Baptists in Canada - Heath, Gordon L.; Friesen, Dallas; Murray, Taylor
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Baptists arrived in what would become Canada in the mid-eighteenth century, and from those early arrivals Baptists from a wide variety of backgrounds planted churches in every region of the vast nation. This book traces that history of Baptists in Canada, and provides historical antecedents and theological rationales for their church polity. Written in a generous spirit, it recognizes what Baptists share with other Christian communities and how they differ among themselves on some matters. It places Baptists in Canada in the larger historical and global context, and concludes with commentary on opportunities and challenges ahead.…mehr

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Baptists arrived in what would become Canada in the mid-eighteenth century, and from those early arrivals Baptists from a wide variety of backgrounds planted churches in every region of the vast nation. This book traces that history of Baptists in Canada, and provides historical antecedents and theological rationales for their church polity. Written in a generous spirit, it recognizes what Baptists share with other Christian communities and how they differ among themselves on some matters. It places Baptists in Canada in the larger historical and global context, and concludes with commentary on opportunities and challenges ahead.
Autorenporträt
Gordon L. Heath is Associate Professor of Christian History at McMaster Divinity College, the Director of the Canadian Baptist Archives, and Centenary Chair in World Christianity. His publications include A War with a Silver Lining: Canadian Protestant Churches and the South African War, 1899-1902 (2009). Steven M. Studebaker is Associate Professor of Systematic and Historical Theology at McMaster Divinity College, where he also serves as the Howard and Shirley Bentall Chair in Evangelical Thought. He writes in the area of Pentecostalism, missions, and Jonathan Edwards.