Matthew Mead

Matthew Mead (c. 1629–1699) was an English Puritan and Independent minister known for his deep yet practical preaching. Educated at King’s College, Cambridge, he was ejected from his lectureship under the Act of Uniformity of 1662 and continued ministering as a dissenter amid persecution and periods of exile in Holland. In 1671, he became pastor of the Independent congregation at Stepney, which grew to be one of the largest dissenting congregations in London.