Discovering Baptist Beginnings: Ten Baptists You Should Know

by Bruce Reed Pullen

Overview

Discovering Baptist Beginnings combines the profiles of early Baptists and their places of ministry with a spiritual pilgrimage to visit them. Dr. Pullen traces the gradual development of the Baptist ways of practicing the Christian faith using the stories of Baptist saints: Thomas Helwys, Hanserd Knollys,John Bunyan (Pilgrim's Progress), Roger Williams, John Clarke, Henry Dunster (the first president of Harvard),John Myles, Andrew Fuller (Baptist Mission Society), Benjamin Keach, and Charles Haddon Spurgeon, the "Prince of Preachers.".
Perfect for those who love to travel or wish they could. This book documents pilgrimages to where the Baptist faith took root in Britain and the United States. The early Baptist movement and the places where Baptists blossomed and witnessed to new life in Jesus are described with a vivid and exciting narrative. If you ever considered a pilgrimage to discover your faith roots, this is the book for you. Pilgrimage transforms through travel; may you be renewed in your journey as you walk with these past Baptist saints.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940044420106
Publisher:	Bruce Reed Pullen
Publication date:	04/01/2013
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	344 KB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Dr. Bruce Pullen holds degrees from Rutgers University, Colgate Rochester Divinity School, Princeton Theological Seminary. and Palmer Theological Seminary. He has served parishes in Hopewell, New Jersey; Burlington, Iowa; Alton, Illinois; Westfield, Massachusetts; Williamstown, Massachusetts; New London, New Hampshire; Wyben, Massachusetts; and Warrenville, Illinois. Dr. Pullen was born in Princeton, New Jersey and ordained nearby in 1970. Judith and Bruce Pullen have been married for over fifty years. The Pullens now live in Elgin, Illinois. Dr. Pullen's hobbies include: travel, photography; classical music; and model railroading. He first joined Rotary International in the 1960's. One of its goals is to eradicate polio.