History
How it all began
The Maybridge Community Church story begins with a bank clerk called Dick Richardson. Just after the war he realised that a large housing estate was going to be built and so he gathered a small group to pray and explore the idea of a church for the area. When they felt it was right, they approached the council and were amazed to find that a piece of land had been set aside for a church but none of the ministers in the town were interested! It was just the confirmation they needed.
With a small group now forming and some land, the next problem was raising the money for the building and just after the war this proved very difficult. Then in 1952 Dick saw an ex-army hospital ward for sale. He managed to persuade the newly appointed trustees of the project to spend the little money they had, a builder to dismantle it and a the local coalman to load it on his lorry and drive it from Hampshire to Worthing. It stayed in pieces for a further two years but eventually Maybridge Evangelical church was built and on the 27th November 1954 its first service was held. This original building lasted for forty years!
