Church History

The influence of the Great Awakening on revival among Baptists in America, 1754-1787.The Baptists today are easily the largest Christian group in the southern portion of the United States. . . . The triumph of free-church principles in the Revolutionary...

In his Baptist History in England and America, David Beale illuminates numerous topics, including Baptist origins, their search for the ancient manner of immersion, and even the way they acquired the name Baptist. His book annotates key beliefs and...

The influence of the Great Awakening in America followed by the trail of the Separate Baptist Movement from Connecticut, through New York, into Virginia, then working with the Indians and on into North Carolina was filled with many trials, struggles and...

This book, originally published in 1876, tells how Baptists gave feet to their zeal for civil and religious liberty. Read about Baptist statesman John Hart, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, who risked life, family, and property for the cause...

Volume 1. The history of the church is a history of real people–popes and priests, monks and martyrs, and many ordinary folks like us. All claimed to follow Christ, but not all had the same understanding of what it meant to be Christian. This...

Volume 2. What happened to the church after the Reformation in the early 1500s? This book takes up the story where Volume 1, Church History: Resurrection to Reformation, ends. It follows the churches founded by Luther, Zwingli, Calvin, and the...

Compendium of Baptist History, showing the origin and history of the Baptists, from the days of the apostles to the present time, with an original chart, giving a comparative view of some of the denominations of Christians with which they have come...

The Sufferings and Triumphs of the Heroic Men and Women Who Were Persecuted for the Religion Of Jesus ChristThe spectacle of human beings suffering for the truth is the sublimest sight that can be witnessed on earth. In the providence of God this has...

This work was undertaken for the purpose of ascertaining so far as possible, the actual extent of the suffering of the early Methodists, and of their struggle against persecution. It deals only with events in the British Isles and covers the life of the...

Baptists and Toleration during the Period of the Civil Wars.Can it ever be right for Christians to persecute other Christians? What did the Puritans say should be the response to those who deviated from them in doctrine? Do we need a more balanced and...