Richmond, London
Places of worship
Table:
Name
Denomination/Affiliation
Address
Website
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Bethlehem Chapel, Richmond
Independent Calvinist
Church Terrace, Richmond TW10 6SE
website

Christian Fellowship in Richmond
Evangelical Alliance
Halford House, 27 Halford Road, Richmond TW10 6AW
website

Duke Street Church, Richmond
Conservative Evangelicalism
Duke Street, Richmond TW9 1DH
website

Ebenezer Strict Baptist Chapel, Richmond
Strict Baptist
Jocelyn Road, Richmond TW9 2TJ

First Church of Christ, Scientist, Richmond
Christian Science
35 Sheen Road, Richmond TW9 1AD
website

Friends Meeting House, Richmond
Quakers
1 Retreat Road, Richmond TW9 1NN
website

Holy Trinity, Richmond
Church of England
Sheen Park, Richmond TW9 1UP
website

Our Lady Queen of Peace Church, Richmond
Roman Catholic
222 Sheen Road, Richmond TW10 5AN
website

Raleigh Road United Church
Methodist & United Reformed
Raleigh Road, Richmond TW9 2DX
website

Richmond & Putney Unitarian Church
Unitarian
Ormond Road, Richmond TW10 6TH
website

Richmond Synagogue
Orthodox Judaism
Lichfield Gardens, Richmond TW9 1AP
website

St Elizabeth of Portugal Church
Roman Catholic
The Vineyard, Richmond TW10 6AQ
website

Chapel of St Francis, Hickey's Almshouses
Church of England
Sheen Road, Richmond TW9 1XB

St John the Divine, Richmond
Church of England
Kew Road, Richmond TW9 2TN
website

St Mary Magdalene, Richmond
Church of England
Red Lion Street, Richmond TW9 1RE
website

St Matthias Church, Richmond
Church of England
Friars Stile Road, Richmond TW10 6PN
website

The Vineyard Life Church, Richmond
Evangelical
The Vineyard, Richmond TW10 6AQ
website

