When Benjamin Beddome became the pastor at Bourton-on-the-water, one of the first things he aggressively pursued besides preaching was catechizing. He aimed for the simple but thorough and deep teaching of his congregation and their children from the Scriptures through the Baptist Catechism. The use of a catechism had been part of Particular Baptist life since their emergence from puritan dissent. Men such as Henry Jessey, Hercules Collins, John Bunyan, and most famously, William Collins and Benjamin Keach had produced catechisms for the churches.
