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The Baptist Story, 2nd Edition: From English Sect to Global Movement
What does it mean to be a Baptist? How did this now worldwide movement begin and what are the current issues it faces today? The 2nd edition of The Baptist From English Sect to Global Movement gives a narrative history of Baptists spanning four centuries and many continents.
In this new edition, Baptist historians Anthony Chute, Nathan Finn, and Michael Haykin provide a fresh update, detailing events up to the 2024 Southern Baptist Convention, relocating their chapter on identity and distinctives to the front of the book, and adding new recommended reading resources.
Written with an irenic tone and illustrated with photographs in every chapter, The Baptist Story is ideally suited for graduate and undergraduate courses.
In this new edition, Baptist historians Anthony Chute, Nathan Finn, and Michael Haykin provide a fresh update, detailing events up to the 2024 Southern Baptist Convention, relocating their chapter on identity and distinctives to the front of the book, and adding new recommended reading resources.
Written with an irenic tone and illustrated with photographs in every chapter, The Baptist Story is ideally suited for graduate and undergraduate courses.
560 pages, Hardcover
Published December 1, 2025
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January 13, 2026
I really enjoy history like this that is academically rigorous but also committed to telling a narrative.
It was obviously written from a Baptist perspective, but did not shy away from including the ugly details.
There were so many pieces of Baptist history I’d never even heard of before reading this. Like the small (but influential) minority of baptists that made their own version of a “one true church” argument in Landmark movement was particularly interesting (although obviously far from convincing if you’ve read even a little history).
This book is a great example of what baptists need more of. We have a rich history of theology, mission, and confession. But it is often when we attempt to write out the ugly parts of our history that we end up losing our historical rootedness altogether.
It was obviously written from a Baptist perspective, but did not shy away from including the ugly details.
There were so many pieces of Baptist history I’d never even heard of before reading this. Like the small (but influential) minority of baptists that made their own version of a “one true church” argument in Landmark movement was particularly interesting (although obviously far from convincing if you’ve read even a little history).
This book is a great example of what baptists need more of. We have a rich history of theology, mission, and confession. But it is often when we attempt to write out the ugly parts of our history that we end up losing our historical rootedness altogether.
Displaying 1 of 1 review