Oasis Christian Centre is a
Grade II listed
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[ ]Pentecostal
Pentecostalism or classical Pentecostalism is a Protestant Charismatic Christian movement church in Long Eaton
Long Eaton is a town in the Erewash district of Derbyshire, England, just north of the River Trent, about south-west of Nottingham and some 8½ miles (13.7 km) south-east of Derby. The town population was 37,760 at the 2011 census. It has ...
, Derbyshire
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History
The Methodist congregation started out in a building in Hartley Road. Once a site was obtained in Derby Road a temporary church was designed by Ernest Reginald Ridgway
Ernest Reginald Ridgway (1852 - 19 July 1917) was an English architect based in Long Eaton.
Career
He was born in 1852 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, the son of William Ridgway (1819-1903) and Mary.
He married Mary Eliza Sketchley (1851-1904) ...
. The memorial stones were laid on 9 July 1898 and it opened as a Primitive Methodist chapel on 1 October 1898.
Once the congregation had raised sufficient funds, a new church was designed by the architect George Baines FRIBA and R. Palmer Baines of London. This was built at a cost of £3,020 (equivalent to £ in 2023) and opened on 22 March 1906. The contractor was John Bull, builder, of Long Eaton.
It was sold in 1980 and reopened as the Elim Pentecostal Church. The Long Eaton Elim congregation moved here from their previous building in Bonsal Street, Long Eaton. In 1988 this became the Oasis Christian Centre.
Organ
The church had a 2 manual 18 stop pipe organ by Albert Keates of Sheffield.
References
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Long Eaton
Long Eaton is a town in the Erewash district of Derbyshire, England, just north of the River Trent, about south-west of Nottingham and some 8½ miles (13.7 km) south-east of Derby. The town population was 37,760 at the 2011 census. It has ...
Long Eaton
Long Eaton is a town in the Erewash district of Derbyshire, England, just north of the River Trent, about south-west of Nottingham and some 8½ miles (13.7 km) south-east of Derby. The town population was 37,760 at the 2011 census. It has ...
Long Eaton
Long Eaton is a town in the Erewash district of Derbyshire, England, just north of the River Trent, about south-west of Nottingham and some 8½ miles (13.7 km) south-east of Derby. The town population was 37,760 at the 2011 census. It has ...
Churches completed in 1906
Long Eaton