St Barnabas' Church, Balsall Heath

St Barnabas' Church
52°27′16.4″N 1°52′37.4″W
Location	Balsall Heath, Birmingham
Country	England
Denomination	Church of England
Churchmanship	Anglo-Catholic
Website	www.saintagathas.org.uk
History
Dedication	St Barnabas
Consecrated	1904 (1904)
Architecture
Architect(s)	Thomas F. Proud
Groundbreaking	1897
Completed	1904
Administration
Diocese	Anglican Diocese of Birmingham
Archdeaconry	Birmingham
Deanery	Central Birmingham
Parish	St Agatha Sparkbrook and St Barnabas Balsall Heath
Clergy
Bishop(s)	Rt Revd Paul Thomas SSC (AEO)

St Barnabas' is a parish church in the Church of England in Balsall Heath, Birmingham, England.^[1]

History

The church was built between 1898 and 1904 according to designs made by architect Thomas Proud. The structure was consecrated by Charles Gore, Bishop of Worcester on Saturday 10 June 1904.^[2] It acquired its own parish in 1905, with land taken from St Paul's Church, Balsall Heath.^[3]

A fire in 1970 resulted in an extensive rebuilding. In 1990, the church was merged with St Agatha's Church, Sparkbrook to form a united parish. The parish stands in the Anglo-Catholic tradition of the Church of England—such as the rejection of the ordination of women in priestly service. The church receives an alternative episcopal oversight from the Bishop of Oswestry (currently Paul Thomas).^[4]

References

1. The Buildings of England. Warwickshire. Nikolaus Pevsner. Penguin Books. ISBN 0140710310 p.153
2. "Churches". Coventry Herald. Coventry. 17 June 1904.
3. "See of Birmingham". Lichfield Mercury. Lichfield. 14 July 1905.
4. "St Agatha's Church Sparkbrook; St Barnabas' Church Balsall Heath: PARISH PROFILE" (pdf). Diocese of Birmingham. September 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2020.