Charles Simeon (1759-1836)

In 1989 at the “Bethlehem Conference for Pastors,” John Piper presented a biography entitled, “Brothers, We Must Not Mind a Little Suffering: Meditations on the Life of Charles Simeon.” Charles Simeon was an Anglican Calvinist of sorts (though he did not refer to himself as a “Calvinist”). In Curt Daniel’s, The History and Theology of Calvinism Simeon is not listed among the 18th century Anglican Calvinists (those listed are Toplady, Newton, and Whitefield). [This is not an endorsement of Daniel, Piper, and Clifford as true Christians, but they are useful for presenting theological history.]