Baptists Reading Together and the Birth of Modern Missions
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Toward the end of the eighteenth century, English Baptists experienced a dramatic and much-needed revival that resulted in the birth of the modern missions movement. What fueled this? One important factor was a handful of pastors’ regular practice of meeting together to read, talk, and pray.
This article tells the story of how the Northamptonshire Association’s meetings promoted truth-fueled revival in the hope that pastors today would walk in these brothers’ footsteps.
HOW ANDREW FULLER PROMOTED BIBLICAL TRUTH
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Joining a Church the Ancient Way: From Clement to Egeria
How did a person join a congregation in the earliest days of Christianity? From one perspective, the question is easy to answer. Simply put, believer’s baptism was the church’s rite of entry down to the early fourth century.
But—and no surprise here—there was more to it than that.
CONFESSION AND BAPTISM
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