Spurgeon's College Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==History== The school was founded in 1856 by Pastor [[Charles Spurgeon]] as "Pastors' College" in [[London]].<ref>George Thomas Kurian, Mark A. Lamport, ''Encyclopedia of Christian Education, Volume 3'', Rowman & Littlefield, USA, 2015, p. 1205.</ref><ref>Michael Edward Williams, Walter B. Shurden, ''Turning Points in Baptist History'', Mercer University Press, USA, 2008, p. 132.</ref> His vision was to provide a practical theological education, [[Christian mission|mission]]-centered.<ref>David Emmanuel Singh, Bernard C. Farr, ''Christianity and Education: Shaping Christian Thinking in Context'', Wipf and Stock Publishers, USA, 2011, p. 174.</ref> By 1892, the school had trained 863 students.<ref>John H. Y. Briggs, ''A Dictionary of European Baptist Life and Thought'', Wipf and Stock Publishers, USA, 2009, p. 480.</ref> In 1923, it moved to its present building and was renamed in honor of its founder.<ref>Michael Kenneth Nicholls, [https://www.christianitytoday.com/history/issues/issue-29/spurgeons-college.html Spurgeon's College], christianitytoday.com, USA, Vol. 29, 1991.</ref> {{Baptist}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page