Although there were traditionally 12 disciples, one (Judas Iscariot) betrayed Jesus and so there will never be a Christian church named after him.
It is not a requirement to find the 11 remaining disciples’ names. At the publication date of this challenge, there were less than 4 with the names Jude, Philip, Simon or Thomas. As there were 2 disciples named James, that name may be used twice. There must however be a minimum of 7 different disciples names.
The 11 names are:
Andrew
Bartholomew
James
James
John
Jude (also known as Judas Thaddaeus)
Matthew
Peter
Philip
Simon
Thomas
Churches with names such as John the Baptist, St. Thomas of Canterbury, St Thomas Becket, St Thomas More, or St. Simon Stock cannot be used as they were not part of the 12 disciples. It may be worth your while to check the Geocache Description to be sure the Church Micro is definitely named after a disciple of Jesus. St John The Evangelist is acceptable as John, the disciple later became an evangelist. Please don’t include St John’s Wood as this is an area of London!
Some churches have the names of 2 saints i.e. St Peter & St John. Only the first name stated may be used.
Here’s my finds:
GC31W8C CM #2035 – St Andrew’s, Oving – St Andrew
GC3CPJ0 CM 2467…Sandford-on-Thames – St. Andrew
GC24XC7 CM 1048…Chosen Hill – St Bartholomew
GC2V03W CM 1801…Sydenham - St Bartholomew
GC45QC5 CM 3252…Bierton – St. James
GC4B2NV CM 3593…Little Milton – St James
GC4E718 CM 3668…Aston Abbotts – St James
GC4RMQK CM 4521…Bourton-St James – St James
GC4PV2V CM 4330…Bellingdon - St John
GC17878 CM 1…Earlswood - St John
GC2YZMT CM 1990…Harwell – St Matthew
GC37BD8 CM 2212…St. Leonards–St. Matthew’s – St. Matthew
GC1RGKR CM 717 – Headcorn – St. Peter
GC339J3 CM 2033…Milton Bryan – St Peter
Many of the churches in the Church Micro series that I have found are St Mary’s. Someone has wondered if this challenge could be achieved with only the Church Micros that I own. The answers is definitely not. Only 4 different disciples names are in my 82! When the challenge was set, it was time-consuming for me to look through all the Church Micros to find out the names of the churches, and probably will be for others. It is usually only Church of England (Anglican) churches that have the names required. The difficulty rating of 4 is mainly for the effort needed to research these!
Previous caches qualify, as do disabled or archived ones, but do not include those you own yourself, unless you adopted them after your finds. Only those in the Church Micro series can be included. Logs which do not meet the qualifying criteria will be queried and may be deleted.
To summarise, 14 Church Micros with at least 7 different names are needed. Please state the GC number, cache name and the particular disciple for each cache listed. Demonstration of your achievement can either be in your log, as a bookmark, uploaded image or a link. If you are uncertain about whether you have met the criteria, the CO recommends messaging him.
The cache itself, which is no more than a D1.5, is located on the edge of the Chiltern Hills on the Oxfordshire / Buckinghamshire border. You are looking for a small screw-top pot. Short term parking is possible, but don't park across the gate.
CONGRATULATIONS to Woking Wonders in being the FTF!