Spurgeon biography

With no formal theological training, British Baptist preacher Charles Haddon Spurgeon (–) became the most popular minister of the nineteenth century, regularly attracting crowds of 6, each Sunday to his London – based Metropolitan Tabernacle church.

In the history of Christianity, no other cleric is more widely read—after Biblical ones—than Spurgeon. He has more material available to readers than any other Christian author, dead or alive.

Born to Family of Ministers

Charles Haddon Spurgeon was born June 19, , in a small cottage in Kelvedon, Essex, England, to John and Eliza (Jarvis) Spurgeon.

Before he was a year old, the family moved to Colchester. Spurgeon's father was a minister, who served independent congregations in the area.

Charles spurgeon biography

John and Eliza Spurgeon had 17 children, eight of whom survived infancy. Due to financial constraints, Spurgeon went to live with his grandparents in Stambourne when he was about 18 months old. His grandfather, James Spurg