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Churches, religions and current places of worship
- Christianity (in Adur)
- Other beliefs, faiths and religions (mostly outside Adur)
- Other useful external weblinks
Note : If any of the details on this page are incorrect, or you wish to be added to this list, please contact us with details (we have tried to be as inclusive as possible in our listings) : send the webmaster an e-mail.
Also : Adur District Council cannot be held responsible for any errors or inaccuracies in the information on this page, or the organisations or meetings listed on it, or the views or beliefs of the religions listed. Please check the details, times and venues before trying to attend any of the services or meetings.
Christianity (in Adur)
(Includes : Church of England, Methodist, Evangelical, Baptist, United Reformed, etc, and also Roman Catholic. For other churches or denominations outside the Adur District please see listings such as Yellow Pages or Thompson guides or other local authority websites).
For details of regular church services (or special services at Easter, Christmas and other times of the year) please contact the relevant church below.
- Lancing (and Coombes)
Lancing has : Church of England, Methodist, Evangelical, Free/Community, Plymouth Brethren churches and Roman Catholic churches - Shoreham-by-Sea
Shoreham-by-Sea has : Church of England, Baptist, Free church, Methodist, and Roman Catholic churches - Sompting
Sompting has : Community/Free, Church of England, and United Reformed churches - Southwick (and Fishersgate)
Southwick has : Church of England, Methodist, Baptist, undenominational, and Roman Catholic churches
- or jump to whole Christianity in Adur list
Other beliefs, faiths and religions (mostly outside Adur)
- Atheism / Secularism / Humanism
- Bahá'í
- Buddhism / Buddhist
- Christian Science
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormon / LDS)
- Hinduism / Hindu
- Islam / Muslim
- Jainism
- Jehovah's Witness
- Judaism / Jewish
- Paganism / Druid
- Rastafarian
- Scientology
- Shinto
- Sikhism
- Taoism
- Unitarianism
- Zoroastrianism
- or jump to whole list of other churches, beliefs, faiths and religions
Other useful external weblinks :
- BBC religions website - an A to Z of world of religions and beliefs (www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions)
- BBC multi-faith religious calendar - showing religious festivals and celebrations of world faiths (www.bbc.co.uk/religion/tools/calendar)
- Beliefnet (www.beliefnet.com)
- Religion Facts - an objective guide to world religions that does not promote any one religion or belief system nor even a particular view of religion (www.religionfacts.com)
- Religious
tolerance (www.religioustolerance.org)
- See also all sections below for many other relevant useful or interesting
external weblinks to churches and religious websites ...
Places of worship : Christianity in Adur
These are listed below by town (denomination is shown in brackets after the church name if it is not clear from the name).
(Includes : Church of England, Methodist, Evangelical, Baptist, United Reformed, etc also Roman Catholic. For other churches outside the Adur District please see listings such as Yellow Pages or Thompson guides or other local authority websites)
Note : If any of the details on this
page are incorrect, or you wish to be added to this list, please contact
us with details : send the webmaster
an e-mail.
Also : Adur District Council cannot be held responsible
for any errors or inaccuracies in the information on this page, or the organisations
or meetings listed on it, or the views or beliefs of the religions listed.
Please check the details, times and venues before trying to attend any of
the services or meetings.
- Lancing (and Coombes)
Lancing has : Church of England, Methodist, Evangelical, Free/Community, Roman Catholic, and Plymouth Brethren churches - Shoreham-by-Sea
Shoreham-by-Sea has : Church of England, Baptist, Free church, Methodist, and Roman Catholic churches - Sompting
Sompting has : Community/Free, Church of England, and United Reformed churches - Southwick (and Fishersgate)
Southwick has : Church of England, Methodist, Baptist, Roman Catholic, and undenominational churches
See also useful external websites :
- Churches in Lancing and Sompting (www.bn15.co.uk/worship.html)
- Communigate website (www.communigate.co.uk/sussex/viewgroup.phtml?group=3)
- Diocese of Chichester (www.diochi.org.uk)
- Shorehambysea.com (www.shorehambysea.com) - then follow links to 'local information' - 'local religion'
- The Rural Deanery of Worthing (the Church of England in Worthing) (www.worthingdeanery.org.uk) (This site gives
links to all the Anglican Churches in the Worthing Deanery which includes
Sompting and North and South Lancing).
