Author: William H. BrackneyPublisher:
ISBN: 9780881464399
Category : Baptists
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Baptists in Early North America
Author: William H. BrackneyPublisher:
ISBN: 9780881464399
Category : Baptists
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
300th Anniversary Year Book of the First Baptist Church, Swansea, Mass
Author: First Baptist Church (Swansea, Mass.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Baptists
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Historical Dictionary of the Baptists
Author: William H. BrackneyPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1538122529
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 723
Book Description
Baptists are a major group of Christians with a worldwide presence. Originating in the English Puritan-Separatist tradition of the 17th century, Baptists proliferated in North America, and through missionary work from England, Europe, and North America, they have established churches, associations, unions, missions, and alliances in virtually every country. They are among the most highly motivated evangelists of the Christian gospel, employing at present in excess of 7,000 domestic and overseas missionaries. Important characteristics of the Baptists across their history are: the authority of the Scriptures, individual accountability before God, the priority of religious experience, religious liberty, separation of church and state, congregational independence, and a concern for the social implications of the gospel. Baptists recognize a twofold ministry (deacons and pastors) or a threefold order (deacons, elders, pastors). Historical Dictionary of the Baptists, Third Edition expands upon the second edition with an updated chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on important events, doctrines, and the church founders, leaders, and other prominent figures who have made notable contributions.
Rev. John Myles and the Founding of the First Baptist Church in Massachusetts
Author: Henry Melville KingPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Baptists
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
The Book of the North Swansea, Massachusetts (Baptist) Church
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Baptist church buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 23
Book Description
Baptists in Early North America
Author: Thomas R. McKibbensPublisher: Baptists in Early North Americ
ISBN: 9780881466362
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 277
Book Description
For the first time in more than three and a half centuries, the carefully preserved records of the First Baptist Church of Boston, Massachusetts, have been transcribed and are now published. They reveal the extraordinary faith of the original founders, the suffering they endured, and the commitment of the nine original members and their successors to persevere through the storm and finally to be recognized as one of the leading churches in Boston and ultimately the nation. The records span the time from the founding in 1665 until the death of Samuel Stillman in 1807. They reflect the extraordinary times in which the church grew and flourished, including a vivid description of the day in March, 1679, when the little congregation discovered that the Puritan authorities had sent a marshal to nail shut the doors of their place of worship. With a historical introduction by editor Thomas R. McKibbens, the volume includes an appendix with "A Brief Narrative" by First Baptist pastor John Russell, a pamphlet first published in London in 1680.
1663-1963
Author: First Baptist Church (Swansea, Mass.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Baptists
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Come Out from among Them, and Be Ye Separate, Saith the Lord
Author: William H. BrackneyPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 022717724X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Believers’ Churches have their origin in the Radical Reformation of the sixteenth century. Over the past 450 years the movement has included the Brethren, Mennonites, Hutterites, various types of Baptists, and the Restoration Movement. While never a unified denominational structure, the Believers’ Churches together have been characterized by a strong personal faith in Christ, a call to discipleship and Christian activism, a high view of the authority of Scripture, and profession of faith in believers’ baptism. The Believers’ Churches have represented their beliefs in various ecumenical settings, missionary gatherings, and theological conversations. In the late 1950s, representatives of the several Believers’ Churches began to meet in a series of conferences to explore their common views on doctrine, history, and ethics. Topics at the conferences have included baptism, Lord’s Supper, the nature of the church, and religious voluntarism. In 2016, the 17th Believers’ Church Conference was held at Acadia University and sponsored by Acadia Divinity College. The theme was 'The Tendency Toward Separationism Among the Believers’ Churches', a key recurring characteristic. This volume includes the papers presented at the conference and examines the theme from an immediate post-Reformation perspective, including Baptists, Black Baptists, Restorationists (including the Churches of Christ), the Hutterites, Pentecostals, the role of women, and significantly, the separationist tendency as it occurs in New Religious Movements. Typologies and analyses are provided by leading historians, theologians, and social science specialists.
Baptists in Early North America--The Historical Works of Morgan Edwards
Author: Evan L ColfordPublisher:
ISBN: 9780881469547
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Morgan Edwards was a pastor, scholar, and a builder of institutions (Rhode Island College, later Brown University). In the area of Baptist history, Edwards sought to gather historical materials toward a history of the Baptists in the American colonies to acquaint Baptists with one another and forge a national denomination. Volume XII contains a historical introduction followed by transcriptions of the historical materials that Edwards left to posterity. There are historical materials for nine states, two of which were published in his lifetime (Pennsylvania [1771] and New Jersey [1792]). Six historical notebooks remain and are presented as appendices. Where possible, previously published editions of these works are presented with transcriptions of the originals as they appear in manuscript form. Of particular interest are the notes added by series editor William H. Brackney shortly before his death, which link the previous volumes in the Baptists in Early North America series together.
Baptists in Early North America--Abbotts Creek, North Carolina, Baptist Church
Author: J. Kristian PrattPublisher:
ISBN: 9780881468601
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
The records of Sandy Creek Baptist Church in North Carolina were destroyed by a fire, leaving a gap in the historical record. Baptists in Early North America--Abbott's Creek, North Carolina, Baptist Church, Volume IX, containing the records of the first church founded by Shubal Stearns and Daniel Marshall after their Separate Baptist movement took off at Sandy Creek, helps to fill this gap. Abbott's Creek, like many churches in the Sandy Creek tradition, experienced significant growth during the Second Great Awakening. This growth was followed by an increase in church discipline, then controversy, and eventually schism over the newly formed convention system among North Carolina Baptists. The church split in 1832 with Abbott's Creek Primitive Baptist Church continuing with the majority of members and Abbott's Creek Missionary Baptist Church forming a new congregation. The records contained in this volume begin in 1783 and continue through 1836.