The Spurgeon Center, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
A Puritan Catechism (Spurgeon)
Charles Spurgeon's 1855 catechism of 82 questions and answers, compiled from the Westminster and Baptist catechisms for his own congregation and written in plain language for families and churches. Spurgeon's preface urges that the words be memorized and the meaning explained as they are studied.
Why this is listed
Page confirmed live on 2026-10-24 in the Spurgeon Library with the catechism readable in full at no cost. Spurgeon's Morning and Evening is already listed; this is a separate resource for family catechesis.
How to start
- Open spurgeon.org (opens an external site) and read what The Spurgeon Center, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary says about itself before you read anything else.
- Confirm the cost and level fit: free, introductory, over ongoing.
- Note the tradition — Baptist. It will shape what you are taught, and that is worth knowing going in.
- Put the first session in your calendar now. The gap between reading about study and doing it is a calendar entry.
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- Cost
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- Time
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- Where
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- Cost
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- Time
- Weekly rhythm
- Where
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- Format
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Put it into practice
Places doing this work that you could join. From New Grain; the picks change each day.
- Orphan & foster careVerified
Host a child before the state has to
Safe Families for Children
Volunteer families take a child in for days or weeks while a parent handles a crisis — hospital stay, housing loss, treatment — with no court involvement and the parent keeping custody throughout. Hosts are interviewed, trained, background-checked, and home-screened much like foster carers.
- Time
- Weeks
- Where
- United States
- Area
- Orphan & foster care
Last verified September 8, 2026
- Orphan & foster careVerified
New Life Family Services
New Life Family Services
Pregnancy, parenting, post-abortion, and adoption services at no cost. Supported by Calvary Church.
- Time
- Ongoing
- Where
- Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
- Area
- Orphan & foster care
Last verified October 7, 2026
- Orphan & foster careVerified
Commission 127
Commission 127
Equips churches to run support ministries for foster and adoptive families. Supported by First Orlando (First Baptist Church of Orlando).
- Time
- Ongoing
- Where
- Orlando, Florida, United States
- Area
- Orphan & foster care
Last verified October 7, 2026
