St Matthew's Church, Kensington

An exterior view of the church

St Matthew's Church is an Anglican church in Kensington, an inner eastern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. It is adjacent to Marryatville High School.

Current status

St Matthew's is closely associated with St Bartholomew's Norwood and together the two churches form the Kensington-Norwood Anglican Team Ministry. The church communities are evangelical in theological stance. The current Senior Minister is Rev David Bassett, former vicar of St James Ivanhoe, Melbourne. The churches run a range of ministries and Sunday services, including a well-established youth group.

History

Previous rectors of St Matthew's included Tim Harris, who in May 2008 became the first Dean of Bishopdale Theological College, New Zealand, and Kevin Giles, a well-known contributor to discussions about gender roles and the Trinity, including subordinationism.

The land for the church was donated in 1848 by the South Australia Company, who received it from George Brunskill. Many notable early South Australians are buried on its grounds, including:

• Colonel Peter Edgerton Warburton, noted South Australian explorer and police commissioner, who died in 1889. His eldest daughter married the only son of Augustus Short, the first Anglican bishop of Adelaide.
• Baroness von Oertzen, born Matilda Goulding, 1 January 1840, in Marlborough, Wiltshire, died 27 April 1864, in South Australia, ancestress of Baron Klaus von Oertzen.

References

• "Place ID 6523". Australian Heritage Database. Department of the Environment. 
• "St Matthews Anglican Church (listing RNE6523)". Australia Heritage Places Inventory. Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. 
• List of State Heritage items - http://www.npsp.sa.gov.au/ssi-council/html/environment/planning/heritage/overview/pdfs/Tables%20(Attachement%20E,F,G).pdf
• "A century of Christian service : 1849-1949 St. Matthew’s Kensington" Adelaide 1949
• "St. Matthews Church, Kensington South Australia 1848-1988 : an historical record of our parish in celebration of Australia’s Bi-Centenary and for those who follow us", Editor: Kevin Giles. ISBN 0-7316-3031-9 Published 1988.

External links

• St Matthew's Church
• History of St Matthew's Church

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