- Alpha Course (www.alpha.org)
- Baptist Church (www.baptist.org.uk)
- Church of
England (C of E / Anglican) (www.cofe.anglican.org)
Including : General Synod (www.cofe.anglican.org/about/gensynod/)
See also :- Archbishop of Canterbury (www.archbishopofcanterbury.org)
- Find a (C of E) church near you (www.achurchnearyou.com)
- Evangelical Alliance (www.eauk.org)
- Methodist Church (www.methodist.org.uk)
- United Reformed Church (URC) (www.urc.org.uk)
- Brethren (www.brethren.org)
- Plymouth Brethren (www.plymouthbrethren.com)
- Strict Baptist (www.strictbaptisthistory.org.uk/index.htm)
- The Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales (www.catholic-ew.org.uk)
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity
Lancing (including Coombes) :
(listed alphabetically)
- Coombes Church (C of E)
Church Farm, Coombes Road, Lancing
contacts : see contact details on their website below
website : www.saintjamesthelesslancing.co.uk
website : www.coombes.co.uk/coombesfarmhome/church.htm - Holy Family Church (Roman Catholic)
North Road, Lancing
Tel : (01903) 752293 - Lancing Methodist Church
South Street, Lancing
Tel : (01903) 750247, Parish office : (01903) 753039 - Lancing Tabernacle Christian Centre (Evangelical Free
Church)
105 North Road, Lancing, BN15 9BB
contacts : see contact details on their website below
website : www.lancingtab.com - Lancing Tabernacle Church (Evangelical Free Church)
105 North Road, Lancing, BN15 9BB
Tel : (01903) 764445 - Plymouth Brethren
Wembley Gardens, Lancing - St. James the Less (C of E)
Manor Road, Lancing, BN15 0EY
Tel : (01903) 753212
website : www.saintjamesthelesslancing.co.uk
website : www.achurchnearyou.com/saint-james-the-less - St. Michael's Church / St. Michael's & All Angels
Church (C of E)
South St/Penhill Rd, Lancing, BN15 8HD
contacts : see contact details on their website below
website : www.stmichaelslancing.org.uk
website : www.achurchnearyou.com/lancing-st-michael-all-angels
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Shoreham-by-Sea :
(listed alphabetically)
- Church of the Good Shepherd (C of E)
West Beach Road / Kings Walk, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 5LF
contacts : see contact details on their website below
website : Church of the Good Shepherd website (www.goodshepherdshorehambeach.org.uk)
website : www.achurchnearyou.com/good-shepherd-shoreham-beach - Shoreham Baptist Church / Shoreham-by-Sea Baptist Church
Western Road, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 5WD
contacts : see contact details on their website below
website : www.shorehambaptist.co.uk - Shoreham Free Church (Huntingdon Free Church)
Buckingham Road, Gordon Road, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 6WF
contacts : see contact details on their website below
website : www.shorehamfreechurch.co.uk - Shoreham Methodist Church
Brunswick Road, Shoreham-by-Sea
contacts : see contact details on their website below
website : www.shorehambyseamethodist.org.uk - St. Giles Church, Kingston Bucii (C of E)
Upper Shoreham Road, (next to Southlands Hospital), Shoreham-by-Sea
Tel : (01273) 592591
website : http://www.achurchnearyou.com/kingston-buci-st-giles - St. Julian's Church, Kingston Bucii (C of E)
St. Julian's Lane, Shoreham-by-Sea
Tel : (01273) 592591
website : www.achurchnearyou.com/kingston-buci-st-julian - St. Mary de Haura (C of E)
East Street, Shoreham-by-Sea, BN43 5DQ
Parish office, St. Mary's House, St. Mary's Road, Shoreham-by-Sea
contacts : see contact details on their website below
website : www.stmarydehaura.org.uk - St. Nicolas Church (C of E)
St. Nicolas Lane, Shoreham
Parish office : St. Mary's House, St. Mary's Road, Shoreham-by-Sea
contacts : see contact details on their website below
website : www.achurchnearyou.com/old-shoreham-st-nicolas - St. Peter's Church (Roman Catholic)
West Street, Shoreham-by-Sea
Tel : (01273) 452654
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Sompting :
(listed alphabetically)
- Sompting Community Church
White Styles School, White Styles Road, Sompting
Contact : Colin Frampton, The Old Village Stores, West Street, Sompting
website : www.s-c-c.org.uk - website temporarily unavailable - Sompting United Reformed Church
Cokeham Road, Sompting
Tel : (01903) 754263 - St. Mary's Church / St. Mary's the Blessed Virgin Church
(C of E)
Church Lane, Sompting
Tel : (01903) 234511 Vicarage, West Street Sompting
(Church wardens : (01903) 763130, or (01903) 200315)
websites : www.somptingparish.org.uk
or www.achurchnearyou.com/sompting-church-st-mary - St. Peter's Church / St. Peter the Apostle Church (C
of E)
14-20 Bowness Avenue, Sompting, BN15 9TS
contacts : see contact details on their website below
websites : www.somptingparish.org.uk
or www.achurchnearyou.com/sompting-st-peter-cokeham
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Southwick (including Fishersgate)
:
(listed alphabetically)
- All Souls Church (C of E)
Downsway, Southwick
Tel : (01273) 594084 (Rectory 592389) - Lighthouse Community Church (previously Fishersgate Mission)
(Assemblies of God) St Aubyns Road, Fishersgate, BN41 1PE
Tel: (01273) 418375 - Southwick Christian Community Church (Baptist)
1-5 Roman Crescent, Southwick, BN15 8HY
contacts : see contact details on their website below
website : www.southwickchurch.org.uk - Southwick Methodist Church
Manor Hall Road, Southwick
Tel : (01273) 593467 - St. Michael's Church / St. Michael & All Angels Church
(C of E)
Church Lane, Southwick
contacts : see contact details on their website below
website : www.communigate.co.uk/sussex/southwickstmichaels/index.phtml
website : www.achurchnearyou.com/southwick-st-michael-all-angels - St. Peter's Church / St. Peter & St. Mary Church
(C of E)
Gardner Road, Fishersgate, BN41 1QS
website : www.achurchnearyou.com/southwick-st-peter - St. Theresa's Church (Roman Catholic)
Downland Avenue, Southwick
contacts : see contact details on their website below
website : www.st-theresas-southwick.org.uk
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Places of worship : Other beliefs, faiths and religions (mostly outside Adur)
(See also listings such as Yellow Pages or Thompson guides or other local authority websites).
