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John Rippon — 63 years a London pastor

by Doug Kutilek The mortal remains of Baptist pastor John Rippon (1751-1836) repose in Bunhill Fields cemetery, London, the burial site of many famous and faithful names in English Non-Conformity (non-Anglican Christians), some 120,000 souls, […]

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John Harper – fervent for souls

When the largest ship then afloat, the Titanic, struck an iceberg at 11:40 p.m. April 14, 1912, in the western North Atlantic, it was carrying over 2,200 souls (the precise number is unknown), including a […]

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Spurgeon and His Biographers

by Doug Kutilek The individual Baptist preacher about whom more biographies have been written than any other must surely be Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892). The only possible challenger for this distinction is John Bunyan, the […]

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Baptists in Poland

by Doug Kutilek Modern Poland is a country of 40 million souls, including, at present, something over a million resident Ukrainians, many being refugees from the war in Eastern Ukraine. During a recent teaching trip […]

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A. J. Gordon — Zealous for missions

by Doug Kutilek Adoniram Judson Gordon (1836-1895) was born in New Hampshire into a devout Christian home and was, of course, named for famous New England native and pioneer missionary, Adoniram Judson. Gordon was converted […]

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George W. Truett — Pulpit paragon

by Doug Kutilek From early in the 20th century until his death, George Washington Truett (1867-1944) was the most famous Baptist pastor in America and perhaps the most highly acclaimed preacher of any denomination. He […]

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A. C. Dixon — Fervent, Fundamental, Faithful

by Doug Kutilek Amzi Clarence Dixon (1854-1925), largely forgotten today, was a leading Baptist in his day and the only man to pastor both Moody Memorial Church in Chicago and Spurgeon’s Tabernacle in London.