Oswestry, Ellesmere and Chirk Circuit
Chirk Bank Methodist Church
Welcome to Chirk Bank Methodist Church.
History
In 1906 a number of residents of Chirk Bank launched an ambitious scheme to provide a church, a
school and a minister's house. The school and the Church being under the same roof. A meeting of
Methodists for Sunday worship and week night Bible studies was held in a large kitchen of a house in
Lower Chirk Bank, occupied by a wooden-legged man and his wife.
For the next two years every means was employed to raise the sum of £1,000 required to carry out the
scheme. A devoted band of workers tramped for miles around, week after week, soliciting financial help
by selling bricks and securing promises of support, concerts and special efforts were also held in the
canal warehouse.
It was a memorable day, two years later, when in March 1908, the present Chirk Bank Methodist Church
was opened.
Within a few months of opening, it was crowded for a series of mission services and a good number of
the young men of the neighbourhood publicly pledged their allegiance to Jesus Christ and His Church.
Unfortunately after a few years the First World War took most of these young men away. Many of them
failed to come back. The Chirk Bank Church, like many other places of worship, never fully recovered
from this blow.
In 1948 extensive alterations were carried out by one of the founder members in memory of his wife, to
beautify the interior and his gift made Chirk Bank Church one of the loveliest churches in which to
worship for miles around.
This article was published in the local community newsletter 'The Wren' in November 2004.
Chirk Bank Chapel Centenary Celebrations
The year 2008 is a special one for Chirk Bank Chapel as it is celebrating its centenary.
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Contact
Chirk Bank Methodist Church
Chirk
Wrexham
LL14