Church Key Dates
This page gives keydates for Christian events to stand alongside the main TBC Multimedia History.
Before 1870
| 5 BC | (approx) Jesus born in Nazareth |
| 28 AD | (approx) Jesus crucified and rose again |
1870
| 1877 | Spurgeon's Metropolitan Country Mission began Baptist meetings in Bridge Place, Teddington |
1880
| 1880 | Baptist meeting moved to Craig Hall |
| 1881 | Recognition as independent church at Craig Hall |
| 1883 | appointed as pastor with Mr J P Chalmers |
| 1884 | Tin Tabernacle opened in Church Road on 30 March First Baptismal Service in Tin Tabernacle |
| 1883 | Mr Joseph Clark appointed as sole pastor |
| 1885 | Mr Joseph Clark left Rev Alexander Greer arrived |
| 1887 | Rev Alexander Greer left |
| 1889 | Rev Daniel Spencer arrived (Feb) and left (Oct) |
1890
| 1891 | Rev R J Williamson arrived |
| 1895 | New church building opened on 23 January |
| 1897-98 | Rev Alexander Corbet assisted Rev Williamson |
| 1899 | Rev R J Williamson died |
1900
| 1900 | Rev H J Horn arrived |
| 1908 | Sunday School buildings opened on 23 September |
1910
| 1910 | Rev H J Horn left |
| 1911 | Rev James McCleery arrived |
| 1913 | Electricity installed in church and sunday school buildings |
| 1915 | TBC's Scout Troop founded TBC's Girls' Life Brigade Company founded |
| 1914-18 | Three members of the fellowship died on active service (details) |
| 1918 | Rev James McCleery left |
| 1919 | Rev W Harold Tebbit arrived |
1920
| 1927 | Rev W Harold Tebbit left |
| 1928 | Rev H J Morley arrived |
1930
| 1938 | Rev H J Morley left |
1940
| 1940 | Rev E F Sutton arrived |
| 1940 | Church building destroyed by bomb |
| 1939-45 | Eight members of the fellowship died on active service (details) |
| 1946 | Rev E F Sutton left |
| 1947 | Rev F G Missen arrived |
1950
| 1954 | Billy Graham Harringay Crusade |
| 1955 | Billy Graham Wembley Crusade |
| 1956 | Church building opened |
| 1957 | Rev F G Missen left because of ill health (died in 1958) |
| 1957 | Rev Theo F Valentine arrived |
1960
| 1966 | Rev Theo F Valentine left Rev J Ronald Harper arrived |
1970
| 1971 | 90th Anniversary celebrated |
| 1974 | Rev J Ronald Harper left |
| 1974 | Rev Roger Martin arrived |
| 1977 | TBC joined Evangelical Alliance |
| 1979 | Him Praise produced - TBC's own hymn/chorus book |
1980
| 1980 | Rev Roger Martin leaves |
| 1981 | Centenary Celebrations and Musical |
| 1982 | Rev Jim Binney arrived |
| 1984 | Mrs Wyn Herd arrived as Associate Minister |
| 1986 | Elders appointed (John Cant and Ernie Holder) Men's Bible Study establishd Church building damaged by fire |
| 1987 | Mrs Wyn Herd left Rev Jim Binney left |
| 1988 | Major renovations to church building |
| 1989 | Rev Bill Miles arrived |
1990
| 1990 | TBC's Girls' Brigade Company closed |
| 1990 | Rev Andrew Willis arrived |
| 1992 | Hampton Baptist Church planted |
| 1995 | Rev Bill Miles left |
| 1996 | Hampton Baptist Church became independent Rev Andrew Willis left TBC launched church web site Wot? launched - web site to serve the community |
| 1997 | Rev Richard Littledale arrived |
| 1998 | Richard Colpus arrived as Youth Leader |
2000
| 2000 | Millennium Celebrations of the birth of Jesus Christ |
| 2003 | Richard Colpus left |
| 2004 | Eli Hassoun arrived as Youth Pastor Teddington Baptist Church opened refurbished premises |
| 2006 | 125th Anniversary celebrated |