The rebuild of the Oxford Terrace Baptist Church is almost complete, and the church is now open.
The church faces the Margaret Mahy Family Playground
The organ has been restored and reinstated
What a change from the way the church looked after the earthquakes.
Church in May 2011 after February earthquake
and after September 2010
The new building also houses offices for other organisations and a public cafe, which should be open soon. The official opening for the Church won’t be until late February.
“It’s good to see a building there
part of the central town’s repair.”
Ruth's Reflections 
what does the front look like from the outside.. those columns that it had b4 EQ were very grandiose
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I didn’t take a photo of the outside front as it’s not finished yet. They are planning to put some of the old columns back at the entrance.
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Hi Ruth, the hope had been to have the columns in place by now but there has been a hold-up at the stonemasons.
The pipe organ is situated almost exactly in the same position on the site as it was in the old building. The pipes, and most of the woodwork, are all the originals – the pipes were removed and put into storage shortly after the September ‘quake and the wind chests recovered after the ruins were removed almost a year later. It has a new console which has been digitally enhanced, with a third keyboard and several stops added and sounded fantastic on Christmas Eve.
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It certainly looks beautiful, and I liked seeing the 1881 stone outside. Looking forward to seeing the columns.
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I’ll look forward to seeing this transformation.
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