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In 1905 a campaign was embarked upon to build a new Chapel. The cost of the new Chapel was given as £2,200. The drawing below was made by Tait Hobbs the Architect based in Dartford. The following mottoes were proclaimed as part of the fund raising campaign; 
I. THE POWER OF GOD.
"Nothing is too hard for the Lord" (Jeremiah 32:17)
II. THE POWER OF FAITH.
"All things are possible to him who believeth" (Mark 9:23)
III. THE POWER OF PRAYER.
"Ask, and ye shall recieve" (John 16:24)
IV. THE POWER OF SACRIFICE.
"She hath done what she could" (Mark 14:8)
On the 16th April 1906, the eight Memorial Stones were laid, and the Chapel completed in that year.
The eight stones were laid either by or on behalf of the following;
Mr. Wm. Rogers, Horton Kirby
Mr. Sidney Gibson, Eynsford
Sir Hhugh Gilzean Reid, L.L.D., London
D. Clarke, Esq., J.P., C.A., High Wycombe
Mr. J. Peters, London
Mr. T. Wild, Middlesex
The Village Pastors from various Counties
Mr. E. Rayner, Wadhurst
Henry T Cadbury presided over the Ceremony.
During the building meetings took place in the local Drill Hall. For the stone laying ceremony, the assembly gather at the Drill Hall and sung "God bless our native land".
The assembly moved to the Chapel site where the Hymn "Our Fathers' Friend and God" was sung, and in the evening at the Drill Hall, the hymn "Our Father God, our Fathers' God" was sung.
The silver trowel used for the stone laying was sent to the Baptists in Australia for a stone laying there, and was subsequently returned in 1958 [see Chapter 6]!
Ministers of Eynsford Baptist Church
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1792- 1802
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John Morris
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1802-1814
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John Rogers
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1843-1846
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G. H. Whitehead
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1846-1851
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W. Reynolds
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1852-1860
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J. Whittemore
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1863-1871
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J. M. Camp
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1871-1881
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William Mummery
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1882-1892
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G. B. Richardson
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1892-1895
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Henry Dunkley
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1896-1905
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John Smith
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1905-1908
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H. E. Stone
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1925-1925
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John. W. Y. Meikle
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1925-1938
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John Munro
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1938-1940
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Bertram. H. Carpenter
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1941-1950
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Stanley Thomas
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1951-1960
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Arthur T. Stockwell
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1961-1968
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Arthur J. Hallworth
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1969-1974
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Cyril A. G. Austen
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1975-1980
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Malcolm J. Cook
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1981-1999
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Wilfred B. Stanbury
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2000-
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John & Joan Saunders
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2006-
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Bertram. H. Carpenter
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