Just what exactly does "Dewsbury Evangelical Church" mean? Let's consider these three words in reverse order:
Church
Perhaps you think you already know what the word 'church' means. But many people are surprised to discover that when we talk about the church, we don't mean the building we meet in each week. 'The church' is actually the group of people, regardless of where they are. So really, we need to define who makes up the church. We are Christians, so-called not because we were born in a 'Christian' country, but because we have trusted in Jesus Christ, and are attempting to follow Him rather than live our lives for ourselves. None of us were born Christian (indeed it is impossible to be born one), we need to become one - some people describe it as being born again (although that phrase also sometimes has negative associations).
The Bible encourages people who have become Christians to meet together regularly - indeed you can think of it as a new Christian family, and so meeting together regularly, as families do, is a perfectly natural thing. When Christians join together formally like this for fellowship and teaching we call it a church.
Evangelical
It sometimes seems strange to have to qualify what sort of church we are - aren't all churches the same? Well, sadly, this isn't true. Many groups of people have the label of 'church', but actually they aren't real Christians at all, and they aren't really following or don't really believe the teaching of the Bible. But as real Christians, we are convinced that the Bible is God's complete Word, and is therefore very important in helping us both understand God Himself, and also helping us to know how to live. So although 'Evangelical' is a big, complicated-sounding word, it really means we believe that the Bible is God's Word to us, and that we trust it completely in life, and give it great significance in the teaching that is part of our services. Another word that is sometimes used to describe our theological position is 'reformed' (derived from the Reformation), but that's probably only useful to you if you already know what it means.
Dewsbury
Obviously this is the town we live in. This is important because the Bible speaks about Christians that live locally getting together into congregations, and having leaders to help them together to understand the Bible and how they should live. The leaders of the local congregation or fellowship are to take care of the local members, and teach them to understand God and the Bible better. So we are a local Church. We aren't part of some bigger, wider denomination, we are 'independent', or 'self-governing', with no one apart from God and the Bible telling us how to live, worship, and behave. We do, though, have informal links and friendships with other like-minded local churches in our district.
Summary
If you were reading carefully, you'll possibly have realised that one theme ran through each of the three descriptions above: the Bible. The Bible is how God speaks to His people specifically, and mankind in general. Maybe you've never read it before, or perhaps you studied it at school or Sunday school many years ago. We'd like to encourage you to start reading it again, and let God speak to you too. Don't make the beginner's mistake of starting at the beginning - the Bible isn't like other books, you can think of it as a library of 66 different books all put together. A really excellent place to start is the short book of 'Mark', which is Mark's account of the astonishing life of Jesus 2000 years ago. It may be old, but actually it's never been more relevant to life in the 21st century. Why not begin it today?