The Search for a Common Identity: The Origins of the Baptist Union of Scotland 1800-1870 (Studies in Baptist History and Thought)

Talbot, Brian

ISBN 10: 1597527629 / ISBN 13: 9781597527620

Published by Wipf and Stock, 2007

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Search for a Common Identity: The Origins of the Baptist Union of Scotland 1800-1870 (Studies in Baptist History and Thought)
• Publisher: Wipf and Stock
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1597527629
• ISBN 13: 9781597527620
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

'The Search for a Common Identity' explores the process by which Scottish Baptists came to recognize the need for a union of Baptist churches in Scotland prior to 1869. This book identifies the major leaders in each of the three main Baptist streams in the early nineteenth century and shows how they came to the conviction that it was important for them to establish a common identity. At the heart of their unity was an enthusiasm for evangelism. The Baptist Home Missionary Society was formed in 1827. Its early successes demonstrated the wisdom of cooperation between the different Baptist agencies in Scotland. There had been three attempts to form a union of churches that failed because differences of perspective could not be reconciled. The principal achievement of the 1869 Baptist Union was in enabling Baptists with different theological opinions to come together to promote common practical objectives. In short, a shared sense of purpose led to the growth and establishment of the Baptist Union of Scotland.

About the Author

Brian R. Talbot is the minister of Cumbernauld Baptist Church in Scotland. He has written a number of articles on various aspects of Baptist history, most recently on the life of English Baptist minister John Saffery (1763-1825).