Gordon Booth

Gordon Booth was born in 1922 in Teddington, grew up in south London, and attended Ramsden Road Congregational Church, Balham. He was converted through Upper Tooting Crusaders in the mid-30's. He wanted to study for the ministry, but the World War II began and he served in the Army in North Africa and Italy. After the war he trained for the ministry at New College, London. He was then called to the ministry at Oldbury Congregational Church; he lectured at both Birmingham Bible Institute and Midlands Bible Training College. In 1971 he was called to Pall Mall Congregational Church, Leigh on Sea. He published 54 of his hymns in Hymns for the Tabernacle as a gift to his wife before she passed away in 1993. Booth wanted his hymns to be theologically sound, poetic, and able to be sung to suitable music.

Dianne Shapiro from Congregational History Society Magazine, Vol 7, nO. 2, 2013