MAYLANDS METHODIST CHURCH

The first church building in Maylands was the Methodist Church in Sixth Avenue. This building no longer exists. R W Hardey’s sister donated the land on which the church stood and several members of the Hardey family were present when this church was opened in July 1902.

ECKANKAR IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Eckankar means ‘Co-worker with God’. It offers ways to explore one’s own unique and natural relationship with the Divine. Eckankar believes each human being is connected to God through Divine Spirit (the ECK), which can be heard as Sound and seen as Light. Eckankar offers a spiritual toolkit to help people experience the Light and Sound of God.

ST GEORGE INDIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH

Hosted by the Maylands-Mt Lawley Uniting Church, this Church of St George was formed in February 2009 by a handful of Malayalee migrants originating from Kerala at the southern tip of India. The Indian Orthodox Church is part of the Oriental Orthodoxy. Its formation within the scattered Jewish enclaves in India from 52 AD onwards is linked to visits by St Thomas the Apostle.

WA MATU CHRISTIAN CHURCH

This church for the Christian MATU people of Northern Myanmar is a part of the Baptist Union of WA. This congregation meets in the Maylands Baptist Church. Originally polytheistic, the MATU converted to Christianity in the 1940s. They belong to either the Baptist or Presbyterian denominations.

EAST MAYLANDS METHODIST CHURCH

Now a private dwelling.

MAYLANDS SALVATION ARMY CITADEL

Now a part of the Polish Catholic Church complex.

CATHOLIC PARISH OF ST NINIAN AND ST CHAD

Built in 1961 as the Pius X Hall, this building was by the early 21st century serving the Catholic Parish of St Ninian and St Chad, a Parish of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross. Its congregation blended Catholic theology and Anglican liturgy. After the congregation moved to Rookwood Street in Mt Lawley, the building was sold in 2017 and then demolished.