Christ Church, Episcopal church in St. Simons, United States

Christ Church is a white wooden structure with Gothic Revival elements including pointed arches and stained glass windows, set within a cemetery containing ancient oak trees. The interior maintains simple craftsmanship while the exterior presents a modest elegance enhanced by its natural surroundings.

The original church was established in 1736 during early English settlement of the island and remained a fixture in the community. It was destroyed during the Civil War and subsequently rebuilt in 1884.

The parish was incorporated by the state in 1808, a year after its official organization, with William Best as first rector. Anna Alexander, deaconess of St. Ignatius, an outreach Dodge founded in 1886 for freed slaves, became the first black deaconess in the Episcopal Church; the diocese named her a saint in 1998 and she entered the church's calendar of saints in 2018.

Christ Church stands on the site of the 1820 building, next to Fort Frederica National Monument on St. Simons Island, so the two can be visited on one outing. The churchyard holds the grave of Anson Greene Phelps Dodge Jr., who rebuilt the church in 1884 as a memorial to his wife. Visitors walk the grounds and read the markers; the building itself is an active Episcopal parish.

A beehive was discovered in the church steeple during the 1840s, and the honey produced was sold to help fund building repairs. This unexpected resource played a small but real part in maintaining the structure during that era.