HERITAGE
The historical significance of Westminster Chapel dates back to 1840 when it was founded as a Congregation church, and later opened on 6th July 1865. The Chapel is part of a quartet of significant religious buildings in the City of Westminster, joining the Methodist Central Hall, Abbey and Cathedral as historical religious places.
Westminster Chapel had five particularly well-known pastors: the Revd Samuel Martin (1842–78), G. Campbell Morgan (1904–17, 1933–43), John Henry Jowett (1918–22), Martyn Lloyd-Jones (1939–68), R. T. Kendall (1977–2002) and Greg Haslam (2002–16). During the pastorate of D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones (1939–68) the church left the Congregational Union and joined the Evangelical Fellowship of Congregational Churches (founded 1967) and the Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches.
Could you imagine the Chapel without the grand sounds from its pipe organ? Neither can we - Westminster Chapel's very own organ plays a beautiful tune for all occasions, invoking many different emotions, but to describe it in a few words can be said as beautifully solemn. It was first installed as a four-manual pipe organ, built by the eminent organ-builder Henry Willis (1821–1901; often known as "Father Willis") and restored and enlarged in the 1920s by Messrs Rushworth and Draper.
You can expect to feel a sense of historical splendor as Westminster Chapel stands a mile away from the Houses of Parliament and 200 yards from Buckingham Palace, re-imagining life in the area when it emerged at the start of the Victorian era and then throughout the 20th-century. Since it's founding in the 19th-century, the Chapel has recently completed phase one of the modern renovation plan with the addition of public social spaces, a cafe, and upgrades made to its Great Hall.