Baptist History

Robert Sumner

I worked with and for Dr. Robert L. Sumner (1922-2016) for a year and a half in Murfreesboro, Tennessee in the mid-1980s.  Though I was designated “assistant to the editor,” my duties included advertising manager, […]

Baptist History

William Carey

In February 2007, I visited the village of Moulton in the English Midlands, about an hour north of London. There is no great cathedral there, nor was it the site of a famous battle. It […]

Baptist History

Paul Anderson

THE STRONGEST MAN ON THE PLANET In the world of heavy weightlifting in the 1950s and 1960s, every possible superlative available in the English language was used to describe the accomplishments of Paul Anderson (1932-1994) […]

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Baptist History

Johann Gerhard Onken

EVERY BAPTIST A MISSIONARY by Thomas Ray Charles Spurgeon described Johann Oncken as “The Apostle Paul of Germany.” Baptist historian Irwin Barnes states, “Oncken was the father not only of the German Baptists, but of […]

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Jacob Gartenhaus — a true Israelite

by Doug Kutilek Jacob Gartenhaus (1896-1984) was born in Bukowsko, a small village in the far southeastern part of modern Poland, near the borders with Slovakia and Ukraine, though when he was born there, it […]

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Baptist History

They called him Mister Vick

by David R. Stokes He was never ordained, though he pastored one of the largest churches in the United States. He preached Sunday morning sermons to his congregation a mere ten times a year. His […]