| Lambert Road Baptist Church | |
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| Location | Durban, KwaZulu-Natal |
| Country |  South Africa |
| Denomination | Baptist |
| Associations | Baptist Union of Southern Africa |
| Website | www |
| History | |
| Founded | 1904 |
Lambert Road Baptist Church is a Baptist church located in the suburb of Morningside, in Durban, South Africa. This church is a member of the Baptist Union of Southern Africa.
Lambert Road Baptist Church was planted in Durban in 1904 by the Durban Central (West Street) and Bulwer Road Baptist Churches to minister to "the Stamford Hill area", what is today the suburb of Morningside. [1] During the 1950s and 1960s the church had an all age Sunday school of 200, and a significant young adult ministry. [2]
Pastors who have served at Lambert Road Baptist Church over the years are: [3]
| Name | Years | |
|---|---|---|
| Richard Raine Miller | 1904–1906 | |
| Dr Alfred Hall | 1906–1909 | |
| Thomas Aitken | 1910–1913 | |
| George William Cross | 1913–1918 | |
| Arthur Henry Chapman | 1918–1922 | |
| Henry James Batts | 1922–1926 | |
| Robert Fortune Lindsay | 1927–1943 | |
| Kenneth Richardson | 1943–1945 | |
| Llewelyn Glyndwr Tudor | 1946–1954 | |
| Prof John Norman Jonsson | 1954–1960 | |
| Cedric Winter | 1961–1971 | |
| Robert Jardine Baston | 1972–1993 | |
| Stephen McKibbin | 1994–1998 | |
| Dr Terence Barton McGee | 1999–2004 | |
| Patrick Haynes | 2006–2007 | |
| Gareth Simpson | 2008–2011 - | |
| Stuart Cranna | Current |
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