The buildings you see (including the bus shelter) were built in the 1930s. Sadly, due to construction difficulties the ‘old’ church was built with some serious flaws which resulted in its fairly rapid deterioration over subsequent years. To rectify the faults would cost over £3.5 million so in July 2003 the ‘old’ church, as it is now referred to, was declared ‘redundant.’ This paved the way for us to move here, which we did in July 2004.
Present: This building gives us great flexibility to ‘do’ church in a variety of ways. It allows us to be more easily identified as a ‘centre of community’ within the wider community as both church groups and community groups meet in the same building. The ‘old’ church will be converted into residential accommodation thus keeping the architectural symmetry as a landmark for Eastbourne.
Future: The church community here is growing – of course we pray that this growth will become more substantial over coming months and years.
We hope that local community groups will make use of our facilities over coming years and that we will be recognised as a community centred church seeking to serve the local area.