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Bethlehem Chapel , Richmond is an independent Calvinistic chapel on the east side of Church Terrace in Richmond , London . Built in 1797 , the small one-storey stuccoed building is Grade II* listed . It still has its original galleried interior with pews and pulpit .
Calvinism ( also called the Reformed tradition , Reformed Christianity , Reformed Protestantism , or the Reformed faith ) is a major branch of Protestantism that follows the theological tradition and forms of Christian practice set down by John Calvin and other Reformation-era theologians . Calvinists broke from the Roman Catholic Church in the 16th century . Calvinists differ from Lutherans on the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist , theories of worship , and the use of God 's law for believers , among other things . The term Calvinism can be misleading , because the religious tradition which it denotes has always been diverse , with a wide range of influences rather than a single founder ; however almost all of them drew heavily from the writings of Augustine of Hippo a millennium prior . In the context of the Reformation , Huldrych Zwingli began the Reformed tradition in 1519 in the city of Zürich . His followers were instantly labeled Zwinglians , consistent with the Catholic practice of naming heresy after its founder . Very soon , Zwingli was joined by Martin Bucer , Wolfgang Capito , William Farel , Johannes Oecolampadius and other early Reformed thinkers . The namesake of the movement , French reformer John Calvin , renounced Roman Catholicism and embraced Protestant views in the late 1520s or early 1530s , as the earliest notions of later Reformed tradition were already espoused by Huldrych Zwingli . The movement was first called Calvinism , referring to John Calvin , by Lutherans who opposed it . Many within the tradition find it either an indescriptive or an inappropriate term and would prefer the word Reformed to be used instead . The most important Reformed theologians include Calvin , Zwingli , Martin Bucer , William Farel , Heinrich Bullinger , Peter Martyr Vermigli , Theodore Beza , and John Knox . In the twentieth century , Abraham Kuyper , Herman Bavinck , B .
Christian Fellowship in Richmond , a member of the Evangelical Alliance , is a church that meets at Halford House , a Grade II listed building in Halford Road , in the centre of Richmond , south-west London . In 1951 a group of young people gathered to pray in Richmond , which led to the founding of the church . The house was subsequently purchased in 1954 .
The Evangelical Alliance ( EA ) seeks to represent evangelical Christians in the UK . Formed in 1846 , the Alliance aims to bring Christians together and help them listen to , and be heard by , the government , media and society . Headquarters is in London with offices in Cardiff , Glasgow and Belfast . The Alliance works across 79 denominations , 3,300 churches , 750 organisations and thousands of individual members . It is also a founding member of the World Evangelical Alliance ( WEA ) , a global network of more than 600 million evangelical Christians , which in January 2015 announced plans for closer co-operation and witness with the World Council of Churches .
Duke Street Church is a conservative evangelical church in Duke Street , Richmond , south west London . It is a member of the South East Gospel Partnership . The church was formally established in 1870 . The present church building , which was opened by Sir Cyril Black , dates from 1962 and replaced an 1881 church building . Duke Street Church is a congregational member of the World Reformed Fellowship .
Evangelicalism ( /ˌiːvænˈdʒɛlɪkəlɪzəm , ˌɛvæn- , -ən/ ) , evangelical Christianity , or evangelical Protestantism , [ note 1 ] is a worldwide , trans-denominational movement within Protestant Christianity which maintains the belief that the essence of the Gospel consists of the doctrine of salvation by grace , solely through faith in Jesus 's atonement . Evangelicals believe in the centrality of the conversion or born again experience in receiving salvation , in the authority of the Bible as God 's revelation to humanity , and in spreading the Christian message . The movement has long had a presence in the Anglosphere before spreading further afield in the 19th , 20th and early 21st centuries . Its origins are usually traced to 1738 , with various theological streams contributing to its foundation , including English Methodism , the Moravian Church ( in particular its bishop Nicolaus Zinzendorf and his community at Herrnhut ) , and German Lutheran Pietism . Preeminently , John Wesley and other early Methodists were at the root of sparking this new movement during the First Great Awakening . Today , evangelicals are found across many Protestant branches , as well as in various denominations not subsumed to a specific branch . Among leaders and major figures of the evangelical Protestant movement were John Wesley , George Whitefield , Jonathan Edwards , Billy Graham , Bill Bright , Harold Ockenga , John Stott and Martyn Lloyd-Jones . The movement gained great momentum during the 18th and 19th centuries with the Great Awakenings in Great Britain and the United States . In 2016 , there were an estimated 619 million evangelicals in the world , meaning that one in four Christians would be classified as evangelical . The United States has the largest concentration of evangelicals in the world . American evangelicals are a quarter of the nation 's population and its single largest religious group . The main movements are Baptist churches , Pentecostalism , charismatic Evangelicalism , neo-charismatic Evangelicalism and nondenominational Evangelicalism .
