Baptist History and Heritage articles from June 2003

Baptist History and Heritage archives from June 2003

Those who have gone before us.(Editorial)(Editorial)
June 22, 2003... In 1777, Isaac Backus in the preface to his first volume of A History of New England with Particular Reference to the Denomination of Christians Called Baptists made the following prophetic observation: History has been so often written and...

New editor, cosponsor, and editorial board structure.(of Baptist History and Heritage)
June 22, 2003... Effective with this issue, Baptist History and Heritage experiences four major changes. It has a new editor It has a new cosponsor It has new content features. And its Editorial Board has a new structure. First Pamela R. Durso is the new...

Baptists: laying on hands.
June 22, 2003... In recent years few things have gripped me more in Baptist worship than Baptist ordination services. Some of the most spiritually moving, emotionally tearful, and authentically inspiring worship services that I have attended have been...

The frontier of free exchange of ideas: the Baptist Congress as a forum for Baptist concerns, 1881-1913.
June 22, 2003... Some twenty-five years ago when I worked for the American Baptist Historical Society, I discovered on the shelves a dusty, unused set of thick books entitled "Baptist Congress Proceedings." I had not heard of this group or body and so it...

Frontier in Baptist ethics history: a panel.
June 22, 2003... In the twentieth century, T. B. Maston, Henlee Barnette, Bill Marshall, and Martin England courageously spoke out against racism, social injustice, and the misuse of power. The following articles highlight the work of these four Baptist...

Dissenting Baptists: the glory of a hated people: Matthew 10:22 winning sermon in the 2003 Baptist heritage preaching contest.
June 22, 2003... Baptists suffer, or find glory in, a long tradition of dissenting and being hated for dissenting. Most typically, this dissent has been from an established church and often a prevailing culture or oppressive governments. At times, dissent...

The American Baptist Publication Society chapel cars on the western frontier of faith.
June 22, 2003... Although the American frontier is usually defined as the time of settlement preceding 1892, the frontier for the settlement of churches in the West could be extended after the turn of the century, into the 1920s and beyond. After the...

Baptist women on the frontier: a panel.
June 22, 2003... Baptist women had vital roles in settling and Christianizing the Texas frontier They participated in building schools and churches, and spreading the gospel. The following articles focus on the work of Mina Everett and Elli Moore Townsend, two...

Separation, coordination, and coeducation: Southern Baptist approaches to women's higher education, 1880-1920.
June 22, 2003... Even before the founding of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) in 1845, Baptists in the South played a significant role in American higher education. Although originally suspicious of higher learning, Southern Baptists have demonstrated...

William Evander Penn: Texas Baptist evangelist.(Biography)
June 22, 2003... William Evander Penn bears significance in Baptist history as the first to devote his life to full-time evangelism in Texas. J. M. Carroll stated, "Prior to 1875 there had never been among Texas Baptists any preacher who gave his entire...

First: the First Baptist Church in America.(Book Review)
June 22, 2003... By J. Stanley Lemons. Providence: The Charitable Baptist Society, 2001. 137 pp. First is a strange name for a book, unless the subject really is a first. The subtitle of the book explains its appropriateness: The First Baptist Church in...

Stand with Christ: Why Missionaries Can't Sign the 2000 Baptist Faith and Message.(Book Review)
June 22, 2003... Edited by Robert O'Brien. Macon, Ga.: Smyth & Helwys, 2002. 156 pp. Books about recent events in the Southern Baptist Convention are usually hot potatoes. Although some of these books try to stand above the battle, most take sides on the...

The Old Religion in a New World: the History of North American Christianity.(Book Review)
June 22, 2003... By Mark A. Noll. Grand Rapids, Mich./Cambridge, U.K.: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2002. 340 pp. Mark Noll, McManus Professor of Christian Thought at Wheaton College, has written extensively on the subject of Christianity in...

Baptist Offsprings, Southern Midwife--Jesse Mercer's "Cluster of Spiritual Songs" (1810): a Study in American Hymnody.(Book Review)
June 22, 2003... By Kay Norton. Warren, Mich.: Harmonie Park Press, 2002. 202 pp. Discovering and revealing through detailed and reliable research the sources of tunes for early southern hymns is no easy task. It requires dedication, accessibility, and...

Minister to the Cherokees: a Civil War Autobiography: James Anderson Slover.(Book Review)
June 22, 2003... Edited by Barbara Cloud. Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, 2001. 244 pp. While many books promise more than they deliver, the title of this book actually promises less than is delivered. James Anderson Slover ministered to...

BH&HS takes key actions.(News Notes)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2003... On May 23, 2003, the BH&HS took several key actions that will have a major impact on the organization's programs and future: 1. Adopted a revised budget of $240,163 for 2003 2. Adopted a budget of $228,057 for 2004 3. Approved job...

BH&HS officers/board of directors and Council of Advisors members elected.(News Notes)
June 22, 2003... BH&HS officers/directors elected to serve in 2003-04 include: Glenn Jonas, Buies Creek, North Carolina, president; Carol Crawford Holcomb, Belton, Texas, vice president; and Jerry L. Summers, Marshall, Texas, secretary. Charles W. Deweese,...

Awards presented.(News Notes)(by BH&HS)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2003... The BH&HS presented the following awards on May 23, 2003: Distinguished Service Award for Outstanding Contributions to Baptist History to William J. Reynolds, Fort Worth, Texas; Davis C. Woolley Award for Outstanding Achievement in State...

Dates for next three annual meetings.(News Notes)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2003... The May 27-29, 2004, annual meeting of the BH&HS and the Fellowship of Baptist Historians will take place in Vancouver, Washington, hosted by both the Northwest Baptist Historical Society and the Northwest Baptist Convention. Samford...

New Partee Center director.(News Notes)(Milton P. Horne)(Brief Article)
June 22, 2003... William Jewell College professor of religion Milton P. Horne has been named executive director of the Partee Center for Baptist Historical Studies located on the college campus. He replaces Donald V. Wideman, retired, who served in that...