Metropolitan Tabernacle

For the Metropolitan Tabernacle in Mexico City, see Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral.
For other uses, see Tabernacle (disambiguation).

Metropolitan Tabernacle
Map
LocationElephant and Castle, London
CountryUnited Kingdom
DenominationIndependent Reformed Baptist
Websitemetropolitantabernacle.org
History
Founded1650
Founder(s)William Rider
Clergy
Pastor(s)Peter Masters, assistant pastor Ibrahim Ag Mohamed

The Metropolitan Tabernacle is a large independent Reformed Baptist church in the Elephant and Castle in London. It was the largest non-conformist church of its day in 1861.[1] The Tabernacle Fellowship have been worshipping together since 1650. Its first pastor was William Rider; other notable pastors and preachers include Benjamin Keach, John Gill, John Rippon and C. H. Spurgeon. The Tabernacle congregation still worships under its present pastor, Peter Masters.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ Austin 2007, p. 86.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference dall was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Sheehan, Robert (June 1985), Spurgeon and the Modern Church, Phillipsburg NJ: Presbyterian & Reformed Pub Co, ISBN 9780946462056
  4. ^ Nettles, Tom (21 July 2013). Living By Revealed Truth The Life and Pastoral Theology of Charles Haddon Spurgeon. Ross-shire: Christian Focus Publishing. p. 700. ISBN 9781781911228.