All Saints' Church, Monkwearmouth
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

All Saints' Church is a church in Monkwearmouth,
Sunderland Sunderland () is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England. It is a port at the mouth of the River Wear on the North Sea, approximately south-east of Newcastle upon Tyne. It is the most p ...
, England. A parish of All Saints was formed in 1844 when it became clear that there was no longer enough room in the only parish church for Monkwearmouth ( St Peter's), and a church for the new parish was completed and consecrated in 1849. One of its vicars was Alexander Boddy, and so All Saints' became known as the birthplace of modern British
Pentecostalism Pentecostalism or classical Pentecostalism is a movement within the broader Evangelical wing of Protestantism, Protestant Christianity that emphasizes direct personal experience of God in Christianity, God through Baptism with the Holy Spirit#Cl ...
. All Saints' is now again part of the parish of Monkwearmouth.


External links


Parish homepage
Church of England church buildings in Tyne and Wear Grade II listed churches in Tyne and Wear Churches in the City of Sunderland Sunderland {{England-Anglican-church-stub