Mansfield Road Baptist Church is a

Baptist church Baptists form a major branch of Protestantism distinguished by baptizing professing Christian believers only (believer's baptism), and doing so by complete immersion. Baptist churches also generally subscribe to the doctrines of soul compete ...

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, England, UK. It is affiliated with the

Baptist Union of Great Britain Baptists Together (officially The Baptist Union of Great Britain) is a Baptist Christian denomination in England and Wales. It is affiliated with the Baptist World Alliance and Churches Together in England. The headquarters is in Didcot. Hi ...

History

Mansfield Road Baptist Church has its origins in a split within the congregation of

Stoney Street Baptist Church Stoney Street Baptist Chapel is a former Baptist Church on Plumptre Place Road in Nottingham. It is a Grade II listed building. Later it served as St. Mary's Schools, and then as a commercial premises. History Stoney Street Chapel was located on ...

in Nottingham in 1849. They built a new chapel on Milton Street which opened in 1851. In 1863 they appointed as minister Samuel Cox, a very active journalist and author, whose 1877 book 'Salvator Mundi' was a major irritant to

Charles Spurgeon Charles Haddon Spurgeon (19 June 1834 – 31 January 1892) was an English Particular Baptist preacher. Spurgeon remains highly influential among Christians of various denominations, among whom he is known as the "Prince of Preachers". He wa ...

, who suspected Cox of being a universalist. Cox remained at this church until 1888. In 1901 they were joined by the congregation of

Broad Street Baptist Church Broad Street Baptist Church was a former Baptist Church in Nottingham 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 congrega ...

. In 1912 they moved out to the current church which was newly built on the corner of Gregory Boulevard and Sherwood Rise. The Milton Street chapel was sold, and became a lecture hall for the adjacent

Nottingham Mechanics' Institution The Nottingham Mechanics' Institution was founded in 1837 in Nottingham to improve the knowledge of working men with classes and lectures, the provision of libraries, performances of music, drama and readings, and through social contact with a g ...

Organ

The pipe organ was installed in 1913 by

Norman and Beard Norman and Beard were a pipe organ manufacturer based in Norwich from 1887 to 1916. History The origins of the company are from a business founded in Diss in 1870 by Ernest William Norman (1851–1927). In 1876 he moved to Norwich where he wen ...

. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.

References

{{reflist Baptist churches in Nottingham Churches completed in 1913 1913 establishments in England