Contending
for the Faith
An Updated History Of The Baptists

Follows the succession method of church history study based on History of the Baptists by John T. Christian. Includes four chapters to bring the history up to date from 1845 Also follows "Spiritual Kinship" method of Thomas Armitage Shows historical inaccuracy of "1641 Theory" advanced by William H. Whitsitt that claims that Baptists initiated baptism by immersion in 1641 Substantiates the claim that the John Clarke Memorial Baptist Church in Newport, RI is the oldest continuous Baptist Church in America Edited by Dr. Robert Ashcraft and published by the Sunday School Committee of the American Baptist Association 776 pages, people and subject indexes Includes PDF compact disk
	Price for book and PDF CD $39.95