From the days of Z. N. Morrell and James Huckins to Bill Pinson 
and Charles Wade, Baptists have played and continue to play an 
important role in the religious, secular, and political life of Texas.
Over the previous one hundred and fifty years several Texas Baptist
histories have been written, but not until now have the documents
used in the development of these texts been made available in one
resource.

    In A Texas Baptist History Sourcebook, Joseph E. Early, Jr., 
has provided the most complete collection of Texas Baptist 
sources ever issued in one volume. This work consists of church 
minutes, state and association convention records, denominational
newspaper articles, records of Baptist universities, and myriads
of other resources. Included in this work are George Washington
Truett's sermon "Baptists and Religious Liberty" delivered on the
steps of the Capitol building in Washington, D.C.; James Milton
Carroll's Trail of Blood; J. Frank Norris's railings against the
Baptist General Convention of Texas; and countless other sources
depicting the many years of Texas Baptist history.

    This book is designed as a complementary work to Harry Leon 
McBeth's Texas Baptists: A Sesquicentennial History. Students 
can follow McBeth's chapter divisions, headings, and subheadings 
for greater ease in studying the documents. Whether used 
independently or as a companion to McBeth's work, A Texas 
Baptist History Sourcebook is a must for an in-depth study of 
Baptists in Texas.

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JOSEPH E. EARLY, JR., is assistant professor of religion at 
Cumberland College, Williamsburg, Kentucky, where he earned his 
bachelor's degree. He earned a master of divinity degree at 
Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and doctorate at 
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. 
He is the author of The Building of A Church: The Centennial 
History of South Main Baptist Church, Houston, Texas, and A 
Handbook of Texas Baptist Biography. HARRY LEON McBETH,
who wrote the foreword, is Distinguished Professor of Baptist
History at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.


What people are saying about this book

"Dr. Early is remarkably evenhanded in his selection of sources 
to include. Any student of Baptist history will find this a 
fascinating and utterly indispensable source of information for 
anything relating to Baptists in the state."—from the Foreword 
by Harry Leon McBeth

"This is a definitive collection of primary sources in Texas 
Baptist history and of great significance as a complementary 
volume to Leon McBeth's classic work, Texas Baptists. I can
see both of these volumes being required in courses for
seminary and graduate students. Recognizing the limitations
of space, Early has done a remarkable job for the amount of
material that is included."—M. Vernon Davis, Dean, Logsdon
School of Theology, Hardin-Simmons University