The Boiler Room

Posted on October 9, 2025 
Filed under Encouragement

“The story is told of five young student ministers who decided to hear Spurgeon preach one Sunday. They had never met him, and as they waited for the church doors to open, they were met by a young man who asked them: ‘Gentlemen, let me show around. Would you like to see the boiler room?’

Now, in mid-19th century Victorian England the boiler room was a hot and dirty room down in the very heart of the church building. Think of it like a dingy basement. The boiler room was essentially the powerhouse of buildings at that time. …”

– At AP, the Presbyterian national journal, Troy Appleton ends this brief article with encouragement and a challenge for church members.