Prayer not profit. Have you tried Night Church? A great way to reach out to different age/social groups. I attended Sunday School at St Barnabas in the 1980s. An important part of my own spiritual journey as I am now discerning whether to be a Priest.

I have great memories of St Barnabas. My aunt Alice Church was very involved as a churchgoer and actively involved with the youth of the church in the 50's and 60's. Also my grandmother Nellie Maud Trueman is remembered in the church through a small stained glass window dedicated to her after her death as a young woman in 1929

I'm not religious, but this church id historical and has provided comfort and support to people of medway for years. How can you close down a historical, spiritual and respectable building when they're a derelict structures still left standing that can be converted into housing. It's illogical and mindless.

Surely there is a property developer in UK somewhere who could design a multi-function facility within such a large building, retaining a portion of it for worship and the ancillary community services with the balance commercial offices, or research labs. It's has such a high vaulted roofline it could accommodate a mezzanine floor easily. Ask Grand Designs, or Restoration Man. They've done it, so it can be done. Australian churches do it all the time too. Just needs vision, creativity and commitment, something the grinding bureaucracy the Church Commissioners don't have. See Gas & Gaters episode in "Yes Minister". Rev. Donald Mills from the 1960's would have found a solution because he rolled his sleeves up.

Please don't close our beautiful church. I was married at this church and my children attended Cub, Scout, brownie and Guide services here and this is another reason not to close it.

St Barnabas Church was always at the heart of the community. It is already regenerating through the work of it's innovative congregation. Please give 12 months for the progress to be established.

Head choirboy in early 1950s

I was a choirboy and server during the 1950's . Cannon Relton was the priest.