Grace Christian Church - Padstow
Padstow, NSW 2211
Church Information
| Church Name: | Grace Christian Church - Padstow |
| Church Previous Name: | Padstow Methodist Church/ Padstow Uniting Church |
| Denomination: | Uniting Church in Australia |
| Street Address: | Arab Rd & Cahors Rd, Padstow NSW 2211, Australia |
| Suburb: | Padstow |
| State: | NSW |
| Postcode: | 2211 |
| Foundation Stone Laid: | unknown |
| Foundation Stone Notes: | No Foundation Stone or Memorial Plaque details are known. Information/photographs are invited |
| Date Opened: | 30-11-1947 |
| Date Closed: | unknown |
| Email: | admin@churchesaustralia.org |
Comments
The Grace Christian Church - Padstow is an affiliated Chinese congregation of the Grace Christian Church - Panania, an English congregation - which is an amalgamation of the congregations from the Padstow and Panania Uniting Churches, and meets in the former Panania property. (see separate entry - Grace Christian Church - Panania).
The predecessor Padstow Methodist/Uniting Church began with a service in the Progress Hall on 30/11/1947. The services were commenced by the Rev Wilbur Chaseling, then Supertendent of the Bankstown Circuit. The present church site was acquired about 1948, with early meetings held in tents, until a military hut was acquired and erected by voluntary labour. The first service in the military hut was a Sunday School anniversary, held in November 1949. The first church building was opened on 7/10/1950, with the present church hall erected about 1966.1 More historical information/photographs of the church/congregation are invited. Photographs uploaded 9/12/2020.
Note 1: For more of the church story see - illiminate (27th Jun 2019). The First forty years: the story of the Uniting Church Parish of Revesby, 1947-1987. In Website illuminate. Retrieved 8th Dec 2020 15:18, from https://illuminate. recollect.net.au/nodes/view/1864.