Note : If any of the details on this
page are incorrect, or you wish to be added to this list, please contact
us with details : send the webmaster
an e-mail.
Also : Adur District Council cannot be held responsible
for any errors or inaccuracies in the information on this page, or the organisations
or meetings listed on it, or the views or beliefs of the religions listed.
Please check the details, times and venues before trying to attend any of
the services or meetings.
Atheism / Secularism / Humanism :
Useful websites :
- National Secular Society (www.secularism.org.uk)
- British Humanist Association (www.humanism.org.uk)
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atheism
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secularism
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanism
Bahá'í :
Useful websites :
- http://bci.org/southwick - temporarily unavailable
- www.bahai.org
- www.bahai.com
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahai
Buddhism / Buddhist :
- Bodhisattva Centre, (Kadampa Buddhist Centre), 3 Lansdowne Road, Hove,
BN3 1DN
contacts : see contact details on their website below
website : http://meditateinbrighton.com - Brighton Buddhist Centre, 17 Tichborne Street, Brighton, BN1 1UR
contacts : see contact details on their website below
website : www.brightonbuddhistcentre.co.uk
Useful websites :
- www.buddhanet.net (includes Basic Buddhism Guide : www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/basic-guide.htm)
- www.thebuddhistsociety.org
- www.meditateinbrighton.com
- www.jampel.org
- www.guidetoonlineschools.com/library/buddhist-studies
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism
- http://kadampa.org
- www.dharmaforkids.com - temporarily unavailable, see kadampa link above
Christian Science :
- 117 Grand Avenue, Worthing, Tel : (01903) 248677
- 43 Brighton Road, Worthing, Tel : (01903) 233772
- 97 Montpelier Road, Brighton, Tel : (01273) 325100
Useful websites :
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormon / LDS) :
- Goring Street, Goring-by-Sea, Tel : (01903) 241829
- Junction of Lewes Rd / Hollingdean Rd, Brighton, Tel : (01273) 679948
(opposite Sainsbury's on the 'Vogue Gyratory')
Useful websites :
Hinduism / Hindu :
- Shree Swaminarayan Temple (I.S.S.O.), (junction of Trafalgar Rd / Victoria
Rd)
79a Trafalgar Road, Portslade, BN41 1XD, Tel : (01273) 603459 / 420200
Useful websites :
Islam / Muslim :
- Brighton Islamic Mission, 8 Caburn Road, Hove, Tel : (01273) 722438
- Islamic Centre & Mosque, 150 Dyke Road, Brighton, Tel : (01273) 505247
- Worthing Masjid Assalam, Worthing Islamic Cultural Centre, Ivy Arch Road, Worthing website www.worthingmasjid.com
Useful websites :
- www.muslimheritage.com
- www.muslimdirectory.co.uk
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hajj
Jainism :
Useful websites :
Jehovah's Witness :
- Kingdom Hall, Wembley Gardens, Wembley Avenue, Lancing
Tel : (01903) 756500 - Kingdom Hall, 37 Reynolds Road, Portslade, Tel : (01273) 748350 / 418506
Useful websites :
Judaism / Jewish :
- Brighton & Hove New Synagogue (Reform), Palmeira Avenue, Hove
Tel : (01273) 735343 - Brighton & Hove Progressive Synagogue, 6 Lansdowne Road, Hove
Tel : (01273) 737223
Useful websites :
- www.chiefrabbi.org
- www.jewish.co.uk (website is currently unavailable, but you could try copying and pasting the web address into your web browser)
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judaism
Paganism / Druid :
Useful websites :
Rastafarian :
Useful websites :
Scientology :
- 79-83 North Street, Brighton, Tel : (01273) 326000
Useful websites :
Shinto :
Useful websites :
- Basic terms of Shinto (www2.kokugakuin.ac.jp/ijcc/wp/bts/)
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinto
Sikhism :
Useful websites :
Taoism :
Useful websites :
Unitarianism :
Useful websites :
Zoroastrianism :
Useful websites :

