Community
Church of the Nazrene
According to the Church of the
Nazrene's website, "The Longsight church began
in Ancoats as a ‘mission hall’ in 1889, by
Manchester businessman Francis Crossley – founder
of Crossley Works – to meet the spiritual needs of
his own workers." The church moved to its present
location on Plymouth Grove in 1985. "This period of the
church’s history is notably multi-racial,
multi-cultural, and multi-congregational,
including as many as 20 nationalities on a given
week. From 1986-1995 the church provided the
home for the Korean church and cultural centre,
until this group outgrew the facilities, and now
a Hispanic church gathers Spanish-language
worshippers from all over the Northwest."