Ebenezer Strict Baptist Chapel is a place of worship , built in the late 19th century , on Jocelyn Road in Richmond , London . Sunday services are held at 10:30 am and 6 pm .
Reformed Baptists ( sometimes known as Particular Baptists or Calvinistic Baptists ) are Baptists that hold to a Calvinist soteriology . They can trace their history through the early modern Particular Baptists of England . The first Reformed Baptist church was formed in the 1630s . The 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith was written along Reformed Baptist lines .
First Church of Christ , Scientist , Richmond , is a church on Sheen Road , Richmond , London . It is a branch of The First Church of Christ , Scientist in Boston , Massachusetts , founded in 1879 .
Christian Science is a set of beliefs and practices belonging to the metaphysical family of new religious movements . [ n 2 ] It was developed in 19th-century New England by Mary Baker Eddy , who argued in her 1875 book Science and Health that sickness is an illusion that can be corrected by prayer alone . [ n 3 ] The book became Christian Science 's central text , along with the Bible , and by 2001 had sold over nine million copies . Eddy and 26 followers were granted a charter in 1879 to found the Church of Christ , Scientist , and in 1894 the Mother Church , The First Church of Christ , Scientist , was built in Boston , Massachusetts . Christian Science became the fastest growing religion in the United States , with nearly 270,000 members there by 1936 , a figure that had declined by 1990 to just over 100,000 , and by 2009 reportedly to under 50,000 . The church is known for its newspaper , The Christian Science Monitor , which won seven Pulitzer Prizes between 1950 and 2002 , and for its public Reading Rooms around the world . [ n 4 ] Eddy described Christian Science as a return to primitive Christianity and its lost element of healing . There are key differences between Christian Science theology and that of traditional Christianity . In particular , adherents subscribe to a radical form of philosophical idealism , believing that reality is purely spiritual and the material world an illusion . This includes the view that disease is a mental error rather than physical disorder , and that the sick should be treated not by medicine but by a form of prayer that seeks to correct the beliefs responsible for the illusion of ill health . The church does not require that Christian Scientists avoid all medical care - adherents use dentists , optometrists , obstetricians , physicians for broken bones , and vaccination when required by law - but maintains that Christian-Science prayer is most effective when not combined with medicine . Between the 1880s and 1990s , the avoidance of medical treatment led to the deaths of several adherents and their children .
Friends Meeting House , Richmond is a building in Retreat Road , just off Friars Lane in the centre of Richmond , London , at which Richmond-upon-Thames Quakers meet for worship for an hour each Sunday morning .
Quakers , also called Friends , are a historically Christian group whose formal name is the Religious Society of Friends or Friends Church . Members of the various Quaker movements are all generally united by their belief in the ability of each human being to experientially access the light within , or that of God in every one . Some may profess the priesthood of all believers , a doctrine derived from the First Epistle of Peter . They include those with evangelical , holiness , liberal , and traditional Quaker understandings of Christianity . There are also Nontheist Quakers whose spiritual practice is not reliant on the existence of God . To differing extents , the different movements that make up the Religious Society of Friends/Friends Church avoid creeds and hierarchical structures . In 2007 , there were about 359,000 adult Quakers worldwide . In 2017 , there were 377,557 adult Quakers , with 49% in Africa . Around 89% of Quakers worldwide belong to the evangelical and programmed branches of Quakerism - these Quakers worship in services with singing and a prepared message from the Bible , coordinated by a pastor . Around 11% of Friends practice waiting worship , or unprogrammed worship ( more commonly known today as Meeting for Worship ) , where the order of service is not planned in advance , is predominantly silent , and may include unprepared vocal ministry from those present . Some meetings of both types have Recorded Ministers in their meetings - Friends recognised for their gift of vocal ministry . The first Quakers lived in mid-17th-century England .
Holy Trinity Richmond is an Anglican parish church in Sheen Park , Richmond , Surrey .
