Crowborough Community Church

Crowborough Community Church
The Oasis
The church from the southwest
Crowborough Community Church is located in East Sussex
Crowborough Community Church
Crowborough Community Church
51°03′38″N 0°09′38″E / 51.060576°N 0.160439°E / 51.060576; 0.160439
LocationBeacon Road, Crowborough, East Sussex TN6 1AS
CountryUnited Kingdom
DenominationEvangelical
Previous denominationFree Church of England
TraditionNewfrontiers
Websitewww.crowcomchurch.org.uk/welcome.htm
History
Former name(s)Christ Church
StatusChurch
Founded1879
Founder(s)Elizabeth de Lannoy
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Clergy
Pastor(s)Jonathan Hayward (lead)
Bryan Rourke
Jonathan Brooks

Crowborough Community Church[1] (also known as Community Church, Crowborough)[2] is an Evangelical church in the town of Crowborough in East Sussex, England. Although it is now associated with the Newfrontiers charismatic Evangelical movement, for most of its existence it was called Christ Church and belonged to the Free Church of England, an episcopal Protestant denomination founded in the 19th century. The building, a red-brick Gothic Revival chapel with a prominent stained glass window facing the street, has stood in a central position in the town since 1879, when it was built at the expense of philanthropist Elizabeth de Lannoy. The complex includes schoolrooms and a lecture hall, part of which served as Crowborough's public library for many years.

  1. ^ Registered in accordance with the Places of Worship Registration Act 1855 (Number in Worship Register: 24801; Name: Crowborough Community Church; Address: Beacon Road, Crowborough; Denomination: Non-Denominational. (Archived version of list from April 2010; subsequent updates)
  2. ^ "Welcome to Community Church, Crowborough". Crowborough Community Church. 2020. Archived from the original on 25 November 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2021.