Soho Baptist Chapel Explained

Soho Baptist Chapel is a church at 166a Shaftesbury Avenue, London, on the corner with Mercer Street. It was originally a Baptist church, which relocated to North Finchley and is now called High Road Baptist Church.^[1] The church is now the Chinese Church in London.

History

The church was built in 1887–88 to a design by the architect William Gillbee Scott for a Strict Baptist church community that had been formed in 1791.^[2] In 1916–17, it was sold to another Strict Baptist church, after their 99-year lease on a chapel in Gower Street came to an end, and became the Gower Street Memorial Chapel.^{[3] [4]}

It is now the Chinese Church in London, Soho Outreach Centre.^[5]

External links

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Notes and References

1. Web site: History. February 5, 2016.
2. Book: Christopher Stell. Nonconformist Chapels and Meeting-houses in Eastern England. 2002. English Heritage. 978-1-873592-50-2. 74.
3. Web site: UCL Bloomsbury Project. ucl.ac.uk. 2016-09-09.
4. Web site: Gospel Tidings Article.. gospeltidings.org.uk. 2016-09-09.
5. Web site: Soho | Chinese Church In London. ccil.org.uk. 2016-09-09.