Christ Episcopal Church, Woodbury, New Jersey

Christ Episcopal Church is an Anglo-Catholic Episcopal church in Woodbury, New Jersey. Founded in 1854, the parish is part of the Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey and a member of the Anglican Communion. The church reported 870 members in 2019 and 284 members in 2023; no membership statistics were reported in 2024 parochial reports. Plate and pledge income reported for the congregation in 2024 was $225,683 with average Sunday attendance (ASA) of 105 persons. This was a relative increase on ASA of 208 reported in 2020. The parish was established by the first rector, the Reverend William Herbert Norris, at the direction of Bishop George Washington Doane; the church building was finished in 1856 and consecrated September 17, 1857. In 1911, a fire in the undercroft of the church nearly caused the loss of the building; during the fire the women of the church rescued the altar cloth, bible, and bishop's chair. The bishop's chair is still used for visiting bishops today. The adjoining parish house was renovated in 2018. In addition to serving as the assembly room for coffee hours and parish meetings, in the 1930s and 1940s it also served as the performance space for the Woodbury Sketch Club. The church's pipe organ is M. P. Moller Opus 10523 (1969c) with eight ranks and two manuals. The previous installation was Hook & Hastings Opus 1747 (1897) with two manuals and 17 registers. The bui

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