Oakridge Baptist Church has occupied the site on the corner of Oakridge/Jubilee Roads and provided services, both religious and social, since 1902. The original building was opened as a Sunday school for 250 children, as an extension of Union Baptist Church. A building fund for a new church was first set up in 1912; this was interrupted by World War I, during part of which the military took over the building for all but Sundays, and in 1920 Union Baptist Church took the bold decision to build a new church in order to complete the original scheme. 
 
Eighteen years later, in March 1938, plans for this new church were eventually passed, and work carried on despite the outbreak of World War II, with a grand opening on Saturday 17th February, 1940. Before then, in 1939, part of the school premises were taken over for the education of children evacuated from London (until 1943), and from September 1940 refugees from London were housed in the church.

Today

Alongside our regular worship services, we have a long and proud history of extensive community involvement. We have supported people experiencing homelessness for many years through our work with Wycombe Homeless Connection and we are an approved centre for the collection and redistribution of surplus good quality food via the FareShare charity network which fights hunger by tackling food poverty and waste.
 
We are also pleased to support the Community Friendly Fridge which is operated by the Women's Cultural Arena CIC and runs parallel to our existing food outreach programme.
 
We are proud to host weekly FoodCycle meals and to share the FoodCycle charity's vision to make food poverty, food waste and loneliness a thing of the past by creating welcoming spaces for people from all walks of life to meet, eat and have conversations, in order to promote health and mental wellbeing. 
 
The need for these food services has increased dramatically since the COVID 19 pandemic and the current cost of living crisis has exacerbated the problem. We are a widely known and a familiar venue for our food outreach initiatives and considered a safe space to help those most in need within our community.
 
Our twice monthly Tuesday Coffee and Chat for more senior folk; the 2nd High Wycombe Boys’ Brigade with Girls’ Association which meets Thursday weekly during term time for children and young people aged 5-18 (further information available from Calvin Hanks: thebbandga@gmail.com); and Top Tots Community Hub which meets Wednesday weekly during term time - 10am to 11am; are indicative of the varied demographic we embrace as a fellowship.  
 
We are also home to a Tamil Church who meet weekly on Sunday mornings.