Find out more about St Matthews

Our Church
St Matthews Church Hall
Fairtrade
The Environment
Inclusive Church Network

St Matthew's Parish Church is a progressive, welcoming and an inclusive place of worship within the Manchester Diocese of the Church of England. We hold regular services on Wednesdays and Sundays (see our service times and Worship page). We are located in the heart of Stretford within the Deanery of Manchester South and Stretford.

Here is more information on the Diocese of Manchester.

St Matthew's Church Hall is located next door to St Matthew's Church and is available for all sorts of functions. Please be aware that the Hall is run as separate enterprise from our Church and as such all enquiries regarding the Hall should be made to the Hall Manager and not the church. Their direct number is: 0161-865-1750

We are a Fairtrade church and wherever possible, only use Fairtrade resourced items such as tea, sugar and coffee.

Here at St Matthew's we take climate change seriously. We do, wherever possible, follow the guidelines set by the Church of England and use sustainable and recallable materials. Our lighting has been upgraded as is our use of heating, which is currently under review. Some of the grounds around the church building have been left for "re-wilding".

We recycle batteries, bottle tops, stamps, ink cartridges in church. We have a bug hotel in the church garden now and have put up bird and bat boxes. We are also signatories to the Manchester Diocese "Eco-Church" scheme. We have achieved Bronze Eco Church Award and are working towards our Silver.

St Matthews is a part of and affiliated to the Inclusive Church Network - www.inclusive-church.org/

What is the ethos of the Inclusive Church?

“We believe in inclusive church – a church which celebrates and affirms every person and does not discriminate.

We will continue to challenge the church where it continues to discriminate against people on grounds of disability, economic power, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, learning disability, mental health, neurodiversity, or sexuality.

We believe in a Church which welcomes and serves all people in the name of Jesus Christ; which is scripturally faithful; which seeks to proclaim the Gospel afresh for each generation; and which, in the power of the Holy Spirit, allows all people to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Jesus Christ.”

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