Tom Chapman 1971 – 2017
Thomas Murray Chapman, pastor of Surrey Chapel Free Church in Norwich, went to be with his Lord on 23 September, after a ten-year battle with brain cancer. Aged only 45, he leaves behind his devoted wife, Suzanne, their four children, and the church he loved and shepherded for 15 years.
Derek Haylock, retired elder, Surrey Chapel.
In 1990 Tom went up to King’s College, Cambridge, to study Earth Sciences. As a student he was immediately active as a Christian, sharing the gospel and rejuvenating the Christian Union in his college. He went on to train as an assistant minister at Eden Baptist Church in Cambridge from 1995 to 2002. With his ability to engage people of all ages and backgrounds he was soon recognised as ‘one of the finest preachers of his generation’.
