be expository and evangelistic. Liturgically the church is conservative, adopting the north side position at services of Holy Communion. ASB Rite A (Prayer Book Pattern) is used. Services of Morning and Evening Prayer are based on the Series 3 forms. Hymns are from Hymns for Today's Church, published by the evangelical Anglican "Jubilate" group. The church has a close relationship with the Christian Institute whose national headquarters are also in Newcastle. David Holloway is a prominent member of the institute. Both organisations take a strong stance against homosexual practice, in more recent times in relation to the legislation on civil partnerships, which has led to the church's services being picketed on a number of occasions by gay rights activists. In October 1999 the church was vandalised with graffiti opposing the church's stance on human sexuality. Jesmond Parish Church is a member of Reform, a network of evangelical churches within the Church of England which includes some of the largest Anglican churches in UK. Other churches with similar theology include: St Andrew The Great, Cambridge St Ebbe's, Oxford St Helen's Bishopsgate Christ Church, Fulwood, Sheffield On 2 May 2017, Jonathan Pryke, a minister of Jesmond Parish Church, was consecrated a bishop by Glenn Lyons, the Presiding Bishop of the Reformed Evangelical Anglican Church of South Africa (REACH-SA). This was controversial due to REACH-SA's status outside of the Anglican Communion, and because the consecration occurred "without the knowledge of the diocese or its Bishop" (the Bishop of Newcastle). References Further reading A Light in a Dark Place by Alan Munden (Clayton Publications, 2006; 286 pp; ) is a history of the church. External links Jesmond Parish Church website Jesmond Parish Church Hockey Club's website Clayton.tv website Church of England church buildings in Tyne and Wear Churches in Newcastle upon Tyne Churches completed in 1861 Evangelicalism in the Church of England 1861 establishments in England