State of play 12th November 2025

There have been questions elsewhere about what is happening. It has now been 3 years since the last service at Gabbies, the church has remained closed all this time. To date the diocese has not started a consultation on closure, so there has not been an official opportunity to object to its closure. 

More or less the powers to be will not consider a complaint that it is closed until there has been an official closure request. As there has not been an official closure request it is officially open, therefore they will not consider a complaint that the parish church is closed. Instead saying that only at that point can we complain about any failure of process.

The Save the Parish campaign group now lists us as a cautionary tale. A cautionary tale about hanging onto your PCC - Save the Parish

Currently the diocese is seeking to lease then sell the church to another denomination for £170,000 although members of the congregation have objected to this and will likely object to any legal attempt to close the church, for now it is in limbo.

The church remains 'temporarily' closed but our lives go on, please don't let this be a stumbling block to your walk with God there are local church communities that will welcome you in.