{"id":1386,"count":1,"description":"John Woodward (1813-1890) was a successful businessman aligned with the teachings of the Strict and Particular Baptists. In 1849, he commenced work in the City of London as a master builder. He was married the following year, after which he and his family sat under the gospel ministry of James Wells at the Surrey Tabernacle, Borough Road. In 1866, he built a family house on Canning Road, Croydon, where he resided the remainder of his life. It was then he came under the gospel ministry of Mr. Thurston, eventually purchasing the site and erecting the Chapel and School on Derby Road. What the gospel ministers set forth in words, Mr. Woodward preached in works. Truly it may well have been said of him, \u201cI know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy works; and the last to be more than the first.\u201d\r\n","link":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/category\/john-woodward\/","name":"John Woodward","slug":"john-woodward","taxonomy":"category","parent":0,"meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/1386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/category"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?categories=1386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}