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The City of Langley, B.C., covering the Langley Prairie region, was incorporated in 1955.

Land originally owned by James Brooks, taken over by the Synod of the Diocese of New Westminster in 1950.

This church, located at 4447 200 Street, was constructed around 1947 to serve the slowly growing local population. Originally known as the Brookswood St. Paul’s Anglican Church, the church served the local community until 1969, when it was transferred to the ownership of the Emmanuel Pentecostal Church of New Westminster. It remains under the ownership and operation of the United Pentecostal Church of British Columbia.

The intimate scale of the building reflects the historic, rural character the Brookswood/Fernridge community. Now known as the Langley Life Tabernacle, the church has maintained its original siting on the lot, surrounded by mature trees. Its original cladding and roof cover have been removed or covered, but the form, scale and massing of the small church remain intact. The church continues to serve the area and is one of the few community facilities in the neighbourhood.

Added to the Heritage Inventory in 2012 because it "is significant for its early representation of postwar development in Langley
and for its longstanding community function in the originally rural community of Brookswood/Fernridge."