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Along with Innes, the men formed what was to become Christ Church on October 17, 1702. For several years, services were held in private homes until 1705, when Judge John Johnson - a friend of Innes - gave over the rights to the old Monmouth Patent courts for use of a church.
Central Presbyterian Church (Montclair, New Jersey) Christ Church (Episcopal), Shrewsbury; Christ Church (Middletown, New Jersey) Christ Church, New Brunswick, New Jersey; Christ Church, Newton; Church of Our Lady of Grace (Hoboken, New Jersey) Church of the Ascension (Atlantic City, New Jersey) Church of the Holy Communion (Norwood, New Jersey)
St. Barnabas' Episcopal Church (Newark, New Jersey) St. Bernard's Church and Parish House; St. George's-by-the-River Episcopal Church; St. James Memorial Church of Eatontown; St. John's Episcopal Church (Boonton, New Jersey) St. John's Episcopal Church (Elizabeth, New Jersey) St. John's Episcopal Church (Jersey City, New Jersey)
Christ Church (Episcopal), Shrewsbury is an historic church building at the junction of Broad Street and Sycamore Avenue in Shrewsbury, New Jersey, a location known as the historic "Four Corners" because the intersection hosts the Allen House, the Quaker Meeting House, the Presbyterian Church, and the Shrewsbury Historical Society / Borough Hall.
Interior of Christ Church, facing the altar and chancel. In a 1770 letter, the Rev'd Dr Thomas B. Chandler, rector of St John's Church in the provincial capital Elizabethtown (now Elizabeth), reported that he had visited Sussex County in the northwestern part of the province of New Jersey in November 1769 and found that there were 50 families belonging to the Church of England in the region.
In 1994, the congregation reached approximately 500 members and after nearly eight years of renting, it became necessary to find a permanent home for the ministry. In October of the same year, Christ Church acquired and began restoration on the present facility, a 900-seat Romanesque Cathedral in Montclair, New Jersey.
Harold G. Hoffman (1896–1954), 41st Governor of New Jersey, from 1935 to 1938 who also represented New Jersey's 3rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives, from 1927 to 1931. [2]
Founded in 1854, [1] the parish is part of the Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey and a member of the Anglican Communion. The parish was established by the first rector, the Reverend William Herbert Norris, at the direction of Bishop George Washington Doane; the church building was finished in 1856 and consecrated September 17, 1857. [1]