The practice of removing the name Baptist from Baptist churches has become increasingly popular. It seems that more and more Baptist churches are opting for displaying a generic name even though they may retain a legal title (as a not-for-profit organization) with the name Baptist in it. Some Baptist organizations are encouraging this as a […]
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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 […]
An Authentic Narrative
John Newton, pastor, song writer, and former slave-trader, wrote his auto-biography in a series of fourteen letters to a friend. They are quite remarkable in literary genius and spiritual insight. They remind one of Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe as Newton traveled the sailing world in hunt of treasure to sell (sometimes even slaves) and often […]
Our Baptist Missionary Heritage
Retracing the steps of our Baptist and Independent forefathers is always an enriching experience. Whether one learns of those brave souls who endured terrible torture and death, or those who languished in prison, or those who fought theological and apologetic battles for the faith, it is always good to be put in remembrance of our […]
The Story of the Baptists in all Ages an...
Cook was the pastor of the Second Baptist Church of Wilmington, Delaware when he published this book in 1884. It has been reprinted by Revival Literature. I always enjoy these older histories that have no bones to pick or dues to pay by what they say or report. Cook’s obvious objective was to put the […]
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 […]
The Armies of the Lamb
I have found the writings of Andrew Fuller, the friend of William Carey, to be of great inspiration. This is a collection of letters that he wrote over the course of his ministry. I have included this brief summary of his salvation. “I thought nothing about the exercises of my own mind, but merely of […]
The Lives of Robert and James Haldane
Robert and James Haldane were brothers who came to the Lord and ministered in their native Scotland in the late 1700s and early 1800s. Many have read or used Robert Haldane’s classic commentary on Romans (which was required even in Bible College). On each trip to Scotland we attend the Charlotte Baptist Chapel in Edinburgh […]
This Day in Baptist History, Vol II
The new year is a good time to begin one of those daily reading books that you will finish in one year. Reading the Bible through in a year ought to be the very minimum for a believer, but there are also many good books on the shelf that are also divided up into 365 […]