St Stephen

The original St. Stephen’s church, was consecrated on 31st October 1854. The builder is recorded as WD Griffin (who was also later to rebuild St Giles). After a battle against dry rot, the old St Stephen's was demolished in July 1978. Prior to this, on the first Sunday after Easter 1978, the congregation moved into the recently extended church hall, which was then used for worship and social activities until the new church was available. 

In January 1977, work began on the new church which was directly connected to the church hall (referred to in historic papers as St Alban's Hall). The decision to connect the hall and church was made deliberately - to quote a write up at the time of the dedication, this was "to make it clear that God is at the centre of all human activity, both worship and social”. The generosity of members of the church, friends, neighbouring churches, local industry and the Diocese of Lichfield, meant that of a total bill of £55,000, only £6,500 was still outstanding at the time of the Dedication. Although the new church is a modern building and without the architectural features of many older churches the congregation still strives to live up to that ideal of God being at the center.

St Stephens has a church hall attached to the church which can be hired for parties and events. The church is also the venue for a local choir, 'Willenhall Singers' to rehearse and the hall hosts a weekly artist group as well as a group for those over 50 who are frail and/ or withdrawn and for whom socialising is an important route to improved health. The church and hall are both accessible to people with mobility issues and accessible toilets are available.