[1][2][3] In the late 1600s Rye, then part of the Colony of Connecticut, was served by Congregational and Presbyterian ministers elected by taxpaying households.

Thomas Pritchard to be the first Church of England clergyman to serve as rector of the area covering Rye, Mamaroneck and Bedford.

Queen Anne provided gifts for the congregation, including a Bible, a Book of Common Prayer and silver communion ware.

[1][2] The church's growth during the eighteenth century was interrupted by the unrest brought about by the American Revolutionary War, which tested the loyalties of Anglican clergymen.

[5] As the population of Rye grew during the nineteenth century, especially after the arrival of the railroad, it was decided to replace the 1788 edifice with a new church, built of stone in the Gothic Revival style.

Designed by the firm of Frank Wills and Henry C. Dudley, it was erected in 1854–1855 at a cost of approximately $18,000 and consecrated on 15 March 1859 by the Rt.

The fourth – and present – church was designed in a similar Gothic Revival style by Florentine Pelletier and consecrated on 19 June 1869 by the Rt.

The stained glass window in the chancel was designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany in the 1890s, around the same time that a new altar, reredos and organ were acquired.

[1][3] Christ's Church offers weekly services, which are also livestreamed, with music provided by both children's and adult choirs, and its outreach programs serve communities in Rye, Port Chester and elsewhere.