The Church of England ( C of E ) is the established church of England . The Archbishop of Canterbury is the most senior cleric , although the monarch is the supreme governor . The Church of England is also the mother church of the international Anglican Communion . It traces its history to the Christian church recorded as existing in the Roman province of Britain by the third century , and to the 6th-century Gregorian mission to Kent led by Augustine of Canterbury . The English church renounced papal authority when Henry VIII failed to secure an annulment of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon in 1534 . The English Reformation accelerated under Edward VI 's regents , before a brief restoration of papal authority under Queen Mary I and King Philip . The Act of Supremacy 1558 renewed the breach , and the Elizabethan Settlement charted a course enabling the English church to describe itself as both catholic and reformed :
Our Lady Queen of Peace Church , Richmond is a Roman Catholic church in Sheen Road , Richmond , London . It serves the East Sheen parish in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Southwark and , as it is close to Richmond 's boundary with East Sheen , is often known as Our Lady Queen of Peace Church , East Sheen . It was the first church to be designed by architect F G ( Frank ) Broadbent ( 1909-1983 ) ( of Goodhart-Rendel , Broadbent and Curtis ) . The foundation stone was laid in November 1953 by the Rt Reverend Monsignor Cyril Cowderoy , Roman Catholic Bishop of Southwark . The church opened on 9 May 1954 and was expanded in 1963 . The consecration , by Archbishop Cyril Cowderoy , did not take place until June 1971 . A new parish hall was built in 1992 . The church became a parish in its own right in 1959 . Its priest is Monsignor William Saunders .
The Catholic Church , sometimes referred to as the Roman Catholic Church , is the largest Christian church , with approximately 1.3 billion baptised Catholics worldwide as of 2017 [ update ] . As the world 's oldest and largest continuously functioning international institution , it has played a prominent role in the history and development of Western civilisation . The church is headed by the Bishop of Rome , known as the pope . Its central administration is the Holy See . The Christian beliefs of Catholicism are found in the Nicene Creed . The Catholic Church teaches that it is the One , Holy , Catholic and Apostolic church founded by Jesus Christ in his Great Commission , [ note 1 ] that its bishops are the successors of Christ 's apostles , and that the pope is the successor to Saint Peter upon whom primacy was conferred by Jesus Christ . It maintains that it practises the original Christian faith , reserving infallibility , passed down by sacred tradition . The Latin Church , the twenty-three Eastern Catholic Churches , and institutes such as mendicant orders , enclosed monastic orders and third orders reflect a variety of theological and spiritual emphases in the church . Of its seven sacraments the Eucharist is the principal one , celebrated liturgically in the Mass . The church teaches that through consecration by a priest the sacrificial bread and wine become the body and blood of Christ . The Virgin Mary is venerated in the Catholic Church as Mother of God and Queen of Heaven , honoured in dogmas and devotions . Its teaching includes Divine Mercy , sanctification through faith and evangelisation of the Gospel as well as Catholic social teaching , which emphasises voluntary support for the sick , the poor , and the afflicted through the corporal and spiritual works of mercy .
Raleigh Road United Church , at the corner of Raleigh Road and Stanmore Gardens in Richmond , London , is a joint congregation of a Methodist Church and a United Reformed Church . The churches , formerly known as Kew Road Methodist Church and St. Pauls Congregational Church , have been united since September 1995 .
Methodism is an umbrella term used to describe denominations of Protestant Christianity which follow the line of the Methodist movement . Methodist denominations are historically related and derive their doctrine of practice and belief from the life and teachings of John Wesley . George Whitefield and John 's brother Charles Wesley were also significant early leaders in the movement . It originated as a revival movement within the 18th-century Church of England and became a separate denomination after Wesley 's death . The movement spread throughout the British Empire , the United States , and beyond because of vigorous missionary work , today claiming approximately 80 million adherents worldwide . [ nb 1 ] Wesleyan theology , which is upheld by the Methodist Churches , focuses on sanctification and the effect of faith on the character of a Christian . Distinguishing Methodist doctrines include the new birth , assurance , imparted righteousness , the possibility of entire sanctification , the works of piety , and the primacy of Scripture . Most Methodists teach that Jesus Christ , the Son of God , died for all of humanity and that salvation is available for all ; in theology , this view is known as Arminianism . [ nb 2 ] This teaching rejects the Calvinist position that God has pre-ordained the salvation of a select group of people . However , Whitefield and several other early leaders of the movement were considered Calvinistic Methodists and held to the Calvinist position . In addition to evangelism , Methodism emphasises charity and support for the sick , the poor , and the afflicted through the works of mercy . These ideals , collectively known as the Social Gospel , are put into practice by the establishment of hospitals , orphanages , soup kitchens , and schools to follow Christ 's command to spread the good news and serve all people .
