church in central London
Aug 22nd, 2011 | 03:49 PM
#2
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 4,416
Likes: 0
There are very many churches in London. If you tell us what kind of a church you are looking for and denomination, we can help you further. A service in one of famous churches is always memorable, such as St Paul's, Westminster Abbey, St Martins-in-the-Fields, All Souls Langham Place etc. They all have own websites with service times etc.
Aug 23rd, 2011 | 12:50 AM
#4
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 2,657
Likes: 0
Forgive me, I laughed out loud at your post, as there's a protestant church on virtually every street in London as the Church of England (anglican) is our official state religion. As Alec mentions, our most famous cathedrals are protestant and would be a memorable experience.
Or would you rather go to one near your hotel? If you tell us where you are staying, we can suggest somewhere.
There are many stunning churches dating from early Medieval through to 18th century, perhaps you'd like one that suits your architectural as well as spiritual tastes?
Or would you rather go to one near your hotel? If you tell us where you are staying, we can suggest somewhere.
There are many stunning churches dating from early Medieval through to 18th century, perhaps you'd like one that suits your architectural as well as spiritual tastes?
Aug 23rd, 2011 | 04:19 AM
#7
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 11,212
Likes: 0
Just for fun I googled "churches in central london" and came with this this:
http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/pls/porta...1/48345702.PDF
If you're staying in a hotel they will have a list of churches in the area.
I think asking for Protestant churches in London is like asking if there are any Catholic churches in Rome!
http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/pls/porta...1/48345702.PDF
If you're staying in a hotel they will have a list of churches in the area.
I think asking for Protestant churches in London is like asking if there are any Catholic churches in Rome!
Trending Topics
Aug 23rd, 2011 | 08:18 AM
#8
Joined: Apr 2003
Posts: 17,268
Likes: 0
"I think asking for Protestant churches in London is like asking if there are any Catholic churches in Rome!"
Oddly, it isn't if you're a normal tourist. The list from Imperial College, BTW,is a very odd and tiny proportion of central London churches.
Medieval London was stuffed with churches, practically all now Protestant. But they were all in the City, the financial area now almost entirely bereft of hotels or resident population. As London extended West and North, virtually no new churches of any denomination in the newly developed areas were built between 1540 and the Napoleonic Wars.(virtually all those Wren and Hawksmoor churches simply replaced the mediaeval churches destroyed in 1666).
By the time London's relatively ungodly population began building churches again in the 1820s, Catholics has been emancipated, mass Irish immigration was beginning and the building of new Anglican churches in the areas where tourists currently stay only roughly matched the number of new Catholic churches.
Since England became the developed world's most irreligious country around 1970, Anglicans have had a growing problem of redundant churches. Most have been handed over to other religions: often Muslim, Sikh, Hindu, Eastern Orthodox, or the more exotic forms of non-European Christianity.
Even apparently Protestant churches can't guarantee a Protestant service: the church I attend most frequently is kept going by weekly Catholic masses: it can only run to an Anglican service once a month. And probably no church in the world outside Jerusalem is host to so many varieties of Christianity (almost all non-Protestant) as St Dunstan's In The West (http://www.stdunstaninthewest.org/homepage.htm)
Protestants now account for less than a third of London's places of worship.
All of which said, the easiest way to find a Reformed Church (to add to the pedantry, many Anglicans are rather offended at being called Protestant) is to use the Anglican diocese of London ChurchFinder(www.london.anglican.org/ChurchFinder.)
Oddly, it isn't if you're a normal tourist. The list from Imperial College, BTW,is a very odd and tiny proportion of central London churches.
Medieval London was stuffed with churches, practically all now Protestant. But they were all in the City, the financial area now almost entirely bereft of hotels or resident population. As London extended West and North, virtually no new churches of any denomination in the newly developed areas were built between 1540 and the Napoleonic Wars.(virtually all those Wren and Hawksmoor churches simply replaced the mediaeval churches destroyed in 1666).
By the time London's relatively ungodly population began building churches again in the 1820s, Catholics has been emancipated, mass Irish immigration was beginning and the building of new Anglican churches in the areas where tourists currently stay only roughly matched the number of new Catholic churches.
Since England became the developed world's most irreligious country around 1970, Anglicans have had a growing problem of redundant churches. Most have been handed over to other religions: often Muslim, Sikh, Hindu, Eastern Orthodox, or the more exotic forms of non-European Christianity.
Even apparently Protestant churches can't guarantee a Protestant service: the church I attend most frequently is kept going by weekly Catholic masses: it can only run to an Anglican service once a month. And probably no church in the world outside Jerusalem is host to so many varieties of Christianity (almost all non-Protestant) as St Dunstan's In The West (http://www.stdunstaninthewest.org/homepage.htm)
Protestants now account for less than a third of London's places of worship.
All of which said, the easiest way to find a Reformed Church (to add to the pedantry, many Anglicans are rather offended at being called Protestant) is to use the Anglican diocese of London ChurchFinder(www.london.anglican.org/ChurchFinder.)
Aug 23rd, 2011 | 01:26 PM
#11
Joined: May 2005
Posts: 19,881
Likes: 0
