 He then became the pastor at a chapel in Hailsham.William Cowper, the first pastor of Zoar Chapel, lived at Providence Cottage in Upper Dicker; in the 1970s documents were found there which related to the ministry of James Reed of Chiddingly, a prominent Baptist preacher of the late 18th century.William Vine, the third pastor at Zoar Chapel, was previously linked to the Strict Baptist chapel in Hailsham.