Denison, who paid for its construction in entirety, built the church as a parish for the farm workers on his estate, Bellevue House.

Denison employed the architectural firm of Fuller & Jones, who would later go on to design the Centre Block of Parliament Hill.

The congregation met in a lecture hall at University College while the church was rebuilt by Henry Langley.

The church was expanded by Richard Cunningham Windeyer, Sr. in 1878 and renovated by Eden Smith in 1890.

Ward also wrote a weekly religious programme titled "The Way of the Spirit" on CBC Radio.

[5] In the 1980s, to raise necessary funds, the rectory, parish hall and surrounding property were sold and half the church was gutted and converted into a clinic for The Doctor’s Hospital.

[3] The origin 1858 church was designed by Thomas Fuller, later Chief Dominion Architect, and Chilion Jones in the Gothic Revival style.

Fuller & Jones' church was gutted by fire in 1865 and rebuilt and enlarged by Henry Langley.