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Charles Haddon Spurgeon (19 June 1834 [1] – 31 January 1892) was an English Particular Baptist preacher . Spurgeon remains highly influential among Christians of various denominations, to some of whom he is known as the "Prince of Preachers."
Explore the resources and events of the Spurgeon Library, the premier center of Spurgeon scholarship. Learn about his personal library, his vision for the church, his devotional poems, and more.
Jun 6, 2018 · Learn about the life and ministry of Charles Spurgeon, the "Prince of Preachers" and a Victorian, Calvinistic, Baptist pastor. Discover his evangelistic zeal, his theological influence, his pastoral care, and his writings.
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- His ministry began in the year of his conversion as a young man. Spurgeon was raised in a Christian home, but was converted in 1850 at fifteen years old.
- He was a man of hard work and huge influence. He went on to preach in person up to thirteen times per week, gathered the largest church of his day, and could make himself heard in a crowd of twenty-three thousand people (without amplification).
- He was self-consciously a theological and doctrinal preacher. While Spurgeon is not known as a theologian as such, he was nevertheless a deeply theological thinker and his sermons were rich in doctrine, and dripping with knowledge of historical theology – especially the Puritans.
- He was pre-eminently a theologian and preacher of the cross. Spurgeon’s was a cross-centered and cross-shaped theology, for the cross was “the hour” of Christ’s glorification (John 12:23–24), the place where Christ was and is exalted, the only message able to overturn the hearts of men and women otherwise enslaved to sin.
Jun 15, 2024 · C.H. Spurgeon was an English fundamentalist Baptist minister and celebrated preacher whose sermons, which were often spiced with humour, were widely translated and extremely successful in sales. Reared a Congregationalist, Spurgeon became a Baptist in 1850 and, the same year, at 16, preached his.
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Mar 10, 2023 · Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834–1892) was an influential Baptist preacher in England. He was the most popular preacher of his time and is still known as “the Prince of Preachers.”. Spurgeon was the son and grandson of Congregational ministers.
The Spurgeon Library exists to promote Jesus Christ by remembering the life and legacy of Charles Haddon Spurgeon. It is the premier center of Spurgeon scholarship, housing nearly 6,000 volumes from Charles Spurgeon’s personal library, along with many one-of-a-kind artifacts, documents, books, and more.
