‘The Fire Made Us Fearless’: New York Middle Church’s Material Resurrection
After years of scrambling to preserve the community and the church’s mission during renovations, the church now wants to get back to its social justice work.
Manhattan’s Middle Collegiate Church Begins Façade Demolition
The congregation is already working on architectural plans with an expected cost of between $30 - $40 million.
Middle Collegiate Church Nears Time for Demolition of Its Historic Facade
‘We tried to save a couple of ornamental pieces that we hope we can repurpose in the new building,’ said the Rev. Jacqui Lewis, its senior minister.
Middle Collegiate Church Expects Historic Façade To Be Demolished by Spring
Middle Collegiate, on Manhattan’s Lower East Side, is one of four Collegiate Churches of New York that sprung from a Reformed Church congregation in New Amsterdam founded in 1628, and they are considered the oldest continuous Protestant congregations in the Americas.