Baptists category: 159 books
The Woman I Am
Southern Baptist Women's Writings, 1906-2006
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2014
Melody Maxwell’s The Woman I Am analyzes the traditional, progressive, and potential roles female Southern Baptist writers and editors portrayed for Southern Baptist women from 1906 to 2006, particularly in the area of missions.
The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) represents the largest...
Southern Baptist Identity
An Evangelical Denomination Faces the Future
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2009
What was once a small, southern, predominantly white denomination has become America's largest evangelical denomination. Yet with the Southern Baptist Convention's growth have come the challenges of increasing fragmentation, theological controversy, and sweeping cultural change. These challenges have...
Baptist Catechism
For Personal and Family Devotion
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2016
This manual includes the London Baptist Confession (1689) and the Baptist Catechism (1751), along with a short essay on the modern-day downgrade and a Bible reading plan. This material has been collected specifically for use among Reformation Montana churches, but it has been made available for all Baptists of life-faith.
Isaac Taylor Tichenor
The Creation of the Baptist New South
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2018
The influential role Tichenor played in shaping both the Baptist denomination and southern culture
Isaac Taylor Tichenor worked as a Confederate chaplain, a mining executive, and as president of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama (now Auburn University). He also served as corresponding...
by Israel S. Campbell
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2014
This is the autobiography of Israel S. Campbell, also called the "Father of Black Texas Baptists." Campbell was born a slave in Kentucky and was sold to several owners in the Ohio Valley during the first twenty years of his life. He converted to the Baptist Church and fled to Canada. Later he spent twenty-four years in Texas, where his sermons are still famous today.
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Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2015
This first volume of the New Wineskins series introduces the very best of current research and reflection on congregational transformation among Australian Baptists. This volume's authors share the conviction that Baptist congregations must find new ways of engaging with the increasingly secular context...
The SBC and the 21st Century
Reflection, Renewal & Recommitment
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2019
The Southern Baptist Convention is currently facing issues that challenge its identity, heritage, and future. In The SBC and the 21st Century, Revised Edition, key leaders address critical issues such as:
· Will the SBC grow more unified around shared convictions and mission...
Into the Pulpit
Southern Baptist Women and Power since World War II
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2012
The debate over women's roles in the Southern Baptist Convention's conservative ascendance is often seen as secondary to theological and biblical concerns. Elizabeth Flowers argues, however, that for both moderate and conservative Baptist women--all of whom had much at stake--disagreements that touched...
by Fidelis Scrutator
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2018
First published in 1854, this volume by Joseph Seiss contains a treatise on the subject of baptism, originally taken from the "Lutheran Observer". Contents include: "Subject of the Review described, and the Baptist system stated", "General Considerations against it",...
by Aaron B James
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
The author argues that Baptist theologian James William McClendon Jr's articulation of the 'baptist' vision entails an account of the real presence of Christ's body and blood that is internally faithful to that vision. Furthermore, such an account of real presence suggests that the 'baptist' vision...
I Fired God
My Life Inside---and Escape from---the Secret World of the Independent Fundamental Baptist Cult
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2013
A compelling memoir and account of the Independent Fundamental Baptist church and its shocking history of religious abuse.
Jocelyn Zichterman was born, raised, married into, and finally, with her family, fled the Independent Fundamental Baptist church. Founded by the fiery preacher Bob Jones,...
This Boy's Faith
Notes from a Southern Baptist Upbringing
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2011
An unforgettable memoir about growing up Southern, grappling with faith, and confronting a childhood colored by religion, Bible Belt culture, and a mother who minces words better than a food processor
A child stumbles upon a vintage photograph and glimpses salvation. A young girl vanishes in a...
In the Land of Believers
An Outsider's Extraordinary Journey into the Heart of the Evangelical Church
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2010
An undercover exploration of the world of evangelicals, offering an extraordinary behind-the-scenes look at the faithful
Ever since evangelical Christians rose to national prominence, mainstream America has tracked their every move with a nervous eye. But in spite of this vigilance, our understanding...
by Delroy Reid-Salmon
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2013
In Burning for Freedom: A Theology of the Black Atlantic Struggle for Liberation, Delroy A. Reid-Salmon explores the reasons behind the abolition of slavery in the Black Atlantic World by examining the Sam Sharpe Revolt. Through this examination, secular bases for human liberation – liberation theories...