Dear Sir,
Thank you for the article giving the background to the rebuilding of Lansdowne Baptist, Bournemouth (February The construction of the existing building 138 years ago by the membership was then very visionary. I agree the chapel does not seem to be very welcoming and suitable for today’s church. Think, though, of all those sacrificial gifts given to the Lord in 1877, so that it could be built.
I thought the article’s reference to the old chapel was unduly scathing, as I distinctly remember the Revd Francis’s Dixon’s ministry and his amazing world-wide distribution of the Lansdowne sermons every week. The sermons and teaching were very much appreciated by those who received the notes, including myself as a young Christian doing National Service in the RAF – the Lansdowne building evidently did not hinder the witness and outreach then!
