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Joseph Parker

(1830-1902), Congregational minister

Sitter in 12 portraits
Parker preached his first sermon on a village green in 1848 and was enrolled as a lay preacher in the Methodist circuit. In 1869 he began his ministry at the oldest non-conformist church in London, the Poultry Chapel, Cheapside. It was not in a flourishing condition but was soon filled with eager congregations. His success made a new building necessary and the City Temple opened in 1876. Here Parker ministered for the rest of his life. The huge congregations that he attracted in England, Scotland, and the United States testified to a rare ability to make the Christian message relevant to his own generation. He was a prolific author, publishing more than sixty books and numerous articles.

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Joseph Parker
by Harry Furniss
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Joseph Parker
by Harry Furniss
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Joseph Parker
by Harry Furniss
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Joseph Parker
by Charles Bell Birch
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Joseph Parker
by Frederick Tancock Palmer
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Joseph Parker
by Elliott & Fry
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Various clergymen
by and after Elliott & Fry
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Joseph Parker
by Elliott & Fry
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Joseph Parker
by E.H. Mills, published by J. Beagles & Co
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oseph Parker ('Men of the Day. No. 303.')
by Carlo Pellegrini
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Related People

Josephine Deedes (née Parker) (daughter)
Ellen Constance Mann (née Parker) (daughter)
Alice (née Parker), Lady Miles (daughter)

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