Zoar is a hamlet on the Lizard Peninsula in south Cornwall 1 1⁄2 miles (2.4 km) northwest of the coastal village of Coverack. This profile of Zoar Bible Christian Chapel has been compiled by Terry Moyle.
Built 1846
First baptism 1846
28 baptisms 1838-1900
Family names associated with baptisms at Zoar – Pentecost, Rule, Coad, Pascoe, Martin, Andrew, Bowden and Trewin
Preaching Plan 1868 – Sunday afternoon service & Monday afternoon service
New chapel on site in 1877 – foundation stone laid on 2 July 1877 by Mr. William Williams of Roskilly.
1879 leasehold granted by William Williams of Roskilly, gentleman, to James Coad of Traboe for a term of 999 years
“Plot containing about 25 lasts at the eastern corner of Grugath Common, St. Keverne on which a chapel for religious worship has lately been erected and is used by the society of professing Christians called Bible Christians.
BC Magazine Obituaries 1898 – Philippa Hayden of Boscarnon died in 1898 aged 66 and had been a member at Zoar since about 1863. Samuel Tripp of Kernewas died in February 1898 – he had been a member since 1873 and had been active in the building of a new chapel there in 1876
Capacity 108 (according to 1940 survey)
1968 20 members
Chapel supported by local farming community – definitely a “drawn” congregation
Closed 1992
11 members at closure
Members joined Ponsongath, St. Keverne Methodist and St. Keverne Parish Church
Closure due to unsafe building
Demolished