Baptists in Early North America--An Abridgment of the Church History of New-England from 1602 To 1804

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Baptists in Early North America--An Abridgment of the Church History of New-England from 1602 To 1804 is written by James P. Byrd and published by Baptists in Early North Americ. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0881468835 (ISBN 10) and 9780881468830 (ISBN 13).

No figure was more important to early American Baptist history than Isaac Backus. A convert of the "Great Awakening," Backus left the state-supported churches of New England and joined the Baptist movement. Tireless in his advocacy of Baptist issues, Backus opposed church-state establishments and recorded the history of Baptists, all while pastoring a Baptist church in Revolutionary America. His historical work, so influential on future historians, reached its zenith in this 1804 edition of An Abridgment of the Church History of New-England from 1602 to 1804. This book, which has been out of print for decades, reflects Backus's most mature interpretation of New England church history and makes up Volume X of the Baptists in Early North America Series.