The Metropolitan Tabernacle is a large independent Reformed Baptist church in the Elephant and Castle in London. It was the largest non-conformist church of its day in 1861. The Tabernacle Fellowship have been worshipping together since 1650. Its first pastor was William Rider; other notable pastors and preachers include Benjamin Keach, John Gill, John Rippon and C. H. Spurgeon. The Tabernacle still worships and holds to its Biblical foundations and principles under its present pastor, Peter Masters.
Metropolitan Tabernacle
Metropolitan Tabernacle in 1890
Interior of the original Metropolitan Tabernacle
Elephant and Castle is an area of South London, England, in the London Borough of Southwark. The name also informally refers to much of Walworth and Newington, due to the proximity of the London Underground station of the same name. The name is derived from a local coaching inn.
The Elephant & Castle statue, salvaged from the Victorian pub of the same name
The crest of the Worshipful Company of Cutlers.
The "elephant and castle" from the 14th-century choir stalls in Chester Cathedral
The Elephant and Castle shopping centre, Hannibal House and The Coronet in September 2020
