especially as being of great beauty. Another former church member described Mr. Kettleborough as being "not eloquent, but a warm hearted pastor, ministering faithfully to old and young." His successor, the Rev. Davison Brown from Wolverhampton was his antithesis, "A preacher with a punch - a brotherly, forthright soul who was popular with outsiders."

The following minister was again of a different calibre - "diffident, but very influential by sheer ability and integrity. A scholar, a thinker, a modernist but a mystic too." This was the Rev. G.B. Robson, 1926-1931. It was during his time here that the alterations to the church were accomplished. Writing later, in 1935, he relates an out of character incident during the re-building: "The reaction from the fussy decorations of the old building was to plainness and simplicity and I remember the joy with which I heaved half a brick through the preposterous fancy window facing Shirley Road after it was decided to scrap it. It would have been a pity to leave it whole enough to be planted on anybody else."

The pendulum swung again and in 1931 the Rev. E. Stanley Edwards came to Acocks Green. "A more conventional but industrious and friendly man." His ministry here saw the planning and opening of the Sunday School buildings and also the move to the manse in Sherbourne Road. In 1935 the Rev. Ernest F. Drew was appointed, to be followed in 1938 by Rev. Joshua Johnson. Mr. Johnson was forced to retire through illness in 1943 and was succeeded by the Rev. W.C. Russell, who already held an appointment with the circuit. He was a brother-in-law to Mr. Arthur Fletcher, one of our present senior members. Two years after the end of the 2nd World War Mr. Russell was succeeded in 1947 by the Rev. W.H. Harrison, a forceful, forthright man and gifted preacher and scholar. Social tact was not one of his greatest assets and his many friends lovingly remember some of his more memorable utterances. In 1953 the Rev. J. Valentine Dibben, 'J.V.' to many, came to Acocks Green. He was a former missionary, a writer of stories for boys, an able administrator and another gifted preacher. The Rev. A.J. Gedye's time at Acocks Green, 1959-1962, was cut short by illness and news of his later death was received with sadness. To the next minister, the Rev. E. Herron, 1962-68, belonged the distinction of being the last at Acocks Green to hold the position of circuit superintendent. It was in 1967 that the Sherbourne Road manse was sold and a new house at 18, Victoria Road was bought. The next minister, Rev. Geoffrey Hawkridge, 1968-73, had already spent one year within the circuit when he came to take up his appointment at Acocks Green. He succeeded in the sometimes difficult task of bringing the congregation to recognise the altered position of Acocks Green church within the circuit after the superintendency was moved elsewhere. He was an eloquent preacher but one to whom church financial affairs were not congenial, although he discharged his duties conscientiously. Next came the Rev. R. (Bob) Judkins, 1973-1978, a quieter and more restrained preacher than his predecessor, but remembered by many with affection.

Ill health dogged the Rev. John Le Sueur's ministry with the subsequent stagnation of some church activities and committees. In the early 1980s there was a welcome addition to church membership when former members of Tyseley Methodist church, which had been forced to close, joined Acocks Green. Their subsequent contribution to the life of the church has been greatly appreciated. It was during the ministry of Rev. Le Sueur at Acocks Green that the church celebrated the 100^th anniversary of the present church buildings and the idea of investigating and writing the history of Methodist witness in Acocks Green was born. During the Centenary year a committee organised several events to celebrate the past 100 years, with services conducted by former church ministers and the Chairman of the District, Rev. Chris Hughes Smith, a flower festival and hobbies exhibition and a centenary exhibition.

The present minister, the Rev. William H. Hopkins, returned to the full time ministry in 1983 after serving for 14 years in teaching appointments in Birmingham. Since Mr. Hopkins already lived locally the need for a manse no longer existed and the Victoria Road house was sold in the same year. His leadership has rejuvenated church life and Methodist witness to the Acocks Green community outside the church. To him is owed much of the success of the church restoration appeal fund.