The right to worship was fought for and won and a small group planted a seed of faith under a large tree on the premises where St. Luke’s Church stands today. We give thanks for the landowner who formally offered a portion of the land in 1875, to house the first church building – a wooden chapel.

As the work of the church and the congregation grew, a brick building, with a seating capacity of 360 was built in 1890 and dedicated on St. Luke’s Day (October 18th) to the Evangelist St. Luke. The first two rectors were Rev. H. Seymour Isaacs (1890-1898) and Rev. B.Y Shaul (1898-1902).

Partly destroyed by the earthquake of January 14, 1907, the building was eventually repaired, refurbished and extended, and by 1935, it could comfortably seat 700 worshippers. In that year, a Mission on Hope Road was handed over to St. Luke’s and the work of building the Mission into a church was entrusted to a member, Mr J. Leslie McPherson. This resulted in the dedication of the Church of St Margaret, on January 23, 1938.

In 1958, the Diocesan authorities decided to demolish the old building and erect a new one. An ambitious building programme was launched under the leadership of the then Rector, Venerable Eric L. Maxwell and Archdeacon Emeritus (deceased), and the present building
Was erected. It was dedicated on March 20, 1968.

The Church was consecrated on March 20, 1980, during the incumbency of the Venerable Dr Alvin Stone, Rector of St. Luke’s Church since 1974. As was stated in the Consecration programme:

“We will not forget that the Church is not the building; it is the people of God, called out,  prepared, commissioned and sent to be the mouth, feet and body of Christ in the world of service.”
The bridge that connects the rear of the premises to Brentford Road was a gift from Mr Horace Jones, the then owner of Checker Cabs.

In 2008, the Venerable Dr Alvin Stone was succeeded by the now incumbent leader Archdeacon Patrick Cunningham.