All Saints’ Church is a church in Monkwearmouth

Monkwearmouth

Monkwearmouth is an area of Sunderland located at the north side of the mouth of the River Wear. It was one of the three original settlements on the banks of the River Wear along with Bishopwearmouth and Sunderland, the area now known as the East End. It includes the area around St. Peter's Church...

, Sunderland, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. A parish of All Saints was formed in 1844 when it became clear that there was no longer enough room in the only parish church for Monkwearmouth

Parish of Monkwearmouth

The Parish of Monkwearmouth is a Church of England parish in Monkwearmouth, England, served by the churches of St Peter's, All Saints and St Andrew's.-History:...

 (St Peter's), and a church for the new parish was completed and consecrated in 1849. One of its vicars was Alexander Boddy

Alexander Boddy

Alexander Alfred Boddy was an Anglican vicar and one of the founders of Pentecostalism in Britain.-Early life:...

, and so All Saints' became known as the birthplace of modern British Pentecostalism

Pentecostalism

Pentecostalism is a diverse and complex movement within Christianity that places special emphasis on a direct personal experience of God through the baptism in the Holy Spirit, has an eschatological focus, and is an experiential religion. The term Pentecostal is derived from Pentecost, the Greek...

. All Saints' is now again part of the parish of Monkwearmouth.

External links

• Parish homepage