Church by the Bridge
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| 33°50′48″S 151°12′47″E / 33.846594°S 151.212942°ECoordinates: 33°50′48″S 151°12′47″E / 33.846594°S 151.212942°E | |
| Location | Broughton Street (cnr Bligh Street), Kirribilli, Sydney, New South Wales |
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| Denomination | Anglican Church of Australia |
| Churchmanship | Evangelical |
| Website | Church by the Bridge |
| History | |
| Founded | February 2005 |
| Clergy | |
| Pastor(s) | Paul Dale (Senior Pastor) |
Church by the Bridge, Kirribilli and Lavender Bay is an Anglican Church on Sydney's Lower North Shore. Church by the Bridge meets at St John’s Anglican Church, Kirribilli and at McMahons Point.
A church plant of St Thomas' Anglican Church, North Sydney, North Sydney in February 2005, the church offers six Bible-based services each Sunday 8am, 9:45am, 3.30pm, 5:30pm, 6.15pm and 7pm.
The purpose of Church by the Bridge is to both reunite people who have put their trust in God but haven't been attending church, and provide an opportunity for people who live in the area to listen to the Good News (Gospel).
The congregation consists of around 400 people from a wide variety of backgrounds, married, single and young families.
The Church of St John the Baptist was founded in 1884 within the Parish of Christ Church, Lavender Bay. It subsequently became a parish in 1902. The population of Milsons Point declined following commercial development of the area in the 1970s.
In 1983 a Chinese/Cantonese speaking congregation based in the Cathedral decided to join the congregation of St John's. The finances improved and arrears of assessments were paid.
The church was amalgamated with the Parish of Neutral Bay (St Augustine's) on 1 December 1989, and together they went by the name St John the Baptist Kirribilli. The size of the Chinese congregation grew sufficiently to regain the church's status as an independent provisional parish. In 1993 the congregation comprises approximately 10% local European residents and 90% Chinese from many parts of the Diocese.
In 2007 the Chinese (Cantonese) congregation moved to Artarmon, New South Wales. Bishop Glenn Davies invited Paul Dale to consider becoming curate in charge of St John’s.
In March 2011 a new evening congregation was planted at Christ Church, Lavender Bay and in 2016 this congregation moved to St Peter's Presbyterian Church Hall at McMahons Point.
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