32-839: Wesley Church may refer to: Wesley Church, Melbourne , Australia, a Uniting Church Wesley Church, Perth , Australia, a Uniting Church Wesley Church, Albany , Australia, a Uniting Church Wesley Church, Seremban , Malaysia Wesley Church, Egmore , Tamil Nadu, India, a Church of South India church See also [ edit ] Wesley Methodist Church (disambiguation) Wesley United Methodist Church (disambiguation) Wesley Memorial Church, Oxford , England Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church , Delaware, United States Wesley Temple AME Church , Akron, Ohio, United States Wesley AME Zion Church , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Wesley Brethren Church , Wesley, Texas, United States [REDACTED] Index of articles associated with
64-662: A Wesleyan Church. However, Draper's opinion prevailed. The foundation stone was laid on 2 December 1857, and the Church was opened on 26 August 1858. A Manse and Schoolroom were added the next year. This Church was the central congregation of the Wesleyan Church for Victoria, where the Conferences met, and where ministers were ordained. It was located in a poor part of Melbourne, and pioneered many initiatives in Community Service. In
96-476: A complex of related buildings, including a School House to the rear and a Manse/ Parsonage to the east, both also in Gothic bluestone, and designed by Reed. The rear yard contains an olive tree planted in 1875 (this has long been thought to be from a cutting brought to Melbourne from Jerusalem in 1839, but there is no evidence to support this claim ). In 1888 grand Gothic style meeting hall was built on Lonsdale Street to
128-484: A cross-cultural lifestyle". Between 2016 and 2020 the Wesley Church site underwent a complete transformation, in partnership with developers Charter Hall . The 1920s Princess Mary Club was controversially demolished, and a large office building rose up along the east edge of the site, partly overhanging the retained Manse. The grounds were landscaped and opened up to public use, and all the historic buildings including
160-506: A tall octagonal spire, and a smaller spire to the west. The church is 50.3 metres (165 ft) long from north to south and 23.5 metres (77 ft) across at the transepts. The spire rises to 53.3 metres (175 ft) above ground level. Wesley's organ was the first pipe organ in Melbourne. It was built in England, and arrived in Melbourne in 1842, being moved to the present church in 1858. It
192-400: Is a concentration of Greek restaurants and shops. This is known as Melbourne's Greek Precinct. The precinct is reflective of Melbourne having the largest population of Greeks outside of Greece. Melbourne is also a sister city to Thessaloniki , and a plaque commemorates this on Lonsdale Street. At the corner of Lonsdale and Russell Street is 24-hour Greek restaurant Stalactites , which
224-456: Is a prominent feature of Melbourne due to its famous 1889 Coop's Shot Tower conical dome. Melbourne Central connects by a pedestrian sky bridge over Lonsdale Street to the Emporium centre. From 2003, Queen Victoria Village , an integrated city block development consisting of residential units, retail outlets, and office buildings opened progressively on Lonsdale Street. The premises wrap around
256-591: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Wesley Church, Melbourne Wesley Church is a Uniting Church in the centre of Melbourne , in the State of Victoria, Australia . Wesley Church was originally built as the central church of the Wesleyan movement in Victoria. It is named after John Wesley (1703–1791), the founder of Methodism . Today Wesley Church is the home of two Uniting Church congregations,
288-469: Is famous for being the celebration place of Cypriot tennis player Marcos Baghdatis during his 2006 Australian Open campaign. The Helenas Centre of Melbourne was also located on the corner of Lonsdale and Russell streets. The building was demolished in June 2013 and a new Greek Centre for Contemporary Culture, operated by Melbourne's Greek community, was opened in 2014. The building's principal design feature
320-687: Is on the Victorian Heritage Register along with the second church on Lonsdale Street, the Uniting Wesley Church completed in 1858. In the 1860s, the Melbourne Hospital opened on Lonsdale Street, near the corner of Swanston Street . Law Courts were erected at the south-east corner of William and Lonsdale streets in 1884 to accommodate both the Supreme Court of Victoria and County Court . The court of General Sessions and
