As far as I can tell, Christ Church is just a load of old barns off Northcourt Road. They have been purchased over the years. Initially the local people making up the church bought a derelict 12th Century Tithe Barn and converted it into a church.

Then they added a hall next door to act as a church hall, and as an overspill area to the main church. I haven’t been to a service at Christ Church since the days when David Bryant was the curate (circa 1990). He went on to teach at a college training would-be-vicars where the BBC did a fly on the wall TV documentary which heavily featured David Bryant judging whether these would-be-vicars had that X-Factor.

Back then in 1990 the hall served as an overflow area with CCTV links. It was that popular!

And it still appears to be popular, despite the change of ministers.

They have a brand of up-to-date worship music and evangelical outreach. You would hardly think they were Church of England, and they have more to them than just being ‘happy-clappy’.

More recently they have purchased other medieaval barns and building that belonged to a dairy, and are gradually putting them to community use. Some of the buildings have been renovated for use as a kindergarten, youth rooms and band practise, stores, offices, meeting rooms etc…

They have even set up a satellite church in the primary school on the Long Furlong estate.