page_title: Alexander Fletcher (minister)
hierarchical_section_title: Alexander Fletcher (minister)
caption_attribution_description: English: Memorial to Alexander Fletcher (minister) erected by his congregation at Abney Park Cemetery, London.
context_page_description: Alexander Fletcher, the Children's Friend, was a Scottish kirk minister, and later an Independent divine in England. Author of numerous devotional works, and founder of the Finsbury Chapel in London, he was widely acknowledged as the pioneer of preaching to audiences of children and attracting large crowds of young people to nonconformist chapels through specially designed events and services as well as through Sunday schools.
  He is also noted for his support of missionary work, and for the abolition of slavery in the United States.
context_section_description: Alexander Fletcher (1787–1860), the Children's Friend, was a Scottish kirk minister, and later an Independent (Congregationalist) divine in England. Author of numerous devotional works, and founder of the Finsbury Chapel in London, he was widely acknowledged as the pioneer of preaching to audiences of children and attracting large crowds of young people to nonconformist chapels through specially designed events and services as well as through Sunday schools.
  He is also noted for his support of missionary work, and for the abolition of slavery in the United States.
caption: Memorial to Fletcher erected by his congregation at Abney Park Cemetery, London
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