The Baptist Story
by Anthony Chute, Nathan Finn, and Michael A.G. Haykin | Book Summary
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Author: Anthony Chute, Nathan Finn, and Michael A.G. Haykin
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Regardless of the colorful array of the Baptist coalition, "Baptists around the world share at least two common characteristics… they have embraced the gospel of Jesus Christ, repenting of their sins and trusting in his meritorious work, and they have followed through with his command to be baptized, a visible display of death to sin and resurrection to new life." (p. 6) |
Anthony L. Chute is a professor of church history at California Baptist University in Riverside, CA. He has a PhD in Church History and is a member of a Southern Baptist church. His particular interests are notably that of the Calvinistic Baptists in early America. He has authored another widely available title, Why We Belong: Evangelical Unity and Denominational Diversity.
Nathan A. Finn is the Provost and Dean of the University Faculty at North Greenville University, a Christian liberal-arts college in South Carolina. During the writing of this book he was Associate Professor of Historical Theology and Spiritual Formation at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. His interests are in Baptist history and theology, and he currently is an associate editor for the multi-volume Works of Andrew Fuller.
Michael A.G. Haykin is a renowned British-Canadian Baptist historian. He specializes in 18th-century British evangelicalism and has authored over 17 books, mostly all of which are associated with church history. He currently serves as Professor of Church History and Biblical Spirituality and Director of The Andrew Fuller Center for Baptist Studies at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
The Baptist Story
by Anthony Chute, Nathan Finn, and Michael A.G. Haykin
[ Book Summary ]
| Author | Anthony Chute, Nathan Finn, and Michael A.G. Haykin |
| Publisher | B&H Academic |
| Date | August 15, 2015 |
| Pages | 344 |
Overview:
Covering over 400 years of rich history, The Baptist Story is a narrative that showcases the humble beginnings of a small sect with peculiar convictions to a diverse global movement manifesting their faith as Baptists. There is no question that there may be a wide variety of Baptists who will read and feel represented. Historically, there has been great division over subjects like Calvinism and Arminianism, finer points of ecclesiology, and missions practices. Nevertheless, The Baptist Story is a work that tells the story for all Baptists without getting "lost in the particulars" (p. 3).
Regardless of the colorful array of the Baptist coalition, "Baptists around the world share at least two common characteristics… they have embraced the gospel of Jesus Christ, repenting of their sins and trusting in his meritorious work, and they have followed through with his command to be baptized, a visible display of death to sin and resurrection to new life." (p. 6)
Anthony L. Chute is a professor of church history at California Baptist University in Riverside, CA. He has a PhD in Church History and is a member of a Southern Baptist church. His particular interests are notably that of the Calvinistic Baptists in early America. He has authored another widely available title, Why We Belong: Evangelical Unity and Denominational Diversity.
Nathan A. Finn is the Provost and Dean of the University Faculty at North Greenville University, a Christian liberal-arts college in South Carolina. During the writing of this book he was Associate Professor of Historical Theology and Spiritual Formation at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. His interests are in Baptist history and theology, and he currently is an associate editor for the multi-volume Works of Andrew Fuller.
Michael A.G. Haykin is a renowned British-Canadian Baptist historian. He specializes in 18th-century British evangelicalism and has authored over 17 books, mostly all of which are associated with church history. He currently serves as Professor of Church History and Biblical Spirituality and Director of The Andrew Fuller Center for Baptist Studies at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.