The Mission Room was enlarged by the architect Norman Cachmaille-Day. The foundation stone was laid on 11th December 1936 and the new church was consecrated on 8th October 1937.

In 1951, St. John’s area became a Conventional District and St. John’s District acquired a thin slice from the parish of St. Andrew’s, West Tarring. In 1955, the Bishop agreed to St John’s becoming a parish in its own right. 

Exterior of Mission Room

Interior of Mission Room

Spire-less St John’s (1938)

Spire being built (1966)

The Church Hall was built in 1961.
The spire was built in 1966 - nearly 30 years after the rest of the church was completed.

At the end of the nineteenth century, Elm Grove was a growing district in Heene and the Rector of St. Botolph’s, Heene, decided to build a ‘Mission Room’ for the west of his parish. On 6th January 1901 people worshipped for the first time in what is now the south aisle of St. John’s, West Worthing.