Charles Spurgeon

This biography includes 6 hours of audio arranged in 26 chapters, each 14 minutes long.

CHARLES SPURGEON (1834 - 1892) has been declared by many to be the greatest preacher since the apostle Paul. He was an English Baptist preacher born at Kelvedon, Essex, June 19, 1834. His father was an independent minister. After attending Colchester school, young Charles was appointed usher in a school at Newmarket in 1849 and formally joined the Baptists in 1850. He was converted at age sixteen, and immediately began preaching. Spurgeon's extraordinary ability was imemdiately recognized and he began pastoring the first church in 1852. In 1854 he took a small deteriorating church in South London. At once throngs of people were attracted to the small church. After moving several times (1859 - 1861) the congregation finally built the great Metropolitan Tabernacle, seating six thousand people. Here Spurgeon, who had become the most popular preacher in London, had his pulpit for the rest of his live.

BIBLIOGRAPHY Fuller, David O. Spurgeon's Autobiography Zondervan, 1946 Spurgeon, Charles. The Early Years and (V. 2) the Full Harvest. Banner of Truth, 1973