A purpose built building erected in 1892 to serve as a school and place of worship, Michael Church celebrated its centenary in September 1992. It was constructed for ‘The Academy’ movement of the ‘Church of the New Jerusalem’, which followed the precepts of Emmanuel Swedenborg, 1688 -1772.\u00a0 The church played an important part during World War Two serving as a focus for those of its congregation who served with the Allied forces. Following the war the congregation grew steadily through the 1950s and continues to serve South London and to maintain close links with other congregations in Britain and the United States. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A purpose built building erected in 1892 to serve as a school and place of worship, Michael Church celebrated its centenary in September 1992. It was constructed for ‘The Academy’ movement of the ‘Church of the New Jerusalem’, which followed the precepts of Emmanuel Swedenborg, 1688 -1772.\u00a0 The church played an important part during World […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":58296,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[307,28,6,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2000-2025","category-brixton-north","category-photograph","category-religion"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n