The United Reformed Church ( URC ) is a Protestant Christian church in the United Kingdom . It has approximately 46,500 members in 1,383 congregations with 608 active ministers , including 13 church related community workers .
Richmond and Putney Unitarian Church is a Unitarian church in Ormond Road , Richmond , London . The church building , dating from 1896 and designed by the architect T Locke Worthington , includes an apse with five stained glass lancers , dating from 1912 , by Morris & Co. A rear extension designed by Kenneth Tayler was opened in 1966 . The Putney congregation merged into the Richmond congregation in 1985 . The Putney Unitarian Church congregation had met at the Wandsworth Unitarian Church , which was expropriated in 1967 for a road-widening project . Their new church on the Upper Richmond Road opened in 1968 . After the Putney congregation combined with Richmond , that building , also designed by Kenneth Tayler , was sold to the All Saints Liberal Catholic Church .
Unitarianism ( from Latin unitas unity , oneness , from unus one ) is a Christian theological movement named for its belief that the God in Christianity is one person , as opposed to the Trinity ( tri- from Latin tres three ) which in most other branches of Christianity defines God as one being in three persons : the Father , Son , and Holy Spirit . Unitarian Christians , therefore , believe that Jesus was inspired by God in his moral teachings , and he is a savior , but he was not a deity or God incarnate . As is typical of dissenters , Unitarianism does not constitute one single Christian denomination , but rather refers to a collection of both existing and extinct Christian groups , whether historically related to each other or not , which share a common theological concept of the oneness nature of God . While the uncompromising theological monotheism at the heart of Christian Unitarianism distinguishes it from the major Christian denominations which subscribe to Trinitarian theology , Christian Unitarianism is closer to the monotheistic understandings of God in Judaism , as well as the concept of the oneness of God in Islam . More so , Muslims believe that Christian Unitarianism encompasses the one true monotheistic divine message from God , perpetuated through the Abrahamic faiths that predated Islam . Unitarianism is also known for the rejection of several other Western Christian doctrines , including the doctrines of original sin , predestination , and the infallibility of the Bible . Unitarians in previous centuries accepted the doctrine of punishment in an eternal hell , but few do today . Unitarianism might be considered a part of Protestantism , depending on one 's stance or viewpoint , and some exclude it from that term due to its rejection of the Trinity . Despite common origins during the Protestant Reformation , some scholars call it a part of Nontrinitarianism , while others consider it both Protestant and Nontrinitarian , seeing no contradiction between those two terms . None of the three views is universally accepted . The Unitarian movement is tied to the more radical critiques of the Reformation . First organized in Eastern Europe during the Reformation , Unitarian communities have developed in Britain , South Africa , India , Canada , the United States , Jamaica , Nigeria , and Japan .
Richmond Synagogue is an Orthodox Jewish community in Richmond , London . The congregation , whose synagogue building is in Lichfield Gardens , has 250 members and is a member community of the United Synagogue .
Orthodox Judaism is a collective term for the traditionalist branches of contemporary Judaism . Theologically , it is chiefly defined by regarding the Torah , both Written and Oral , as literally revealed by God on Mount Sinai and faithfully transmitted ever since . Orthodox Judaism therefore advocates a strict observance of Jewish Law , or halakha , which is to be interpreted and determined only according to traditional methods and in adherence to the continuum of received precedent through the ages . It regards the entire halakhic system as ultimately grounded in immutable revelation , essentially beyond external and historical influence . More than any theoretical issue , obeying the dietary , purity , ethical , and other laws of halakha is the hallmark of Orthodoxy . Other key doctrines include belief in a future bodily resurrection of the dead , divine reward and punishment for the righteous and the sinners , the Election of Israel as a people bound by a covenant with God , and an eventual Messianic Age ruled by a salvific Messiah-King who will restore the Temple in Jerusalem . Orthodox Judaism is not a centralized denomination . Relations between its different subgroups are sometimes strained , and the exact limits of Orthodoxy are subject to intense debate . Very roughly , it may be divided between Haredi Judaism ( ultra-Orthodox ) , which is more conservative and reclusive , and Modern Orthodox Judaism , which is relatively open to outer society . Each of those is itself formed of independent streams . They are almost uniformly exclusionist , regarding Orthodoxy as the only authentic form of Judaism and rejecting all competing non-Orthodox philosophies as illegitimate . While adhering to traditional beliefs , the movement is a modern phenomenon .
