{"id":1402,"count":1,"description":"James Applegate (1822-1897) was a Strict and Particular Baptist deacon. He was blessed to sit under the ministry of John Warburton as a boy, and was baptised by John McKenzie after his profession of faith. In 1861, he joined the church meeting at Artillery-street (London), after which he was appointed deacon and secretary. However, the pastor (Mr. Blake) announced he would \u201cpreach the gospel in new dress\u201d, for \u201cthe old-fashioned style of preaching emptied the pews\u201d. Mr. Applegate, believing sovereign grace was the power of God unto salvation, quit the church. Sometime after, Mr. Blake also left the church, leading Mr. Applegate to rejoin the congregation. He was again appointed as deacon, a position he held until his death. His home was frequently opened to guests and visiting gospel preachers, earning for himself high esteem among the churches as a gracious and hospitable host. Truly did Paul write, \u201cFor they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.\u201d (1 Tim 3:13)\r\n","link":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/category\/james-applegate\/","name":"James Applegate","slug":"james-applegate","taxonomy":"category","parent":0,"meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/1402","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=1402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}