Name Change
Posted by Pavlos on December 17, 2009
Merton Road Baptist Chapel officially changes its name to “Bethel Strict Baptist Chapel” in 1945.
Name Change
The building in “The Broadway” formerly known as “Merton Road” was owned by another Baptist Church. This church bought a piece of land nearby in Queen’s Rd, upon which they were to build a new church. CH Spurgeon and his brother James helped Zoar Chapel, which was in Church Street (also known as Church Rd), Wimbledon Village, to buy the building in Merton Rd. in the area, then known as, New Wimbledon.
Zoar Chapel is re-formed as “Merton Rd Chapel” in 1891:
Zoar Chapel was independent and autonomous. It consented to the doctrinal basis of the Gospel Standard and was therefore included in their list of churches until October 1936. There was no mention of Zoar / Merton Rd Chapel after 1937.
