author
Alfred Rowland
1840–1925
A long-serving Congregational minister and popular religious writer, he spent decades in the pulpit and also wrote books aimed at making Bible study clear and approachable. His career included leading roles in English Congregational life, and his work ranged from sermons and commentary to devotional reading.
1 Audiobook
Men of the Bible; Some Lesser-Known Characters
by George Milligan, Walter F. (Walter Frederic) Adeney, J. Morgan (James Morgan) Gibbon, J. G. (John Gershom) Greenhough, H. Elvet (Howell Elvet) Lewis, Alfred Rowland, David Rowlands, W. J. (William John) Townsend
About the author
Born in 1840 and dying in 1925, Alfred Rowland was a British Nonconformist minister best known for his work in the Congregational church. Sources identify him as pastor of the Congregational Church in Frome and later of Park Chapel, Crouch End, and note that he served as chairman of the Congregational Union of England and Wales.
He was also a prolific author. Library and bookselling records connect his name with works such as The Exchanged Crowns and Paul's Ideal Church and People, showing the range of his writing from devotional and expository books to more broadly accessible religious reading.
Because online biographical material about him is fairly limited, some personal details are harder to confirm cleanly from reliable sources. Even so, the available record presents him as a well-known preacher of his day whose writing aimed to bring scripture and practical faith to ordinary readers.