WARDIN, ALBERT W. JR. — Baptists in Oregon

Portland, Oregon: Judson Baptist College, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 1111518742. "Dr. Wardin has performed an exhaustive and vital service to Baptists. In tracing the history of the denomination in Oregon, he has drawn from unlimited sources, frequently lost to view because of traditional Baptist independence, and has brought to focus the growth and develpment of a significant segment of the Kingdom of God. He has exposed the roots and fruits, the strengths and weaknesses, the joys and heartaches that have attended Baptists as they have come to maturity. He unveils the struggles of a denomination, strongly committed to Biblical theology, as it seeks to find purity in doctrine and practice. He probes the excesses and rigidity that have marked Baptists for centuries; he clearly exposes the historical Baptist inability to live with diversity of thought, an inability which seeks its answer in fragmentation. But through it all the reader feels the heartbeat of a denomination seeking to walk with God in the light of His Word as the Holy Spirit gives that light through its individual members and congregations." - Foreword. [4], 635 pages. Index. Extensive footnotes. Clean, bright, tight and unmarked with light wear to original red boards lettered in gilt. No dust jacket, if one was issued. A high-quality example.; Sm 4to. Very Good .