The author traveled to South Africa to interview surviving members of Murray's family in order to produce this biography of the 19th-century missionary statesman, revivalist, evangelist, pastor, and one of the best-loved and most widely read writers on faith and spirit-filled living.

Written by a leading authority on Baptist life and thought, this inclusive survey traces the development of the Baptist tradition in North America over the past 400 years. * Shows how from a handful of churches on the Atlantic Coast, the Baptist movement spread to become the largest Protestant d... (more)