St Andrew's Church, Walsall

St Andrew's Church is a Free Church of England church in Bentley, Walsall, West Midlands. Three services are held weekly every Sunday at 10am, 11:30am & 6pm.

St Andrew's Church, Bentley, Walsall
CountryUnited Kingdom
DenominationFree Church of England
ChurchmanshipFree Church of England
Websitewww.standrewsbentley.org.uk
History
DedicationSt Andrew
Administration
DioceseSouthern Diocese of The Free Church of England
Clergy
Vicar(s)The Right Revd Paul Hunt, MSc, DD SSC

History

The church was built between 1884 and 1887,[1][2] and consists of a chancel, a nave, aisles, an organ chamber, and a turret.[3] The parish was constituted in 1889 and the living was made a vicarage with a gross value of £200.[4]

St Andrew's stands in the Modern Catholic tradition of the Church of England.[5] As it rejects the ordination of women, the parish receives alternative episcopal oversight from the Bishop of Ebbsfleet (currently Jonathan Goodall).[6]

References
  1. M W Greenslade (Editor), A P Baggs, G C Baugh, D A Johnston (1976). "Walsall: Churches". A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 17: Offlow hundred (part). Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 17 July 2014.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. "Church of St Andrew - Walsall". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 2014-07-17.
  3. "Parish Churches and Chapels of Ease". The Story of Walsall. Retrieved 2014-07-16.
  4. "Walsall, Staffordshire". UK Genealogy Archives. Retrieved 2014-07-16.
  5. "Walsall S.Andrew, Birchills, Walsall". A Church Near You. Archbishops' Council. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  6. "St Andrew, Birchills". See of Ebbsfleet. Retrieved 20 May 2017.

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