Challenging to Change: Dialogues with a Radical Baptist Theologian: Essays Presented to Dr Nigel G. Wright on his sixtieth birthday, edited by Pieter J. Lalleman (Spurgeon’s, 2009)

Introduction – David Coffey
‘Baptists “Relating and Resourcing” in difficult times: A historical perspective’ – Raymond Brown
‘New birth from Water and Spirit’ – Alastair Campbell
‘The Coherence of freedom: Can Church or State ever be Truly Free?’ – John Colwell
‘Being a minister: spirituality and the pastor’ – Chris Ellis
‘”The leadership of some …”: Baptist ministers as leaders?’ [...]

The European Baptist Federation: A Case Study in European Interdependency 1950-2006 by Keith G. Jones (Vol 43, SBHT, Paternoster, 2009)

Foreword – Ian M. Randall
Chapter 1: Baptists and Interdependency
Chapter 2: ‘Beyond the Local’: The Ecclesiological Basis of the European Baptist Federation
Chapter 3: The Ecumenical Dimension
Chapter 4: The International Baptist Theological Seminary
Chapter 5: A Focus of Unity – General Secretaries
Chapter 6: Partnership in Mission: Inter-Continental Mission Work from the USA
Chapter 7: Mission in the World
Chapter 8: [...]

Download Doctrine and Worship Committee Reports

On the BUGB website it is now possible to download three of the key reports from the 1990s by the Doctrine and Worship Committee, chaired at the time by Paul Fiddes.
The Nature of Assembly and the Council of the Baptist Union of Great Britain (1994)
Forms of Ministry among Baptists: Towards an Understanding of Spiritual Leadership [...]

Edification and Beauty by James M. Renihan (SBHT 17, Paternoster, 2008)

Edification and Beauty: The Practical Ecclesiology of the English Particular Baptists, 1675-1705
Introduction
Chapter 1: ‘Christ … ever shall have a kingdome in this world’: The Emergence and Development of the Particular Baptist Churches
Chapter 2: ‘Those thus called, he commandeth to walk together in particular societies, or churches’: The Nature of the Church
Chapter 3: ‘To each of [...]

The Making of a Modern Denomination by Peter Shepherd (SBHT Vol 4, Paternoster, 2001)

The Making of a Modern Denomination: John Howard Shakespeare and the English Baptists 1898-1924
1 Background
2 The Strengthening of the Union
3 The Sustenance of the Ministry
4 The Search for Unity
5 Final Years at the Baptist Union
6 Shakespeare’s Legacy

Baptist Quarterly, January 2009

Catholicity and Confessionalism: Responding to George Beasley-Murray on unity and distinctiveness – John E. Colwell
Celebrating Diversity: Towards an inclusive church – Andy Goodliff
A Missionary Family in China – Michael Ball
A Letter of John Pendarves from 1656 – Larry J. Kreitzer

On Being the Church: Revisioning Baptist Identity by Brian Haymes, Ruth Gouldbourne, Anthony Cross (SBHT 21, Paternoster, 2008)

This book re-examines Baptist theology and practice in the light of contemporary biblical, theological, ecumenical and missiological perspectives. It is not a study in denominationalism, but rather attempts to revision historical insights from the believer’s church tradition, essentially within a trinitarian emphasis. It is a re-expression of that tradition, seeking to re-appropriate forgotten emphases, bringing [...]

Baptist Sacramentalism 2 edited by Anthony Cross and Philip Thompson (SBHT Vol 25, Paternoster, 2008)

Foreword – Francis Schussler Fiorenza
Introduction: Practicing Sacramentality in Baptist Modality – Philip Thompson
Embodied Grace: Exploring the Sacraments and Sacramentality – Christopher J. Ellis
‘We have an altar’: a Baptist View of  Sacrament and Sacrifice in Hebrews – J. Ramsey Michaels
The Sacrament of Fearful Intimacy – Jim Purves
The Church as Sacrament: A Mediating Presence – John E. [...]

Recycling the Past or Researching History: Studies in Baptist Historiography and Myths edited by Anthony R. Cross and Philip E. Thompson (SBHT, Paternoster, 2005)

Foreword – Stephen Brachlow
Introduction: Caring for Baptist Memory – Philip E. Thompson and Anthony R. Cross
Confessional Identity, Denominational Institutions and Relations with Others: A Study in Changing Contexts – John H. Y. Briggs
Churches and the Church – Stanley K. Fowler
The Priesthood of All Believers and the Necessity of the Church – Elizabeth Newman
The Roots [...]

The Whitley Lectures (1997-)

1997 Nigel Wright Power and Discipleship: Towards a Baptist Theology of the State

1998 Ruth Gouldbourne Reinventing the Wheel: Women and Ministry in English Baptist Life
1999 Keith Jones A Shared Meal and a Common Table: Some Reflections on the Lord’s Supper and Baptists

2000 Anne Dunkley Seen and Heard: Reflections on Children and Baptist tradition

2001 Steve Finamore [...]