New wine church tayo adeyemi biography

Church in England

New Wine Church (also known as Gateway House) is a non-denominationalChristianmegachurch in Southeast London. The church originally met in a leased facility. They then purchased and renovated one of four cinemas in Woolwich. The 3,000-member church occupies the former Coronet cinema complex and overlooks the Woolwich Ferry.

History of the building

The cinema was opened as the Odeon Theatre on 25 October 1937 with Ralph Reader in The Gang Show.

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It was designed for the Oscar Deutsch chain of Odeon Cinemas by architect George Coles who came up with a streamlined Art Deco style.^[1]

Inside the auditorium, there were troughs of concealed lighting and a moulded plaster decoration on the splay walls in the form of a floral frieze which had backlighting. Seating was provided for 1,178 in the stalls and 650 in the balcony.

It was modernised internally in May 1964, a process known as the Rank Organisation's "zing" treatment. It contin BIOGRAPHY – Dr Tayo Adeyemi QURA