In 1820 the Wesleyan Methodists at a
cost of £600 built their first chapel in Bangor on the site now occupied by Queen's Parade Church, on what was then Sandy
Row. Its first minister, Matthew Langtree also served Newtownards and Comber, and soon after the opening of the new
Sandy Row chapel he attempted to unite the Wesleyans with the New Connexion in Bangor.
Despite Langtree's efforts the mission on
Sandy Row does not appear to have prospered and even his work could produce a membership of only 22 in 1830. In 1832
the conference decided to withdraw its ministry from Sandy Row.
The church building which stands on Queen's
Parade today was built in 1891 by James Campbell. In 1904 the congregation agreed to become part of the Methodist
Church in Ireland.
Extract taken from Rodney Bambrick's book,
'The Church by the Sea' which can be purchased from the church.
