The Rehoboth Chapel is a
Strict Baptist
Reformed Baptists (sometimes known as Particular Baptists or Calvinistic Baptists) are Baptists that hold to a Calvinist soteriology (salvation). The first Calvinist Baptist church was formed in the 1630s. The 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith w ...
place of worship in the village of
Jarvis Brook
Jarvis Brook is a village between Crowborough and Rotherfield in the Borough of Wealden East Sussex. Crowborough Railway Station, on the Uckfield branch of the Oxted Line
The Oxted line is a railway in southern England and part of the ...
in the English county of
East Sussex.
The red- and blue-brick building dates from 1876. Its
Gospel Standard
''The Gospel Standard'' is a Strict Baptist
Reformed Baptists (sometimes known as Particular Baptists or Calvinistic Baptists) are Baptists that hold to a Calvinist soteriology (salvation). The first Calvinist Baptist church was formed in the ...
Strict Baptist
Reformed Baptists (sometimes known as Particular Baptists or Calvinistic Baptists) are Baptists that hold to a Calvinist soteriology (salvation). The first Calvinist Baptist church was formed in the 1630s. The 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith w ...
congregation, founded in 1852, maintains links with the Forest Fold chapel on the other side of Crowborough.
Seceders
The First Secession was an exodus of ministers and members from the Church of Scotland in 1733. Those who took part formed the Associate Presbytery and later the United Secession Church. They were often referred to as seceders.
The underlying ...
from that chapel founded the Jarvis Brook cause in 1852; they met in a schoolroom at first.
The chapel is licensed for worship in accordance with the
Places of Worship Registration Act 1855
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and has the registration number 24990.
See also
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List of current places of worship in Wealden
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List of Strict Baptist churches
This is a list of Strict Baptist churches The term 'strict' refers to the strict or closed position held with regard to membership and communion. Such people are referred to as Strict and Particular Baptists.
''Gospel Standard'' churches
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References
Churches completed in 1876
19th-century Baptist churches
Strict Baptist chapels
Baptist churches in East Sussex
19th-century churches in the United Kingdom
Crowborough
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