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Visit to Tabernacle Bookshop

One of the places that I had on my must see places in London was the Metropolitan Tabernacle.  Metropolitan Tabernacle is an Independent Reformed Baptist Church where Charles Haddon Spurgeon was the church minister or pastor for 38 years.  Spurgeon is regarded as one of the greatest preachers of the nineteenth century. He was known as the "Prince of Preachers". 

 


The current minister of the church is Dr. Peter Masters. He has been the minister of the church since 1970. He has faithfully preached the word and ministered to his flock for over 50 years. He has also authored many books and booklets as well as trained men from the UK and internationally as preachers and church ministers through the School of Theology and London Reformed Baptist Seminary. He started the Evangelical Times, a monthly periodical focusing on news of for Evangelical churches in the UK. It was my privilege to meet him in 1994 when he was the main preacher during the Zambia Reformed Conference in Lusaka. 

I visited the Tabernacle on 19 September 2019, on a Wednesday morning. Apart from seeing the building, my other aim was to visit the Tabernacle Bookshop to buy some books. When I entered the bookshop, I was like a child that stumbles on a candy shop. I was amazed at the wide selection of sound Christian books and other resources.

I went from shelf to shelf and browsed at the books that were displayed. I then selected the books that I wanted to purchase. I bought a number of booklets authored by Dr. Masters as well as books by other authors. I also bought some CD audio sermons as well as a musical CD. 

Tabernacle Bookshop

It was such a joy for me to meet Wezi Kaonga with whom I attended  Lusaka Baptist Church in Zambia in the late 80s and early 90s. He was attending a memorial service that day. Wezi is currently serving as a pastor in Cambridgeshire.

                                 Gabriel next to the bust of Charles Spurgeon at Metropolitan Tabernacle

I left the Tabernacle bookshop with gratitude to God for enabling me to visit this renowned church. Also grateful to have bought some good books and audio resources.

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