Baptist History and Heritage articles from June 1999

Baptist History and Heritage archives from June 1999

Editorial.(Editorial)
June 22, 1999... The summer/fall issue of Baptist History and Heritage usually consists of selected papers read at the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Historical Society the previous spring. This year's, issue continues that tradition. Society members...

New Baptist history book publishing program: an executive note.(Southern Baptist Historical Society program)
June 22, 1999... Until now, Baptists have not had a publisher dedicated to releasing books relating solely to Baptist history. Baylor University Press, Broadman & Holman, Judson Press, Mercer University Press, and Smyth & Helwys typify publishers that release...

The Ralph Elliott controversy: competing philosophies of southern Baptist seminary education.
June 22, 1999... Sydney Ahlstrom, commenting on the radical turn in religion and morals in American society in the 1960s, characterized the decade as "turbulent." He suggested that the period brought excitement to some and bewilderment and pain to others. (1)...

A brief history and philosophy of theological education at Central Baptist Theological Seminary.
June 22, 1999... Before joining the faculty of Central Seminary in 1995, I must admit I knew little of this historic seminary, the first Baptist seminary west of the Mississippi. The names of W. W. Adams and H. E. Dana (1) were familiar from my days at...

Seminary education in Kansas City: a model of diversity in Southern Baptist life: Midwestern Baptist theological seminary.(Central Baptist Theological Seminary)
June 22, 1999... There are two Baptist seminaries in Kansas City separated only by a few miles and a state line. Although an American Baptist Seminary (or Northern Baptist for those too elderly to be compelled to change their speech habits), Central Baptist...

The history of Southern Baptist History, 1938-1995.
June 22, 1999... Because of the dissolution of the Southern Baptist Historical Commission effective June 19, 1997, the Southern Baptist Historical Society was forced to reorganize under a new charter. In light of the recent restructuring, the history and...

A Murderous preacher: lessons from the crimes of an extreme Baptist.
June 22, 1999... Peter, the murderous preacher of this tale, was not just a Baptist; he was a faith doctor, an "ultra" Calvinist, and a slave living in the frontier region of southwest Missouri. How he came to murder three of his own children and his owner's...

The ecclesiology of Charles H. Spurgeon: unity, orthodoxy, and denominational identity.(Southern Baptist leader)
June 22, 1999... Charles Haddon Spurgeon established his ecclesiology squarely on the experience of regeneration or new birth. His commitment to the centrality of regeneration shaped his ecclesiology from local polity to evangelical union. His religious...

Harry Truman as Baptist president.
June 22, 1999... Harry Truman followed Franklin D. Roosevelt as president of the United States. Roosevelt, an eloquent, crusading president, had led the nation during the Second World War and died early in his last term. I can remember as a small boy playing...

Baptist history in the twenty-first century: dreams and visions.
June 22, 1999... By first exposure to Baptist history came as a student under H. K. Neely at Southwest Baptist College in Bolivar, Missouri, in the Spring semester of 1967 in a course entitled the "Baptist Denomination." My appetite was whetted, and I went on...

The history of Southern Baptist History: restructuring and the new SBHS.(Southern Baptist History Society)
June 22, 1999... On February 20, 1995, Mark Brister, chairman of the program and structure study committee (PSSC), delivered a report to the Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention in Nashville, Tennessee. The report recommended a major...

The William Jewell college story.
June 22, 1999... What is a college?" President Walter Pope Binns used to ask his audience at an annual function in Kansas City. He would proceed to answer his question by saying a college is its faculty and their students. I propose to take the question and...

Perspectives on War in the Bible.(Book Review)
June 22, 1999... By John A. Wood. I Macon Mercer University Press, 1998. 184 pp. The relationship between war and the biblical text is perplexing. John A. Wood discusses in an inclusive manner the issues surrounding the study of war in the Bible in...

A Free Will Baptist Handbook: Heritage, Beliefs, and Ministries.(Book Review)
June 22, 1999... By J. Matthew Pinson. Nashville: Randall House Publications, 1998. xvi + 288pp. Pastor of a Georgia Free Will Baptist church, moderator of a Georgia Free Will Baptist association, and college instructor in history and religion, J. Matthew...

Walking Integrity: Benjamin Elijah Mays, Mentor to Martin Luther King Jr.(Book Review)
June 22, 1999... Lawrence Edward Carter Sr. Editor. Macon, Ga.: Mercer University Press, 1998. xv + 428 pp. Benjamin Mays (1894-1984)was prominent speaker; preacher; teacher in religion, higher education, ecumenism, civil rights--virtually every aspect of...

Southern Baptist Historical Society contributions update. (News Notes).(Brief Article)
June 22, 1999... The SBHS is pleased to announce that financial contributions from Baptist state conventions / history programs and from colleges and universities to the SBHS's operating budget have reached an all-time high in 1999. The SBHS deeply appreciates...

Tennessee Baptists publish first journal. (News Notes).(advertisement)(Brief Article)
June 22, 1999... Tennessee Baptists have never published a historical journal. Tennessee Baptist History will change that when its first issue is published in November, 1999. This publication will coincide with the 125th anniversary of the Tennessee Baptist ...

Wardin writes history of Tennessee Baptists. (News Notes).(advertisement)
June 22, 1999... Albert Wardin Jr., endowments treasurer of the SBHS and retired history professor from Belmont University, Nashville, has written a new history of Tennessee Baptists to be published the middle November, 1999. For copies, please download the...