Who We Are

Christ Church Hawthorn is a community of Christian believers meeting committed to making and growing Christ’s disciples. We genuinely do our best to welcome newcomers.

We’re ‘reformed evangelical’, which means we take seriously the Bible and the gospel of Christ.

We’re contemporary, seeking to live realistically and with Christian integrity in today’s world.

We have history. Founded in 1853, we’re the oldest Christian church in Melbourne on the southern/eastern side of the Yarra River, and we’re thankful for all who’ve contributed generously over the past 170 years, to all that we are and have today.

We’re a Parish of the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne.

Our gatherings

We meet to build one another up to maturity in Jesus Christ.

In our formal Sunday gatherings:

• We get to know one another and seek to care for, encourage and stir up one another to wise and godly living;

• We hear, read and reflect on God's Word through clear Biblical teaching - praying for His Spirit to renew our minds and transform our lives by that powerful Word;

• We bring our concerns to God in corporate prayer, knowing His love for us and the world;

• We sing praises to God with thanksgiving in our hearts for His grace to us in Jesus Christ.

• During Covid-19 lockdown times when we can’t meet together physically, we do the best we can by having Sunday church by Zoom meetings - this means we can still see and interact with each other, and build one another up in Christ.