352-739: The "Pleasant Sunday Afternoon", where major speakers would speak about important public questions. In the 1920s the Princess Mary Club, accommodation for single women working in the city was added, and in the 1930s, the Nicholas Hall. Irving Benson was Superintendent of the Mission for over 40 years, from 1926 to 1967. Under his leadership, the Pleasant Sunday Afternoon was broadcast on radio, widely across Victoria. The Central Methodist Mission took many new initiatives in that time, and he
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#1732851924645384-524: The 1880s, a team of Biblewomen were appointed to work with people experiencing serious poverty. One of these was Mrs Varcoe, who established Livingstone House, a home for homeless boys in Drummond St, Carlton. In 1869, Wesley Church appointed Moy Ling to begin a Chinese-speaking congregation in Little Bourke Street . He named it the "Gospel Hall". In 1893, during the acute depression which followed
416-781: The 1970s, the Gospel Hall Chinese Church outgrew its building in Little Bourke St, and transferred its main service to Wesley Church. Wesley Church became a Congregation of the Uniting Church in Australia in 1977, as did all Methodist Churches in Australia. In 2000, both the Congregation and the Mission Board became polarised over proposals to establish a primary care health facility in the grounds, which would have included
448-582: The Court of Insolvency are also nearby on Lonsdale Street. During the late 19th century the home and principal business venue of brothel proprietor Caroline Hodgson , better known as 'Madame Brussels', was located at 32-34 Lonsdale Street, not far from the Parliament of Victoria in Spring Street, from which it derived much of its clientele. In 1911-1912 the Melbourne Hospital was rebuilt on Lonsdale Street and
480-759: The English-speaking Wesley Church, and the Chinese-speaking Gospel Hall. In 1902, the Wesleyan Church in Australia combined with four other churches to form the Methodist Church of Australasia . In 1977, the Methodist, Presbyterian and Congregational Churches further combined to form the Uniting Church . Wesleyans were part of the life of Melbourne from the beginning of European settlement. The first Christian worship service in Melbourne
512-562: The Manse and Caretakers house reused as hospitality venues, and the Nicholas Hall refurbished as office space. Lonsdale Street Lonsdale Street is a main street and thoroughfare in the Melbourne central business district , Australia. It runs roughly east–west and was laid out in 1837 as one of Melbourne's original boundaries within the Hoddle Grid . The street extends from Spring Street in
544-507: The Nicholas Hall was built behind the 1888 hall; designed by Harry Norris, it has an Art Deco interior and was a gift of the Nicholas family. In the 2016-20 redevelopment, all the historic buildings including the church were restored, and the site extensively landscaped. The Lonsdale Street cast iron fence was recreated, the Wesley Mission office building demolished in favour of a small park,
576-475: The bank crash of 1891, Alexander Robert Edgar was appointed as minister, with an expectation that he would develop a city mission and be its first Superintendent. So Wesley became the base for the Central Methodist Mission, now called Wesley Mission Victoria, which grew into one of Melbourne's largest non-profit social welfare agencies. Its headquarters on this site adjoin the church. Edgar also began
608-625: The church were restored, funded by Charter Hall as part of the deal that will also see a substantial rent paid for the office block on a 125 year lease. Wesley Church was designed by Joseph Reed , who also designed the Melbourne Town Hall , the Scots' Church and the Independent Church (now St Michael’s ) on Collins Street. The church is an early example in Melbourne of a fully-developed Gothic Revival style, executed in rugged bluestone, with
640-582: The complex. The Ritz-Carlton in Tower A spans from level 61 to 81, with its sky lobby on 79. Major bus routes run along Lonsdale Street, with services predominantly running to the Eastern suburbs. The street was formerly served by a line of Melbourne's cable tram network . Cable trams were replaced by an electric tram network in the first half of the 20th century, but Lonsdale Street trams were not converted and thus removed. Between Swanston and Russell Streets there
672-466: The east to Spencer Street in the west. Lonsdale Street is home to multiple office buildings, churches, restaurants and shopping centres . Its most notable function is housing the State of Victoria's legal precinct and courthouses . The street is also named for Melbourne's first magistrate , William Lonsdale . Lonsdale Street was included in the grid developed by Robert Hoddle , the chief surveyor for
