OS grid reference SJ 948 940 Country England Founded 1869 Phone +44 1744 758554 | Location Ravenhead, St. Helens Denomination Anglican Opened 1869 | |
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Website www.stjohnsravenhead.org.uk Address Crossley Road, Ravenhead, St. Helens, Merseyside, WA10 3ND, United Kingdom, United Kingdom District Anglican Diocese of Liverpool Architectural style Gothic Revival architecture Similar Woolston Church of England, Church of St Luke the Evangelist, Church of the Nazarene, Church Of The Resurrect, Hindley All Saints Church of | ||
St John the Evangelist, Ravenhead is a Church of England parish church which serves the parish of Ravenhead in St Helens, England. It is one of the over 200 parishes which together form the Anglican Diocese of Liverpool.
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Centres of worship
There are two Anglican churches in the parish of Ravenhead. - the main parish church of St John the Evangelist and its mission church, Emmanuel. Though Emmanuel is geographically located in neighbouring Thatto Heath it still falls within the Ravenhead parish boundary.
History
St John's Church was built and opened in 1869. Following the First World War, a Memorial Hall was built in 1924. The mission church, Emmanuel, opened in 1965 as St John's Mission, though previous buildings on the site were associated with the church as far back as the early 1900s. The most recent building development was of the St John's Community Centre, which opened at the St John's site in 2004.
Community centre
During the 1990s, a survey showed that there was significant demand in the area for improved community facilities. Throughout the following decade, the church raised finances to extend facilities at the main parish church to incorporate a new community centre. A sizeable sum of money was needed and raised through donations and grant making bodies. The St John's Centre opened in January 2004.
Vicars of Ravenhead
Ravenhead has been served by ten vicars since the opening of St John's Church in 1869. A further minister, Rev. John Angell Jones, was appointed for three months to oversee an interregnum between the death of Rev. H.S. Bolton and the arrival of Rev. J.R. Beresford.