North Shields Evangelical Church is an amalgamation of two churches in North Shields, The Evangelistic Mission and The Peoples Mission. The churches merged in the early 1980s under the 'innovate' name of People's Evangelistic Mission. 

The church is a member of the Fellowship of Evangelical Churches. The church was first led by a Chairman with a management committee for support, but then changed to an Eldership. The first ever Pastor was appointed in 2004 and moved to a new ministry in 2015. The church is now led by two elders and two deacons.

Ronnie Swift is the lead elder.