Penge Congregational Church is a
Congregational church
Congregational churches (also Congregationalist churches or Congregationalism) are Protestant churches in the Calvinist tradition practising congregationalist church governance, in which each congregation independently and autonomously runs its ...
in
Penge
Penge () is a suburb of South East London, England, now in the London Borough of Bromley, west of Bromley, north east of Croydon and south east of Charing Cross.
History
Penge was once a small hamlet, which was recorded under the name Pence ...
in the
London Borough of Bromley
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located on Penge High Street between Sainsburys & Tesco Express, on the corner of Kenilworth Road. It is organised under Congregational principles for all who believe in Jesus and is run under a basis of fellowship that includes all members of the church.
It was built 1912 to designs by P. Morley Horder "with passage aisles and clerestory. Shafts on large, excellently carved corbels."
[John Newman. ''West Kent and the Weald.'' The “Buildings of England” Series, First Edition, Sir ]Nikolaus Pevsner
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and Judy Nairn
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, eds. (London: Penguin, 1969), p.433. The structure appears fortress-like in its
Romanesque Revival architectural style
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massing. Its elevated situation and tower dominate Penge High Street, more so than the stone broach spire of
St. John the Evangelist, Penge.
The church currently is in-between Ministers (in an interregnum) but the current Associate Minister is Pam Owen. Sunday Services are at 10:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.
Penge Congregational Church is part of th
Congregational Federation
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Penge
Penge () is a suburb of South East London, England, now in the London Borough of Bromley, west of Bromley, north east of Croydon and south east of Charing Cross.
History
Penge was once a small hamlet, which was recorded under the name Pence ...
Churches in the London Borough of Bromley
Churches completed in 1912
20th-century Protestant churches
Romanesque Revival church buildings in England
1912 establishments in England
20th-century churches in the United Kingdom