St. John the Baptist's Anglican Church, Ashfield, Sydney

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St John the Baptist's Anglican Church, Ashfield

St John the Baptist Anglican Church is a large Anglican church located between Alt and Bland Streets, Ashfield, in the inner west of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The church building is the oldest surviving building in Ashfield.

1 History
2 Current Ministry
3 References
4 External links

[edit] History

The first acre of the grounds was donated by Elizabeth Underwood in 1840.^[1] Further land was purchased from the aforesaid Elizabeth Underwood in 1845.^[2]

Edmund Blackett in 1842, shortly after arriving in Sydney, was requested to inspect the walls of the church building, then under construction. As a result of his report, the walls were demolished and rebuilt ^[3]. Much later, Blackett designed the current transept and chancel, completed in 1875 ^[4].

St John's was the first church to be established between Sydney and Parramatta^[5], making it among the oldest continuous churches still in existence in Sydney.

[edit] Current Ministry

The church currently has one traditional and two contemporary congregations. The current rector is the Reverend Andrew Katay^[6], the eighteenth holder of the position.

Since July 2006 it has run a mothers and children group, which discusses Christian parenting issues, and teaches English to those for whom it is not their native language.^[7]

[edit] References

^ author unlisted (2004). "St John The Baptist, Ashfield, The First 150 Years". Published by the Churchwardens of St John's Anglican Church, Ashfield, 1990. Updated 2004. p4.
^ author unlisted (2004). "St John The Baptist, Ashfield, The First 150 Years". Published by the Churchwardens of St John's Anglican Church, Ashfield, 1990. Updated 2004. p10.
^ Coupe, Sheena and Robert (1988). "Speed The Plough, Ashfield 1788-1988". Published by The Council of the Municipality of Ashfield, 1988. ISBN 0-9595234-1-3. p50.
^ Coupe, Sheena and Robert (1988). "Speed The Plough, Ashfield 1788-1988". Published by The Council of the Municipality of Ashfield, 1988. ISBN 0-9595234-1-3. p93.
^ author unlisted (2004). "St John The Baptist, Ashfield, The First 150 Years". Published by the Churchwardens of St John's Anglican Church, Ashfield, 1990. Updated 2004. p1.
^ "Parish in Focus: St John's Ashfield". South Sydney News, Southern Cross. Published by the Anglican Diocese of Sydney, March 2007. ISSN 1445-0089.
^ "MOCHA makes mums most welcome". South Sydney News, Southern Cross. Published by the Anglican Diocese of Sydney, March 2007. ISSN 1445-0089.