Emmanuel Church in Grant Road, Mumbai, India is affiliated to the

Church of North India The Church of North India (CNI) is the dominant united Protestant church in northern India. It was established on 29 November 1970 by bringing together the Protestant churches working in northern India. It is a province of the worldwide Anglica ...

and was built in 1869. The building, constructed in

Gothic Revival Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic, neo-Gothic, or Gothick) is an architectural movement that began in the late 1740s in England. The movement gained momentum and expanded in the first half of the 19th century, as increasingly ...

style, is a Grade II heritage structure and was made using

Porbandar stone Porbandar stone is the Bioclast, miliolite limestone found in the carbonate rocks of Saurashtra (region), Saurashtra region in Gujarat, India. During the British Raj, the stone was extensively used in many public buildings of Bombay (now Mumbai) ...

. It was the first church with an Indian congregation to follow the British

Church Mission Society The Church Mission Society (CMS), formerly known as the Church Missionary Society, is a British mission society working with the Christians around the world. Founded in 1799, CMS has attracted over nine thousand men and women to serve as mission ...

(CMS), and though it now falls under the Church of North India, the parishioners still maintain

Anglican Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of th ...

practices. It was established by Revd. T. K. Weatherhead of the CMS.

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Bombay Diocesan Trust - Emmanuel Church, Mumbai
Churches in Mumbai Church of North India church buildings 1869 establishments in India Religious buildings and structures completed in 1869 Gothic Revival church buildings in India {{India-church-stub