St Barnabas Church, Christchurch
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| country = New Zealand
| location = 8 Tui Street, Christchurch
| address = 8 Tui Street, Fendalton, Christchurch 8052
| denomination = Anglican
| membership = Approx. 400 Parishioners
| website = stbarnabas.org.nz
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| architect = Cecil Wood
| style = Arts and Crafts
| years built = 1926
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| diocese = Diocese of Christchurch
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| bishop = The Rt Rev’d Dr Peter R Carrell
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| vicar = Jenny Wilkens & Andrew Butcher
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St Barnabas Church is an Anglican church in Christchurch, New Zealand. It is registered as Category I by Heritage New Zealand.
History
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The current stone church was designed to replace an earlier wooden church. The earlier wooden church was built in 1876. St Barnabas was originally part of St Peter's Riccarton and the parish of Riccarton.{{Cite news|date=7 June 1924 |title=St Barnabas Church |volume=LX |page=10|work=The Press|url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19240607.2.46?query=st%20barnabas%27%20church |access-date=24 August 2021}} In 1883, Fendalton became its own parish and at this time the wooden church was enlarged.{{Cite news |date=21 March 1925|title=New Fendalton Church|page=16|work=The Press|url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19250321.2.121?query=new%20fendalton%20church |volume=LXI |issue=18337 |access-date=24 August 2021}}{{Cite web|title=Search the List {{!}} St Barnabas Church (Anglican) {{!}} Heritage New Zealand|url= https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/3681 |access-date=24 August 2021|website=www.heritage.org.nz}} A new church built out of permanent materials was proposed in 1916. In 1918, the vicar at the time, Canon Thomas Hamilton, suggested that the church should be built as a memorial to those who died during World War I.{{Cite web |last=|title=History|url= https://stbarnabas.org.nz/history/ |access-date=24 August 2021|website=St Barnabas Anglican Church}} Cecil Wood was chosen as the architect. Wood was known to be an admirer of the American architect Bertram Goodhue but he does not appear to have adopted any of Goodhue's common design elements other than the tabernacle at St Barnabas.{{cite thesis |last=Helms |first=Ruth |date=1996 |title=The architecture of Cecil Wood |type= PhD |publisher=University of Canterbury |docket= |oclc= |url= https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/bitstream/handle/10092/2730/Thesis_fulltext.pdf |pages=51f}} The foundation stone was laid by Archbishop Julius in 1925. The new church was built one hundred feet behind the wooden church. On 20 November 1926 the Church was dedicated and consecrated by bishop Campbell West-Watson.{{Cite news|date=20 November 1926|title=St Barnabas church consecrated |work=The Star|url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19261120.2.92?end_date=31-12-1926&items_per_page=10&page=2&query=st+barnabas&snippet=true&start_date=01-01-1926 |access-date=24 August 2021}} It was registered as a historic place on 2 April 1985, with registration number 3681. The church has a longstanding relationship with Medbury School.{{Cite web|title=Traditional Christian Values|url= https://medbury.school.nz/the-medbury-boy/traditional-christian-values |access-date=25 August 2021|website=Medbury School}}
Canterbury earthquakes and restoration
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The church sustained damage during the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake and the June aftershock. The parish fundraised and also received funding from the Christchurch Earthquake Heritage Buildings Trust to restore the church and to strengthen the building up to 67% of the national building standard.{{Cite web|title=St Barnabas Anglican Church – DPA Architects {{!}} ArchiPro|url= https://archipro.co.nz/project/st-barnabas-anglican-church-dave-pearson-architects |access-date=25 August 2021|website=archipro.co.nz}}{{Cite web|title=Church Property Trustees – Update No. 16-11: Recovery Team – Anglican Life|url= https://anglicanlife.org.nz/cpt-news/update-no-16-11-recovery-team/ |access-date=25 August 2021|website=anglicanlife.org.nz}} The restored church was reopened by the Bishop of Christchurch, Victoria Matthews, on 19 February 2017.{{Cite web|last=|title=St Barnabas Anglican Church, Fendalton, Christchurch|url= http://ketechristchurch.peoplesnetworknz.info/places_and_streets/topics/show/529-st-barnabas-anglican-church-fendalton-christchurch |access-date=25 August 2021|website=ketechristchurch.peoplesnetworknz.info}}{{Cite web |title=Fendalton war memorial church {{!}} NZ History |url=https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/fendalton-war-memorial |access-date=6 June 2024 |website=nzhistory.govt.nz}} In February 2021 the St Barnabas Centre was reopened.{{Cite web|last=|first=|title=St Barnabas Connect, Fri. 19 February, 2021|url= https://hail.to/st-barnabas-fendalton/publication/c1Tj2Wi |access-date=25 August 2021|website=St Barnabas, Fendalton}}
References
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External links
{{Commons category|St Barnabas Church, Christchurch}}
- [https://stbarnabas.org.nz/ Church website]
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Category:Churches in Christchurch
Category:Heritage New Zealand Category 1 historic places in the Canterbury Region
Category:Churches completed in 1926
Category:2011 Christchurch earthquake
Category:Listed churches in New Zealand