St Elizabeth of Portugal Church is a Grade II listed Roman Catholic parish church in The Vineyard , Richmond in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames , south west London . It is adjacent to The Vineyard Life Church . Dedicated to a 14th-century queen consort of Portugal , it claims to be oldest standing Catholic Church in the Archdiocese of Southwark .
The Vineyard is a street in Richmond , London . It includes three groups of almshouses , a Grade II listed church ( St Elizabeth of Portugal Church ) and Clarence House , a 17th-century Grade II listed house associated with Bernardo OHiggins , who is commemorated on the wall of the property with a blue plaque , installed by English Heritage , for his role in the Chilean War of Independence . [ nb 1 ]
Hickey 's Almshouses are almshouses between Sheen Road and St Mary 's Grove in Richmond , London . They are Grade II* listed by Historic England and this listing also extends to the site 's chapel ( which is dedicated to St Francis ) and to its lodges .
St John the Divine , Richmond , in the Anglican Diocese of Southwark , is a Grade II listed church on Kew Road , in Richmond , London , near Richmond railway station . Built in 1836 , and a parish in its own right since 1838 , it was designed by Lewis Vulliamy in the Early Gothic Revival architectural style . Since 1996 St John the Divine has been part of the Richmond Team Ministry , which also includes the churches of St Mary Magdalene and St Matthias .
St Mary Magdalene , Richmond , in the Anglican Diocese of Southwark , is a Grade II* listed parish church on Paradise Road , Richmond , London . The church was built in the early 16th century but has been greatly altered so that , apart from the tower , the visible parts of the church date from the 18th , 19th and early 20th centuries . Since 1996 St Mary Magdalene 's has been part of the Richmond Team Ministry , which also includes the churches of St John the Divine and St Matthias . It has a strong musical tradition and offers choral services each Sunday .
St Matthias Church is an Anglican church in Richmond , London . Built in the Victorian Gothic style in 1857 , and described by Bridget Cherry and Nikolaus Pevsner as the grandest church in Richmond , it has been designated a Grade II listed building by Historic England . The architect was George Gilbert Scott .
The Vineyard Life Church , Richmond was formed in 2013 as the result of a merger between Richmond Borough Church and The Vineyard Church , Richmond . It meets in a 19th-century church located at The Vineyard , Richmond in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames , next to St Elizabeth of Portugal Church . The building also houses the Vineyard Community Centre which in turn hosts the Richmond Food Bank , The Vineyard Charity Shop and The Basement Door - a music venue for young people .
Evangelicalism ( /ˌiːvænˈdʒɛlɪkəlɪzəm , ˌɛvæn- , -ən/ ) , evangelical Christianity , or evangelical Protestantism , [ note 1 ] is a worldwide , trans-denominational movement within Protestant Christianity which maintains the belief that the essence of the Gospel consists of the doctrine of salvation by grace , solely through faith in Jesus 's atonement . Evangelicals believe in the centrality of the conversion or born again experience in receiving salvation , in the authority of the Bible as God 's revelation to humanity , and in spreading the Christian message . The movement has long had a presence in the Anglosphere before spreading further afield in the 19th , 20th and early 21st centuries . Its origins are usually traced to 1738 , with various theological streams contributing to its foundation , including English Methodism , the Moravian Church ( in particular its bishop Nicolaus Zinzendorf and his community at Herrnhut ) , and German Lutheran Pietism . Preeminently , John Wesley and other early Methodists were at the root of sparking this new movement during the First Great Awakening . Today , evangelicals are found across many Protestant branches , as well as in various denominations not subsumed to a specific branch . Among leaders and major figures of the evangelical Protestant movement were John Wesley , George Whitefield , Jonathan Edwards , Billy Graham , Bill Bright , Harold Ockenga , John Stott and Martyn Lloyd-Jones . The movement gained great momentum during the 18th and 19th centuries with the Great Awakenings in Great Britain and the United States . In 2016 , there were an estimated 619 million evangelicals in the world , meaning that one in four Christians would be classified as evangelical . The United States has the largest concentration of evangelicals in the world . American evangelicals are a quarter of the nation 's population and its single largest religious group . The main movements are Baptist churches , Pentecostalism , charismatic Evangelicalism , neo-charismatic Evangelicalism and nondenominational Evangelicalism .