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Finsbury Chapel, originally known as Fletcher's Chapel, was a
Finsbury Chapel, originally known as Fletcher's Chapel, was a Congregational chapel
Congregational churches (also Congregationalist churches or Congregationalism) are Protestant churches in the Calvinist tradition practising congregationalist church governance, in which each congregation independently and autonomously runs its ...
on the south side of East Street, Finsbury
Finsbury is a district of Central London, forming the south-eastern part of the London Borough of Islington. It borders the City of London.
The Manor of Finsbury is first recorded as ''Vinisbir'' (1231) and means "manor of a man called Finn ...
, London. It was founded by the Church of Scotland minister
A Church of Scotland congregation is led by its minister and elders. Both of these terms are also used in other Christian denominations: see Minister (Christianity) and Elder (Christianity). This article discusses the specific understanding o ...
Alexander Fletcher Alexander Fletcher or Alex Fletcher may refer to:
* Alexander Fletcher (British politician) (1929–1989), known as Sir Alex Fletcher, Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) in the UK
* Alexander Fletcher (colonial politician), Canadian politician ...
in 1825.
At its peak it was the largest chapel in London.
References
See also
*John Campbell (19th-century minister)
John Campbell (1795 – 1867) was a Scottish Congregationalist minister at the Moorfields Tabernacle in London. He was the second successor there of George Whitefield, the Calvinistic Methodist. He founded and edited religious magazines and jou ...
* Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass (born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, February 1817 or 1818 – February 20, 1895) was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. After escaping from slavery in Maryland, he became ...
* John Morison (pastor)
John Morison (1791–1859) (also Morrison) was a Scottish Protestant minister in London. He was a longstanding editor of the '' Evangelical Magazine & Missionary Chronicle'', author of theological and biographical subjects, and a Congregational pa ...
* Moses Roper
Moses Roper ( – April 15, 1891) was an African American abolitionist, author and orator. He wrote an influential narrative of his enslavement in the United States in his ''Narrative of the Adventures and Escape of Moses Roper from American Sl ...
1825 establishments in England
Churches in the London Borough of Islington
Chapels in London
Congregational churches in London
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