In Search of the New Testament Church: The Baptist StoryMercer University Press, 2008 - 296 sider When John Smyth organized the first Baptist church, he wanted to establish the New Testament church; believer's baptism was the missing link. Baptists of subsequent eras often continued the search to embody New Testament Christianity. Alongside the quest for the New Testament church (and congregational community), Weaver especially highlights the Baptist commitment to religious liberty and the individual conscience. Both chronological and thematic, this book addresses such themes as the role of women, the social gospel, ecumenism, charismatic influences, and theological emphases in Baptist life. |
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Baptists in America during the Eighteenth Century The Quest for New Testament Faith through Revivalism and Religious Liberty | 51 |
Antebellum America Baptist Democratization Denominational Centralization and Slavery or Baptists and Their Different Bibles | 87 |
18501950 and Baptists in the North The Strength of Denominational Efficiency the Challenges of Rapid Change and Conflict | 114 |
In Search of a New Testament Church Southern Style | 146 |
1950 to the Present American Baptists Confront the Future | 180 |
1950 to the Present Baptists in the South Battle for Denominational Identity | 186 |
AfricanAmerican Baptists From the Slave Cabin to a National Podium | 201 |
Baptists An International Movement | 215 |
Epilogue | 251 |
A Bibliographical Note | 254 |
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