The church was founded in 1873 as the result of a family moving to Canning Town to witness amongst the people who were moving to London’s east end to work in the new docks and factories that were being built.

From an old cow shed in Cliff Street they started a church. Soon they had built a chapel next door.

 

In 1958 the Council redeveloped the whole neighbourhood and this resulted in a new chapel and rooms being built in what was renamed Cliff Walk. The local area continues to be redeveloped from its Victorian origins of from the 1950s estates. The local housing is a mixture of social housing, private rented and owner occupied.

 

The pupils at a local primary school speak over 50 languages and the church's vision is to represent the local population in its congregation.  

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In 2023 we are celebrating our 150th anniversary so we are putting on the website leaflets that have been produced at our 100th, 125th and 150th anniversaries. They give a flavour of what has happened over the 150 years and how church life has changed - although the love of God for each one of us has not.

• 100th anniversary leaflet, produced in 1973: Click Here To View

• 125th anniversary leaflet, produced in 1998: Click Here To View

• 150th anniversary leaflet, produced in 2023: Click Here To View