St Mark's, Battersea Rise
After a declining congregation and a dilapidated church building, the parish recovered as the result of a church plant in 1987 from Holy Trinity Brompton, led by Pastor Paul Perkin, his wife Christine and a group of about 50 followers. Through donations from the congregation, building works have been undertaken, with a new welcome hall and extended meeting hall opened in 2007.
St Mark's Church has been described as conservative and evangelical and was the subject of an article by The Guardian newspaper in 2012, Money becomes new church battleground. The article describes a "bitter power struggle within the CofE and the wider Anglican communion" on conservative issues such as homosexuality and the ordination of women priests.
Boutflower Road, which runs to the east of the church, is named for Henry Boutflower Verdon, the church's first vicar-designate who died, young, in 1879, seven years before the construction of the road as part of Alfred Heaver's St John's Park property development.
References
- ^ "Images of England". Retrieved 17 April 2014.
- ^ "British Images Online". Retrieved 17 April 2014.
- ^ "St Mark's, Battersea Rise – History".
- ^ Brown, Andrew (17 May 2012). "Money becomes new church battleground". The Guardian.
- ^ "15". Survey of London 50: Battersea (draft) (PDF). English Heritage / Yale University Press. 2013. p. 13.