Effective Prayer

Charles Haddon (C.H.) Spurgeon (19 June 1834 – 31 January 1892)[1] was a English Baptist preacher. People still know him as the "Prince of Preachers".[2] In his lifetime, Spurgeon preached to about 10 million people.[3] Spurgeon would often preach 10 times a week at different places. His sermons have been translated into many languages. Today, there are more writings and books by Spurgeon than by any other Christian writer.[4]

Spurgeon was the pastor of the Metropolitan Tabernacle in London for 38 years. Under the previous pastor, Dr John Rippon, it became the largest Baptist congregation in Great Britain.[5] He was part of several controversies with the Baptist Union of Great Britain, and later had to leave that denomination.[6] Throughout his life, Spurgeon suffered from depression and other mental illnesses. In 1857, he started a charity organisation called Spurgeon's which works all over the world.[7]