Blog Entries in Beards

How Spurgeon’s Beard Launched His Ministry

October 4, 2016

What if I told you Spurgeon’s beard (or lack thereof) launched his ministry? Here’s what happened. Before Spurgeon moved to London in 1854, he pastored a cottage chapel in the quaint village of Waterbeach. One day, Spurgeon and two other ministers were invited to address a large audience at the Sunday School Union in Cambridge. Spurgeon was the …