Spurgeon's First Pastorate

From the church:

The great Victorian ‘Prince of Preachers’, Charles Haddon Spurgeon, began his ministry here at the Baptist church in Waterbeach. Every great venture of faith has to begin somewhere, and we are seeking to rekindle the passion and impact of Spurgeon’s ministry in our present-day community some 170 years later. Spurgeon always had a fond love and appreciation for the place where his ministry began, laying the foundation stone of the new chapel in 1863. We still possess at Spurgeon’s Chapel his heartfelt sentiments in the form of personal messages in hymn books and a Pulpit Bible, signed prints of himself, communion silver, and handwritten sermon notes. We believe Spurgeon’s Chapel is historically significant and stands to remind us of a time when God moved powerfully through the preaching of His Word in our nation.