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#1732851924645704-399: The gothic-inspired building. Australian department store Myer connected their Bourke Street store, over Little Bourke Street , with another premises on Lonsdale Street. Myer occupied these premises from the 1920s until 2010, when Emporium Melbourne opened in its space in 2014. Melbourne Central , housing a railway station and shopping centre, opened on Lonsdale Street in 1991. It
736-437: The new settlement of Melbourne. Whilst Lonsdale and other streets were originally designed at 99 feet, then Governor Richard Bourke initially objected to the large sizing. Hoddle persuaded him, on the basis of health and convenience, to allow the larger street width featured in present-day Lonsdale Street. The foundation stone for Victoria's oldest Catholic church was laid in 1841 at the corner of Elizabeth street. The church
768-411: The only remaining pavilion of the former Queen Victoria Hospital , from where the complex derives its name. West Side Place , a four tower mixed-use complex consisting of apartments, food and retail outlets was built on the former site of The Age newspaper headquarters. In addition to the apartments, food and retail outlets, a 5-star The Ritz-Carlton hotel and 4-star Dorsett hotel operate within
800-601: The option of supervised drug injection. As a result of this very public dispute, the Synod of Victoria separated the Mission from the Congregation in 2001. They now function as two separate bodies. Since 2001, Wesley Congregation has become very cross-cultural, including members from many Asian cultures. This participation has been encouraged by the previous ministers, Jason Kioa and the late Rev Dr Douglas Miller. Wesley Church's website describes its worship and theological style as "orthodox biblical teaching, classical reformed worship, and
832-517: The original hospital was demolished and renamed the Queen Victoria Hospital . In 1946 it became first women's hospital in Victoria, operated for women by women. The Princess Mary Club opened on Lonsdale Street in 1926 and provided accommodation in the city for young women who would otherwise be unable to receive a tertiary education. It continued in this capacity until 1977 and is due to be demolished as of 2016, despite heritage listing for
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896-425: The west of the church, but was demolished in 1970 for Wesley House, the administrative centre of Wesley Mission. A brick Gothic caretakers house was added to the rear in 1914. The Princess Mary Club was built on Lonsdale Street to the east of the church to provide accommodation for young women starting study or a career in the city, and was opened in 1926, but closed in the 1980s and demolished in 2017. In 1938,
928-521: Was built in 1838, and then replaced with a larger one in Collins Street , able to seat 600 people, opened in June 1841. The organ imported for that church in 1842 is still in use in the present church. The present Wesley Church, in Lonsdale Street was built in 1858. Then Superintendent Daniel Draper insisted on a Gothic design, an idea criticised by many Wesleyans as too ornate and too Anglican for
960-513: Was knighted for his services to the community. However his conservative political views placed him increasingly at odds with the leadership of the Methodist Church. His successor was Arthur Preston, Superintendent from 1968 to 1981. Under his leadership the Mission closed many of its institutions and replaced them by personal services. He was also a strong vocal opponent of the war in Vietnam. In
992-467: Was largely rebuilt in 1957. Inside the church are two paintings by the noted Australian painter Rupert Bunny (1864–1947): "The Prodigal Son" (Luke 15:11-32) and "Abraham's Sacrifice" (Genesis 22:1-14), which Bunny gave to Wesley Church in 1934. A statue of John Wesley stands in front of the church. It was sculpted by the British-born sculptor Paul Raphael Montford in 1935. The site was developed as
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1024-491: Was led by Henry Reed, a businessman and Wesleyan lay preacher from Launceston, Tasmania . The first service by an ordained Christian minister in Melbourne was led by Joseph Orton, Wesleyan Superintendent of Tasmania, on 24 April 1836. Joseph Orton had been a strong opponent of slavery in Jamaica, where he was imprisoned for his views. In Tasmania, he was an equally strong critic of mistreatment of aboriginal people. A small chapel
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