Phil Newton, Describing the Ministry and Character of C.H. Spurgeon

“Few pastors can compare to Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892), nineteenth-century Baptist pastor at London’s Metropolitan Tabernacle. If one combined John Chrysostom’s oration, Gregory the Great’s pastoral application, Martin Luther’s prolific writing, John Calvin’s pastoral training, John Knox’s pulpit boldness, George Whitefield’s evangelistic gift, and John Wesley’s ability to organize new congregations, he might better understand Spurgeon’s gifts and abilities. Despite years of physical and emotional suffering, he sought to love each day to the fullest – feeding upon Jesus Christ as revealed in the Scriptures while seeking the lost through proclaiming Christ crucified and resurrected” (The Mentoring Church, pg. 104)