Wisbech Baptist Church
Affiliated to the Baptist Union and the Evangelical Alliance
The Particular Baptists
The exact origins of the Particular Baptists are unclear. There is evidence to show that a congregation existed in the middle of the the seventeenth century. However a congregation is known of in 1689, which was pastored by William Rix. His name appears as a representative at the General Assembly of Particular Baptists, held in London that year.
Under William Rix, they erected their first permanent place of worship in Deadman’s Lane (now Alexandra Road) in 1692. This road was probably so named as it was the route taken by the undertakers between the parish church and the cemetery.
After Rix’s death in 1728, the congregation underwent many changes of fortune, existing
for long periods without a minister, and suffering declining numbers. At the end
of the 1700’s their pastor, William Wright, began to teach a form of Unitarianism
(opposing the traditional Christian belief that God is a Trinity -
Alexandra Road