Religion is an indispensable component of the public square.[1] Since the public square is encapsulated by the ideas of human beings, and since religion is an idea at the forefront of man’s mind,[2] any suggestion to the contrary would necessarily…
Bible Belt Ministry Our church assembles in a rural area on the outskirts of a military base—Fort Leonard Wood, MO. Our community is in the Bible belt, where Christianity is practiced nominally by numerous professing believers. Many have come to…
So far in this Andrew Fuller series, you have been given an overview of his life and a closer look at his contributions to the "modern missions movement." This final post of the series will seek to draw some applications…
"The true churches of Jesus Christ travail in birth for the salvation of men. They are the armies of the Lamb, the grand object of whose existence is to extend the Redeemer's kingdom" (Fuller v2, 359). Fuller wrote the quote…
Birth and Childhood On February 6, 1754, Andrew Fuller was born to Robert Fuller and Philippa Gunton, who were farmers in Wicken, Cambridgeshire (Haykin 24). Both of his parents were Baptist, and his grandmothers also were Baptists. One of them…
Introduction “Real religion consists in a supreme love to God,” declared the eighteenth-century pastor Samuel Pearce, “and disinterested love to man” (140). The sentiment of this quotation isn’t original to Pearce. Jesus, summarizing the ten commandments, answered a scribe’s inquiry,…