In 1933, E.F. Kevan (then pastor of Church Hill Baptist Church, Walthamstow) wrote a history of his church titled London’s Oldest Baptist Church in which he outlines the church’s 300 year history (at that time, it was founded by John Spilsbury in 1633). Hercules Collins served as the third pastor of this historic congregation following [...]
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Ernest Kevan on Hercules Collins
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19th Century English Baptist Historian Joseph Ivimey on Hercules Collins
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From Joseph Ivimey’s A History of the English Baptists Vol. 2, pp. 435-438.
He became the minister of this church in 1677, and watched over it till his death, a period of twenty-five years. He attended the meetings of the general Assembly in London. We are indebted for what we know of this worthy minister to [...]
18th Century English Baptist Historian Thomas Crosby on Hercules Collins
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from Thomas Crosby’s The History of the English Baptists. Vol. 3, pp. 129-130 (BSB)
Mr. Hercules Collins, a faithful minister of the gospel; though he had not a learned education, yet was a very useful and laborious servant of Christ, and one that suffered imprisonment for his sake. He began to be religious early, and continued [...]
