The Baptist Story, 2nd Edition From English Sect to Global Movement

What does it mean to be a Baptist? How did this now worldwide movement begin and what are the current issues it faces today? The 2nd edition of The Baptist Story: From English Sect to Global Movement gives a narrative history of Baptists spanning four centuries and many continents.

In this new edition, Baptist historians Anthony Chute, Nathan Finn, and Michael Haykin provide a fresh update, detailing events up to the 2024 Southern Baptist Convention, relocating their chapter on identity and distinctives to the front of the book, and adding new recommended reading resources.

Written with an irenic tone and illustrated with photographs in every chapter, The Baptist Story is ideally suited for graduate and undergraduate courses.   

Gary Edward Schnittjer (PhD, Dallas Theological Seminary) is distinguished professor of Old Testament for the School of Divinity at Cairn University.

Mark L. Strauss (PhD, University of Aberdeen) is professor of New Testament at Bethel Seminary

Introduction 

SECTION ONE: BAPTIST BELIEFS
Chapter 1: Baptist Identity and Distinctives

SECTION TWO: BAPTISTS IN THE SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURIES
Chapter 2: Baptist Beginnings 
Chapter 3: Living under the Cross 
Chapter 4: The Age of Reason and Revival 
Chapter 5: Renewal and Advance 

SECTION THREE: BAPTISTS IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
Chapter 6: Baptists and the World before Them 
Chapter 7: Progress and Setbacks 
Chapter 8: Expansion and Adaptation 
Chapter 9: Transitions and Trends 

SECTION FOUR: BAPTISTS IN THE TWENTIETH AND TWENTY-FIRST CENTURIES
Chapter 10: The Early Twentieth Century 
Chapter 11: Tension and Expansion 
Chapter 12: Controversies in a Changing World 
Chapter 13: Recent Developments in the Baptist Story

Conclusion: A Global Movement 

Acknowledgments 
Abbreviations 
Glossary 
Image Credits 
General Index 
Scripture Index 

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