City Temple, London

City Temple Holborn
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LocationHolborn Viaduct, London
CountryEngland, United Kingdom
DenominationUnited Reformed Church
Websitehttp://www.city-temple.com/
History
Founder(s)Thomas Goodwin
Architecture
Years built1873–1874. Reconstructed 1958
Clergy
Senior pastor(s)Rodney D. Woods

The City Temple is a Nonconformist church on Holborn Viaduct in London. The current minister is Rodney Woods. The church is part of the Thames North Synod of the United Reformed Church and is a member of the Evangelical Alliance.

The City Temple is most famous as the preaching place of the 20th century liberal theologian Leslie Weatherhead. Other notable preachers have included R. J. Campbell, Joseph Fort Newton, Thomas Goodwin and Joseph Parker.

The first church building on the present site was built in 1874. The congregation was founded much earlier; the traditional date is 1640 but some evidence suggests it was founded as early as the 1560s by Puritans. Destroyed by bombing during the Second World War, it was rebuilt and reopened in 1958.


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