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The History of the Baptist Missionary So...

This book was recommended to me while visiting Fuller Baptist Church in Kettering, England.  Stanley, lecturer of Church History at Trinity College, Bristol, has done an amazingly detailed job of presenting the history of the missionary society of Carey, Fuller, and others.  Though my interest in more of the early years when these men got […]

A Short History of England

I was delighted to find this 1918 edition on a lonely flea market shelf for just a couple bucks.  I know you have to have a reason to read these kinds of books but I happened to have one.  I was “delighted” because I have found more detailed and specific information than I have in […]

English Baptist History and Heritage

Last month, my sister and I met Roger Hayden in Bristol, England.  We were interested in learning more about the Bristol Baptist College, the oldest Baptist Bible college in the world, as well as    seeing the Broadmead Baptist Church which has housed and partnered with the college since its beginning.  Hayden has been pastor and […]

The Baptists in Scotland

I have found David Bebbington an interesting and thorough historian especially of English and Scottish Baptist history.  My specific interest in this book was the beginning and growth of the Baptists in this land of Presbyterianism and Catholicism.  That beginning could be viewed from three directions.  The first, and probably the oldest, is the influence […]

Christianity According to the Wesleys

This ninety page book was originally given as a lecture in 1954 as a defense of historic Methodism.  Historic information is taken largely from the letters, literature and music scores of the Wesleys.  From the author’s point of view, John and Charles Wesley started a back-to-the-Bible movement from within the Church of England which grew […]

Scotland’s Battles for Spiritual Indepen

This history of the Church of Scotland includes John Knox’s battle for independence from Rome and his part in the  Reformation; the Covenanters who established an independent General Assembly within Presbyterianism; and the Evangelical revival of the Haldane brothers in Edinburgh, as well as Thomas McCrie and Thomas Chalmers.  The Presbyterian Church of Scotland still […]

A History of the English Baptists

 I found this Baptist history in my local “Used Christian Books” store,  It was published by The Carey Kingsgate Press, London, 1947.  It is one of those unique histories that is unaffected by the contemporary penchant for mere story telling.  It pulls no punches when it comes to describing the persecutions Baptists experienced at the […]

The Templars

This is a trial read of a Barnes & Noble book by an English author and authority on Catholic history.  Read traces the history of the Knights Templar, the medieval protectors of the Jerusalem temple during the times of the Crusades.  My interest in the Knights Templar is due to the fanciful re-creation of history […]