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The Life And Ministry Of William Kiffin
I have said that this church, though avowedly Baptist, admitted other than baptized believers to fellowship; but when they went still further, and invited unbaptized preachers to occupy their pulpit, William Kiffen objected, withdrew, and, in the year 1638, founded the FIRST STRICT BAPTIST CHURCH IN LONDON!! That is to say, the first Baptist church holding and teaching Particular Redemption, and confining church membership and the Lord's Supper to baptized believers of the same faith and order. This was the famous Devonshire Square church. By reason of railway extension and Metropolitan changes, in the year 1871 this church removed to the high road, Stoke Newington, North of London, where it possesses fine, commodious buildings has large congregations, a church-roll of about 800 members, nearly a…
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The Life And Ministry Of William Kiffin
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The Life And Ministry Of John Spilsbury
In 1616 (in the reign of James I.) there was a mixed Protestant Dissenting church gathered in Broad Street, Wapping. Some of these good people were Baptists. The first pastor chosen by the mixed congregation was one Henry Jacob, an Independent—though even he eventually became a Baptist. Years passed (as they have a habit of doing), and Mr. John Lathrop became pastor of this old-time "Union” church. It was during Mr. Lathrop's ministry that the friends who held believers' baptism to be the only Scriptural order sought and obtained a peaceable and honourable dismissal from the mixed communion; whereupon they were formed into a distinct church on purely Baptist principles, and met regularly for worship in Old Gravel Lane, Wapping, the date of the formation…
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The Life And Ministry Of John Skepp
John Skepp was born about the year 1675. He was originally a member of the Independent Church, at Cambridge, under the care of the famous Joseph Hussey; at what time he became a Baptist is not known. Prior to 1715, he was chosen Pastor of the Baptist Church, at Curriers’ Hall, Cripplegate; that Church of which Mr. Skepp himself says, “Your foundation, was to gospel order, was skillfully laid in the very beginning of troublesome times, by the indefatigable pains and care of that eminent servant of, and sufferer for Christ, Mr. Hansard Knollys; and your walls were beautified by the labours of that evangelistic son of consolation, Mr. Robert Steed. These two were your chief master-builders; by whose blessed ministry you were built, upon…
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The Articles Of Faith For The Strict Baptist Chapel At Carlton, Bedford
The church of Christ meeting at Carlton, Bedford came together in 1672, when Gideon Fisher’s house was licensed for Congregational worship. In 1760, the congregation moved to a new chapel in Causeway with a seating capacity of 700 people. The late Kenneth Dix, chairman for the Strict Baptist Historical Society, served as pastor for this church between the years 1967 and 1970. During the early 1990’s, the congregation amalgamated with Harrold Evangelical Church, now known as the Grace Baptist Church meeting in the Old Mission Hall in Harrold High Street. The chapel was sold in the early 2000’s, converted to a private residence. The church was aligned with the teachings of the Strict and Particular Baptists, at least until the mid-20th century. The fourteenth pastor of…
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The Life And Ministry Of Hanserd Knollys
Hanserd Knollys, Baptist. The precise spot of ground where rest the remains of this eminent man of God, cannot now be pointed out. He died Sept. 19th, 1691, in the 93rd year of his age. Hanserd Knollys was born about the year 1598, at Chalkwell, in Lincolnshire. He had the advantage of descending from religious parents, who took great care of his education, and had him instructed in the principles of religion and sound literature. For this purpose they maintained a tutor in their house till he was fit for the University, when they sent him to Cambridge. Though he had long been noticed for his pious dispositions, yet he attributed his effectual conversion to God, to some sermons he heard at Cambridge, preached by…
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The Life And Ministry Of James Wells
When Dr. Hamilton handed to the printer in his study the last sheet of his "Life of Ely," he said, "And let me beg of you to be quick about it, sir, for ministers are soon forgotten!" This remark is painfully true in many cases, not only of ministers, but of persons in general. However, the remembrance we have of certain champions of truth whose souls have long been with God abides in freshness to-day. “All pensive memories as we journey on, Longings for vanished smiles, and voices gone." Foremost in the galaxy of good and great men whose names we cherish, is the late Mr. James Wells, Pastor of the Surrey Tabernacle. Decision Of Character Marked The Life Of James Wells James Wells was…
