Witnesses to the Baptist Heritage: Thirty Baptists Every Christian Should Know (James N. Griffith Endowed Series in Baptist Studies)

Synopsis

Baptists Lack A Single Central Figure In Their Origins That Lutherans, Reformed, Presbyterians, And Methodists Have With Martin Luther, John Calvin, John Knox, And John Wesley. Additionally, Baptists Focus So Heavily On The Bible For Authority And Key Beliefs Or Practices Like Religious Liberty, Social Justice, Missions, And Preaching That Sometimes Baptists And Other Christians Forget The Significant Role That People Play In Forging And Promoting Those Ideas And Practices. This Book Seeks To Address This Shortcoming By Providing An Introductory Text Of Baptist Biographies. Thomas Helwys (c. 1575-c.1614), Witness To Church And State -- John Clarke (1609-1676), Global Shaper Of Religious Freedom -- Benjamin Keach (1640-1765), Worship Innovator -- Anne Dutton (1692-1765), Contemplative Baptist Spiritual Director -- Shubal Stearn (1706-1771), Southern Evangelist Extraordinaire -- Isaac Backus (1762-1806), Champion Of Religious Liberty -- Dan Taylor (1738-1816), Apostle Of God's Free Grace -- Andrew Fuller (1754-1815), Guardian Of Gospel Proclamation -- John Leland (1756-1841), Preacher, Patriot, Baptist Freedom Fighter -- William Carey (1761-1834), Father Of The Modern Mission Movement -- Lott Carey (c. 1780-1828), Father Of African-american Missions -- Adoniram Judson (1788-1854), American Baptist Bridge To The World -- Johann Gerhard Oncken (1800-1884), Catalyst Of European Church Planting Movement -- Isaac Taylor Tichenor (1825-1902), Father Of Cooperative Baptist Missions -- Robert Cooke Buckner (1833-1919), Father Of Social Christianity -- Charles H. Spurgeon (1834-1892), Baptist Prince Of Preachers -- Lottie Moon (1940-1912), Pioneer Missionary And Southern Baptist 'saint' -- E. C. Morris (1855-1922), Trailblazer For Racial Equality -- E. Y. Mullins (1860-1928), Guardian Of Voluntary Faith -- Walter Rauschenbusch (1861-1918), Pioneer Of The Social Gospel -- Helen Barrett Montgomery (1861-1934), Apostle Of Woman's Work For Woman -- George W. Truett (1867-1944), Preacher To Preachers -- William Owen Carver (1868-1954) Theologian For A New Era -- James Hentry Rushbrooke (1870-1947), Baptist Peacemaker -- Nannie Helen Burroughs (1879-1962), Voice For Gender Equality -- B.b. Mckinney (1886-1952), The People's Musician -- Thomas Buforn Maston (1897-1988), Southern Baptist Pioneer In Race Relations -- Herschel H. Hobbs (1907-1995), Conservative Advocate For Denominational Unity -- Henlee Barnette (1911-2004), Baptist Activist For Love And Justice --gardner Taylor (1919-2015), Poet Laureate Of Preaching. Edited By Michael E. Williams, Sr. Includes Bibliographical References ([213]-232) And Index.