Until 1930, Harden was part of the parish of Bingley but Church of England activity 
in the village dates back to the building of the Old School by Walker Ferrand, who died in 1835. It was probably used for day and Sunday school teaching, and was enlarged in the 1860s. In 1865 the building was licensed for church services, and usually referred to as Harden Church. Successive curates from Bingley Parish Church were designated curate-in-charge, and Harden developed a forerunner of a Parochial Church Council, with Churchwardens and a committee appointed jointly by the curate and congregation.Plans for a new church were delayed by the effect on the village of trade recession. The mills closed and most of the population left and the services of the curate were withdrawn.
By 1890 the situation had improved and the Vicar of Bingley set as a priority the provision of mission churches for Harden and Eldwick. The local squire, Mr. William Ferrand, gave the site and the stone. A grant from Ripon Diocese, local fund-raising and generous donations made it possible for the new church to be consecrated in September 1892, dedicated to the Saviour.
On the recommendation of a commission on the needs of the Diocese of Bradford in 1929, Harden was separated from Bingley and became a parish in 1930. Harden and Wilsden became a United Benefice in 1960. Then in on 16th July 2013 the parish of Harden was established again, this time within a newly created Benefice of Cullingworth, Denholme, Harden and Wilsden served by a Team Ministry known as the Hewenden Team Ministry.
ST. SAVIOUR’S CHURCH
HARDEN
CURATES-IN-CHARGE Richard Cockrem 1873 -
Old Church, Nathan Haysom 1875 - 1880
Benefice of Bingley James A Alexander 1880 - 1882
Joseph Whiteley 1883 - 1884
New Church James S Attridge 1890 – 1893
(consecrated Sept 1892) A Packenham West 1893 – 1896
F Rothwell Dean 1896 – 1901
Matthew H Davies 1901 – 1902
John C Watson 1902 – 1910
H Cecil Sandall 1911 – 1913
Edwin E Peters 1913 – 1915
John H Crick 1915 – 1922
Edward K Wicks 1922 – 1925
George F Townley 1925 – 1927
John S Davies 1927 – 1930
VICARS OF HARDEN John S Davies 1930 – 1945
William A Gunter 1945 – 1949
Hugh Prince 1949 – 1953
Harry Fall 1954 – 1957
Ronald E F Dow 1957 – 1960
VICARS OF Stanley G Bennett 1961 – 1970
HARDEN & WILSDEN Graham W Bettridge 1970 – 1981
Christopher P Johnson 1982 – 1988
John C Peet 1989 – 1997
James S Scantlebury 1998 – 2002
PRIESTS–IN–CHARGE OF Roger J Brooks 2003 – 2009
HARDEN & WILSDEN S Robert Evans 2010 – 2013
TEAM RECTORS OF S Robert Evans 2013 -
HARDEN and WILSDEN,
DENHOLME and CULLINGWORTH