Broad Street Baptist Church was a former Baptist Church in

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from 1818 to 1901. The building is now occupied by the Revolution bar.

History

The church was established as a General Baptist Church in 1817 when a schism split the congregation of Stoney Street Baptist Church, and the ousted minister, Rev. Robert Smith, took his followers to set up a new church. New buildings were erected in Broad Street in 1818, and adjacent Sunday School buildings followed a few years later. In 1842 the congregation received an invitation from the nearby George Street Particular Baptist Church suggesting a joint celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Particular Baptist Missionary Society. Although this didn't initially result in closer co-operation, further initiatives a few years later resulted in a closer working relationship with other Baptist groups through the Baptist Union. The congregation sponsored the development of other Baptist Churches, and in 1859 contributed towards the building of

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. The chapel merged with Milton Street General Baptist chapel (later

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) in 1901. The chapel was converted to a lace warehouse in 1903 by

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,Pevsner Architectural Guides, Nottingham, Elain Harwood. Yale University Press. and then in the late 20th century to the Revolution bar. The Sunday School building became another bar, Muse.

Ministers

*Robert Smith *Adam Smith *Richard Ingham 1834 - 1838 *W.R. Stevenson 1851 - 1876

Organ

The church used stringed instruments until a harmonium was purchased in 1857. In 1869 a new pipe organ was installed by local builder Lloyd and Dudgeon.

References

{{Authority control Churches completed in 1818 Former Baptist churches in England Former churches in Nottinghamshire