LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky., is the home of a new center to promote the study of Baptist history and doctrine.
The Andrew Fuller Center for Baptist Studies will be headed by noted church historian Michael A.G. Haykin, who recently was appointed as professor of church history and biblical spirituality at Southern.
The center is named for Andrew Fuller (1754–1815), an early 19th-century British Baptist pastor/theologian who opposed aberrant doctrine among Baptists in England and was instrumental in the founding of the Baptist Missionary Society. Fuller was a contemporary of William Carey, founder of the modern international missions movement.
“When English Baptist life was threatened by the winter chill of hyper-Calvinism, Andrew Fuller warmed the churches with the free offer of the gospel and thus fueled the modern missions movement,” said Russell D. Moore, dean of the seminary’s school of theology and senior vice president for academic administration.
The center will hold one major conference each year plus other events that examine various aspects of Baptist history. Twice each year, the center also will publish Eusebeia, a journal that will carry articles and book reviews related to Baptist history and thought.
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