Charles and Susie
with Dr. Geoff Chang & Dr. Jeff Medders
Charles Spurgeon didn’t carry his ministry alone. Dr. Jeff Medders and Dr. Geoff Chang tell the story of Charles and Susie Spurgeon—their unusual courtship, marriage, family, suffering, and the remarkable ministry partnership that lasted for decades.
Resources Mentioned:
Read Spurgeon’s sleep-written sermon: A Willing People and an Immutable Leader, preached April 13, 1856 from Psalm 110:3.
Learn more about Susie: The Spurgeon Library’s “Susannah Spurgeon: A Faithful Wife” explores her support of Charles as well as the ministry she developed herself.
Marriage and spiritual life: This Spurgeon Library article looks specifically at Bible reading and prayer in Charles and Susie’s marriage.
Susie’s Book Fund: By 1877 alone, Susie reported distributing 4,967 volumes, including 1,950 copies of Lectures to My Students and 1,346 volumes of The Treasury of David. The Spurgeon Library Her lifetime total ultimately approached 200,000 resources.
Susie: The Life and Legacy of Susannah Spurgeon by Ray Rhodes Jr. is the biography Geoff recommends in the episode.
Yours, till Heaven: The Untold Love Story of Charles and Susie Spurgeon by Ray Rhodes Jr. focuses specifically on their marriage through fame, suffering, loneliness, controversy, and ministry.
Spurgeon’s Autobiography was compiled after his death from diaries, letters, records, and autobiographical material by Susie and his private secretary.
In partnership with Thomas Nelson Bibles.
