Gospel Livin' On The Hill (Gospel Livin' on the Hill, #1)
by Ronald E George Jr
In 1857 James Anderson Slover rode into Indian Territory as the first Southern Baptist missionary to the Cherokee Nation. As the Civil War began to divide the Cherokees along with the rest of the nation, Slover was caught up in one of the most intense dramas of his century. As a farmer, teacher, preacher and evangelist, observer of the Mexican War and the Civil War, contemporary commentator on slavery, and California pioneer, Slover played a small role in changing the face of the nation. It was...
A veteran Baptist pastor and ministry professor offers a distinctive free church vision for pastoral leadership, attending to voices from the past four centuries as they speak about the practice of ministry. The book contains theological reflection on current ministry issues among Baptists based on biblical and historical foundations and reflects a diversity of Baptist life across time and around the world, including many different voices. Each chapter contains reflection questions to help reade...
Religion and the Making of Nat Turner's Virginia (American South)
by Randolph Ferguson Scully
Religion and the Making of Nat Turner's Virginia provides a new interpretation of the rise of evangelical Christianity in the early American South by reconstructing the complex, biracial history of the Baptist movement in southeastern Virginia. This region and its religious history became a subject of intense national scrutiny in the wake of the 1831 revolt led by the enslaved preacher and prophet Nat Turner. But by the time Turner led his fellow slaves on their deadly march across the fields an...
Containing a varied, distinctive mix of traditional and contemporary songs and hymnody, this new hymnbook reflects the many developments in Baptist Church life over the past few years. The selection includes pieces from many Christian traditions and lands, with a number based on the beautiful chants of the Taize and Iona communities. "Baptist Praise and Worship" also retains the responsive readings or ministers and congregations included in the previous hymnbook, but these will now be dispersed...
Creation and the Environment (Center Books in Anabaptist Studies)
Recent years have seen a shift in the belief that a religious world-view, specifically a Christian one, precludes a commitment to environmentalism. Whether as "stewards of God's creation" or champions of "environmental justice", church members have increasingly found that a strong pro-ecology stand on environmental issues is an integral component of their faith. But not all Christian denominations are latecomers to the issue of environmentalism. In this text, supported and produced by the Mennon...
Letters on Christian Baptism, As the Initiating Ordinance into the Real Kingdom of Christ
by John, Flavel Bliss
Baptism in Its Mode and Subjects - Primary Source Edition
by Alexander Carson
The History of Wymondley Baptist Church and its Village
by Nigel Billingham