St Matthias' Church is a

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, east London. The modern building comprises a chapel, community rooms and a home for residents with disabilities.

History

The origins of St Matthias Church in Canning town are found in 1887 with a gospel mission from

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. It was named after St Matthias' Church in

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, which had assisted with funding the mission. In 1906 the mission merged with that of St Cyprian on Beaconsfield Road. In 1907 a permanent church building was built and a parish formed. This parish contained sections of the parish of St Mary's, St Andrew's and St Gabriel's. In 1961 parts of the parish of Holy Trinity and more from St Gabriel's were added. With the three churches of St Mary's Church, St Martin's, and St Philip and St James’, it formed part of the Parish of the Divine Compassion. By 1989 the original church building was demolished and replaced in 1991 by an integrated chapel, community rooms and home for residents with disabilities.

Present day

In 2016, St Matthias' Church received a planted congregation from neighbouring church All Hallows Bow at the invitation of the

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. All Hallows had itself been the recipient of a church plant project in 2010 involving St Paul's Shadwell (itself the recipient of one from

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in 2005) and has since seen significant growth. Details of this can be found in a report b
The Centre for Theology & Community
entitle
'Love, Sweat and Tears: Church Planting in East London'

References

Sources

''A History of the County of Essex: Volume 6.''
Originally published by

Victoria County History The Victoria History of the Counties of England, commonly known as the Victoria County History or the VCH, is an English history project which began in 1899 with the aim of creating an encyclopaedic history of each of the historic counties of En ...

, London, 1973; Pages 114-123

External links

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Matthias Matthias is a name derived from the Greek Ματθαίος, in origin similar to Matthew. People Notable people named Matthias include the following: In religion: * Saint Matthias, chosen as an apostle in Acts 1:21–26 to replace Judas Iscariot * ...

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