Metropolitan Tabernacle
The Metropolitan Tabernacle is a big reform - Baptist Church in Elephant and Castle in London . The Tabernacle Church dates back to 1650, thirty years after the Puritans and Pilgrims from Southwark left for the New World and after Parliament banned Baptist meetings . The Metropolitan Tabernacle became world-famous through its preacher Charles Haddon Spurgeon . He made the church grow so much that it soon had meetings of 10,000 people. As a result, the tabernacle had to move from its original location at New Park Street Chapel a number of times and eventually settled in its current location, where the Southwark martyrs were cremated. That is why the foundation stone bears the inscription "The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church."
During the Second World War , the number of parishioners fell sharply. When Dr. Peter Master became the new pastor in 1970, he had a congregation of 30 people, but that number has grown to an estimated 1,000 over the past 38 years. The Metropolitan Tabernacle is now large enough to host an annual School of Theology as well as part-time training for Reformed pastors.
Church services and other events
The church holds two services on Sundays. One in the morning at 11 a.m., in which biblical texts are continuously displayed, and one in the afternoon at 6.30 p.m., which is particularly used to preach the Gospel to seekers. In addition to the sermon, which lasts 35–45 minutes, the services include the singing of hymns and psalms. There is also a Sunday school for children, as well as Bible lessons and lessons in Christian doctrine.
During the week there is a prayer meeting on Mondays and a Bible study on Wednesdays at 7.30 p.m. in which the Word of God is also taught. This is visited by around 500 people. All sermons and Bible studies can be downloaded from the church's home page. Every Thursday evening there is also a Bible study and prayer group for the deaf.
There is a Bible study on Saturday afternoons for those Chinese who still have problems with the English language. In addition, the sermons are now also offered in Mandarin .
Other offers of the clergy
TV and radio
The services are broadcast daily on UCB TV and Sky 677, and the sermons are broadcast on five radio stations in the US and New Zealand.
Sword & Trowel
The Sword & Trowel Magazine was first published in 1863 under CH Spurgeon and now enjoys a large readership worldwide, especially among pastors and church leaders. In 2003 the magazine changed its format and now appears together with a book publication. The large number of subscribers enables both the magazine and the books to be offered at a very low price.
Annual School of Theology
The annual School of Theology des Tabernacle first took place in 1976, and has been held for three days in the first week of July since then. Details about the topics and speakers will be published in March.
Tabernacle Bookshop
The special thing about the Tabernacle Bookshop is that all books on offer are based on a well-founded Reformed teaching. The bookstore attaches great importance to keeping books that represent a dubious doctrine out of its range.
London Reformed Baptist Seminary
The LRBS seminary began in 1976 as a part-time course over four years. The students are composed of pastors, lay ministers, church leaders, and men who have a strong interest in theology. The course includes an intensive reading program as well as a full-day lecture series once a month.
Spiritual offices abroad
The Tabernacle currently supports 20 pastors and their church plantings worldwide, many of them visited the LRBS for their training. Churches supported by the Tabernacle can be found in Belarus , Ghana (four), India (three), Indonesia , Mali , Nepal , Nigeria , Pakistan , the Philippines , Romania , St. Lucia , Slovakia , Spain , as well as Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe .
Lessons for Life project
This project aims to promote Sunday Schools in the UK and abroad. In order to achieve this, a series of books was launched in the early 1990s that uses graphic aids to make biblical teaching easy for children to understand. The books have since been translated into French and Bengali. Further translations are currently taking place into Portuguese, Spanish and Chinese.
Pastor
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- William Rider, 1653-1665 (age 12)
- Benjamin Keach, 1668–1704 (age 36)
- Benjamin Stinton, 1704-1718 (age 14)
- Dr. John Gill, 1720–1771 (age 51)
- Dr. John Rippon, 1773-1836 (age 63)
- Joseph Angus, 1837–1839 (2 years)
- James Smith, 1841–1850 (8.5 years)
- William Walters, 1851-1853 (2 years)
- Charles Haddon Spurgeon , 1854-1892 (age 38)
- Arthur Tappan Pierson, 1891-1893 (2 years)
- Thomas Spurgeon, 1893–1908 (15 years)
- Archibald G Brown, 1908-1911 (3 years)
- Dr. Amzi Clarence Dixon, 1911-1919 (age 8)
- Harry Tydeman Chilvers, 1919–1935 (15.5 years)
- Dr. W Graham Scroggie, 1938–1943 (age 5)
- WG Channon, 1944–1949 (5 years)
- Gerald B Griffiths, 1951–1954 (3 years)
- Eric W Hayden, 1956–1962 (age 6)
- Dennis Pascoe 1963–1969 (6 years)
- Dr. Peter Masters, 1970-until now
Web links
Coordinates: 51 ° 29 ′ 39 ″ N , 0 ° 6 ′ 5 ″ W.