Always a smallish community Christ Church Sevenoaks has always looked to the future and continues to do so.

In 1941, yes in the middle of a war with Britain under great threat and Sevenoaks Kent likely to be hit in the early days of an invasion, a couple Charles and Nan Slater thought it a good time to form a new church.  By July 1941 monthly services were being held.  The style and links were with the established Presbyterian Church in England.  The early services were held in borrowed halls.

After the war, a site was identified to buy and build on.  By 1953 building of the dual-purpose hall and church was finished.  Funds were gifted by the Presbyterian Church for building costs from the war damage compensation paid for the loss of Wandsworth church, whose stone is mounted in the foyer. 

In 1964 the building of the separate worship space was completed and furnished with gifts from the congregation.  The builder Stanley Berwick had put in a very competitive tender which he admitted years later was because it was his last chance to build a church.  Telling touches of this love can be seen even in the choice of brick bond, a series of crosses.

!972 Christ Church became a URC church with the amalgamation of two denominations.  The vision of the ‘60s and ‘70s was that churches would work increasingly together and unite in common fellowship.  One is disappointed that this glorious vision has not yet come about.

Thus 80plus years later we are still here.  The congregation has always been welcoming of those from any Christian tradition and none.  We see our current purpose as a place and worshipping community for all and especially for people who feel alone.  We are trying to make our services and premises accessible, including for people and their carers who struggle with dementia.