A Short History
The Methodists and Congregationalists were meeting in houses in the early 1800’s in Reddish but with the rise of the cotton mills etc. a church was needed. The Methodists built a church on Broadstone Road which opened in 1860 moving to Reddish Green in 1870. The Congregationalists took over the church and were there until the present church was opened in June 1914.
The Congregational Church became part of the United Reformed Church in 1974 and were joined by the Methodists in 1978 when Reddish Green was demolished.
The churches had worked together since the early 1800’s so it was a natural progression for them to unite.
The building, still known by many older people of Reddish as the Congo is now Christ Church, a Methodist, United Reformed Church Local Ecumenical Partnership.
A booklet was produced for the centenary of the building giving a much broader history of this congregation and can be obtained from the church.