About Broken Wharfe
Broken Wharfe exists to make the treasures of confessional Baptist theology accessible again, accompanying good theology with good materials to the glory of God.
Why Broken Wharfe?
Broken Wharfe takes its name from one of London’s oldest wharves on the River Thames — a landing place that, by the seventeenth century, had quite literally collapsed into the water. Yet from that place of ruin, a church gathered. What was broken became a meeting ground for those who would not yield their confession. The name reminds us that Christ builds His church not upon strength or stability of men, but upon His own enduring faithfulness.
In 1689, representatives from over a hundred Baptist churches met at Broken Wharfe to affirm a shared confession of faith. What they declared then still guides our work today.
Today, Broken Wharfe is a Reformed Baptist publisher, bookshop and resource provider shaped by that same confession. We publish new books, bring older works back into print, and stock titles from other publishers.
The Meeting House
In William III’s reign, Broken Wharfe housed Hanserd Knollys’s congregation, a quiet witness to the faith of Nonconformists who had risked prison to preach. What took place within those walls was simple: The reading of Scripture, the preaching of Christ, and the gathering of saints determined to obey God rather than man. Today, we seek to promote the whole counsel of God that the congregation in Broken Wharfe stood upon over 300 years ago. It is a catholic, confessional, and reformed faith. It is a faith that looks to Holy Scripture as the sufficient, certain, and infallible rule of all saving knowledge, faith, and obedience. It is a faith that clings to the Lamb, our Lord Jesus Christ, as our Prophet, Priest, and King, and rests upon Him alone for justification, sanctification, and eternal life. Broken Wharfe invites you to browse our shelves and discover the riches of that faith.