Spurgeon started a college for young men who were eager to preach but of a lower class than those who were generally accepted into the seminary schools of the day. Spurgeon started the school in cooperation with a man who disagreed with him doctrinally on several points.

I think that this fact is fascinating.

It seems to me that Spurgeon’s success is not attributed to his precise intellectual theology or Biblical interpretation, but to practical theology and humility. Spurgeon spoke to the average person in a language that they understood. Spurgeon sought to reach his audience instead of pleasing the religious elites and establishment. Spurgeon served humbly as a pastor and the people responded with gratitude.

Nothing really changes. Jesus said, “the least shall be the greatest and the greatest shall be the servant of all.”

Ministry = serving others