Rushden Research Group: Churches - Park Road Baptist Church, Rushden

Trevor Higgs 2008

Park Road Baptist Church, Rushden

Ministers

with dates they served

In the Baptist church the Ministers are chosen by the full membership of the church with guidance from the Deacons. The Ministers have no fixed length of service.

Name		Date From	Date To
John	WOLLASTON	1723	1737
William	KNOWLES	1752	1794
Joseph	BELCHER	1795	1797
Thomas	CLAYPOLE	1798	1799
John	PEACOCK	1804	1821
James	FARLEY	1825
James	BEAN	1826	1830
Jonathan	WHITTEMORE	1832	1851
George Griggs	BAILEY	1854	1856
Robert Emms	BRADFIELD	1857	1879
William Alfred	DAVIS	1880	1885
William John	TOMKINS	1885	1898
William Fredrick	HARRIS	1899	1909
Harry John	HORN	1910	1916
Robert Charles	LAW	1917	1921
James Alexander	SUTHERLAND	1922	1929
Thomas Woodman	GILL	1930	1939
Richard Percival	JONES	1940	1949
Alec Stuart	ARNOLD	1950	1957
Vivian C	EVANS	1957	1961
Lewis R	MISSELBROOK	1961	1968
W Ralph	MARTIN	1969	1981
Paul G	INNES	1981	1988
Maurice A	WHITTAKER	1990	1995
Nigel R	BROWN	1996	2002
Martyn	THORNE	2005	present

Rev W F Harris wrote a book in 1901 "The Romance of a Northamptonshire Baptist Church" in which he details the history of the church.

Some 50 years later, in 1951, church stalwart George Bayes, wrote another history of the new church built in 1900 to continue the story.

Rev W F Harris

Rushden Echo, 17th August 1917

Baptist Ministry at Rushden

The Rev. R. C. Law, A.T.S., of Rochdale, who has accepted the pastorate of Park Road Baptist Church, Rushden, in succession to Rev. H. J. Horn.

The Rev R. C. Law, was formally recognised as pastor of the

Park-road Baptist Church, in October 1917,

when he conducted a Memorial Service to the fallen from the church

Rushden Echo, 17th February 1925, transcribed by Kay Collins

Stanwick - The farewell service of the Rev E Cushing was held at the United Baptist Chapel on Sunday morning, when a large congregation assembled. At the close of the service Mr A Clark, one of the deacons, presented Mr Cushing with a cheque on behalf of the church and congregation in appreciation of the service rendered to the church, during his 4½ years’ ministry in the circuit.

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