The Sword & The Trowel TS&TT: Reformed Baptist History
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Mar 26, 2026 A lively tour of Particular Baptist origins from 17th-century English separatists to modern revivals. They trace historic confessions, early congregations, and ministerial training. The conversation covers missionary awakenings, American developments, institutional recoveries, and ongoing tensions within the movement.
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Particular Baptists Origin In The Reformation
- Particular Baptists are a branch of the Protestant Reformation, not direct descendants of Anabaptists or John the Baptist.
- Tom Ascol and Graham Gunden emphasize Tom Nettles' work showing particular Baptists arose from Reformation streams in England with distinct theology.
Broadmead Church Seeded Bristol Academy
- Broadmead Church in Bristol began as a separatist congregation and later adopted Baptist convictions by 1660.
- Edward Terrill left funds in 1679 to found a pastor-training academy that became Bristol Academy, producing many 18th-century Baptist leaders.
Particular Baptists Sparked Modern Missions
- The Particular Baptists spawned the modern missionary movement through five men who met monthly and prayed from 1784 to 1792.
- William Carey, Andrew Fuller and others catalyzed missions with Carey's 'expect great things' sermon and the formation of a missionary society.
