PUBLISHERS PRELUDE

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To His Marvellous Light, by Pastor William Olo Poloc.

PUBLISHERS PRELUDE

This publication outlines the difficulties connected with the closure of The Bierton Baptist Chapel, where the Trust Deed and Title to the chapel was not registered with H.M. Land Registry. The problem arose when the Trustees wished to dispose of the chapel after the last worship service was held at the closure of the chapel, on 22nd December, 2002. It was assumed that there was not lawful person to take on the responsibly for the chapel, as a sole trustee. The Trust Deed, states how trustees are to be elected, and was recovered from one of the former church members who had died, and was lodged with their solicitors and was recovered sometime after the year ending , 2002.

A full account is published in, ‘Let Christian Men Be Men’, by David Clarke.

The Bierton Chapel belonged to the Church called the society of Strict and Particular Baptist which was formed in 1831 and the chapel was closed for worship on 22nd December 2002, and its entitlement to membership, and rules, are recorded in the Title Deed and Indenture, of the same date.

Mr. David Clarke was received as a member of the Bierton Church, in 1976. And the church became a Gospel Standard listed cause on the 16th January 1981. An account of his call by grace, which took place on the 16th January, 1970 and is told in ‘Converted on LSD Trip,’ by David Clarke.

Mr. Clarke was appointed secretary and dealt with the various matters of the Church that held to traditional rules relating to church membership as expressed in the Gospel Standard rules of conduct. Mr. Clarke was called by the Lord, and sent by the Church to preach the gospel, in 1982 and preached in many Gospel Standard Churches, in the U.K. until, July 1984.

Mr. Clarke seceded from the Bierton Church, in 1984 over matters of conscience as the church had turned aside from teaching particular redemption and allowing one of its male members to teach general redemption which was contrary to the churches articles of religion as expressed in the trust deed. That male member being Mr. King and also a trustee of the church. On withdrawing from the church Mr. Clarke wrote a full account of his withdrawal in his book, ‘The Bierton Crisis 1984’ and gave copies to the lawful elected trustees and to all concerned. The trustees were responsible for ensuring the church continued to worship God, in the chapel, according to the terms and doctrines, as expressed in the trust deed. It was Mr. Clarke’s complaint that the church had failed to honour their com-