Title: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

Author: Cyclopedia Company Limited

Publication details: The Cyclopedia Company, Limited, 1905, Christchurch

Part of: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand Licence

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The Great King Street Congregational Church is a wooden building resting on stone foundations, and was erected in 1879. The building cost £2,500; the ground on which the church stands was originally leasehold, but the freehold was acquired on the expiration of the term. The church has seating accommodation for 450 persons, and is generally well filled. Services are held twice on Sunday, and numerous weekly meetings are also held in the Prayer Hall of the church. The first minister was the Rev. John Beckingham now of Sydney, who after six years' ministration, was followed, successively, by the Rev. A. H. Wallace, and the Rev. C. H. Bradbury, now both of Melbourne; The present minister the Rev. G. Heighway, took charge in 1897.