The Baptists : a collection of source material /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Sweet, William Warren, 1881-1959 (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Cooper Square Publishers, 1964.
Series:Sweet, William Warren, 1881-1959,. Religion on the American frontier, 1783-1830, v. 1.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • The status of the Baptists in America at the close of the revolution
  • Baptist migration and expansion westward
  • The frontier Baptist preacher and the frontier Baptist church
  • The rise of the anti-mission Baptists : a frontier phenomenon
  • Anti-slavery movements among the Baptists
  • Extracts from "The history of ten Baptist churches" (by John Taylor)
  • The autobiography of Jacob Bower : a frontier Baptist preacher and missionary
  • The "religious experience" of a candidate for the ministry as related before the church
  • Church letters
  • Extracts from the records of frontier Baptist churches
  • Records of the Forks of Elkhorn Baptist Church, Kentucky, 1800-1820
  • Minutes of the Elkhorn Baptist Association, Kentucky, 1785-1805
  • Minutes of the Illinois Association of Baptists, 1807-1820
  • Documents relating to the Friends to Humanity or the anti-slavery Baptists in Kentucky and Illinois
  • Materials relating to the Great Western Revival and Baptist Indian missions.