SPREYDON BAPTIST CHURCH
CENTRALISATION ON NEW SITE As part of a plan to centralise the Baptist Church branches in Spreydon, the Lyttelton Street Baptist Church was yesterday removed to a new site at 244 Lyttelton street. The Sunday School in the West Spreydon School and the youth hall opposite the school have also been moved to this site. A Baptist Church in the Spreydon district was first formed in 1866 and services were held in a sod hut until the first church was opened in 1867. In 1881 a new church building was opened near the corner of Lyttelton street and Lincoln road, which was remodelled and reopened in 1898. The Sunday school was opened in 1933 and the hall opposite in 1936. In 1938 a church was formed. Recently it was resolved to consolidate the two churches into one membership and the present site was bought for this purpose. Services are. at present being held in the school hall and the new church will -be officially opened when ready for use. The old Spreydon Baptist Church building has been bought by the Christchurch Kindergarten Association for use as a school and training centre.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19490225.2.121
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25738, 25 February 1949, Page 9
Word Count
194SPREYDON BAPTIST CHURCH Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25738, 25 February 1949, Page 9
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.