Summary
Buildings and artefacts
Grade II listed building; modern glass entrance porch; flexible seating and fixed side pews; perpendicular style windows; big aisle galleries; downstairs hall; upstairs auditorium; WC facilities; kitchen; lift; car parking and bike railings; also responsible for semi-derelict St Andrew the Less church which is moving towards formal closure.
Congregation to population ratio
450/4,489
Fundraising
Fundraising not used in financial planning; twice- yearly provision of information about church finances and giving.
Income generation
Parish giving (95%), other income (4%), rental income (1%).
Communications
Website; TV monitors in foyer serve as ‘notice boards’; weekly newsletter; email subscription; monthly e-bulletin; church welcome packs; Facebook; Instagram; YouTube; Spotify; Soundcloud; Flickr; mobile apps; flyers.
Community engagement
The Embassy (Free weekly English as additional language teaching sessions); The Barn (international hospitality run by Friends International); Christianity Explored courses run regularly; community workgroups in collaboration with The Besom; hosting for Cambridge Churches Homeless Project; craft groups; Baby Steps (group for new parents); First Steps (twice-weekly parents & toddlers group); Sunday creche and children’s groups for up to age 14; midweek youth groups for 11–14s and 14–18s; midweek young adults groups (meal and group meetings); Daddy & Me (monthly dads and under-5s meeting); monthly lunch and weekly exercise group for over-50s.
Church category
Urban
Deanery
Cambridge North
Address
Christchurch Street, Cambridge, CB1 1HT