AN ANALYSIS OF THE ECCLESIOLOGY OF ASSOCIATIONAL

BAPTISTS, 1900-1950

SPECIAL NOTE

The current document, entitled "An Analysis of the Ecclesiology of Associational Baptists, 1900-1950," was produced as a dissertation for the Doctor of Philosophy degree at Baylor University, Waco, Texas, many years ago--back in 1973 to be exact!

At the suggestion of several friends I have elected to publish it as an Html document. I beg the patience and indulgence of the reader relative to errors. Since I had to scan a twenty-five-year-old-document, I am sure that many errors are present, expecially in the endnote documentation. And . . . after I got started, I did this work in a hurry! Accordingly, I ask any friend who happens to find these errors, to let me know about them. I will thankfully make the needed corrections.

Also I am sure that more research has been published since I made this study, with at least two major histories completed by both ABA and BMA historians. I would welcome any suggestions relative to other research and discoveries which would add to or otherwise change my work and conclusions.

As you read the document, please note the following suggestions:

• If you use either Netscape or Internet Explorer 4, you can "click on" the endnote number to go directly to that particular note. When you "click" "back," the browser will go back to where you were. Older versions of Internet Explorer, however, will go to the beginning of the document.
• I have tried to include enough links to enable you to move around in the document. Always go to the end of each individual document to find the various links. You can use the "ctrl end" key to reach the end. I have also tried to indicate further information (i.e., chapter and/or reference numbers) to link references of page numbers in the original dissertation to the proper place in the Html document. Probably I have missed some of these.

Thank you very much for your interest. If you want to write me, please write to the following address:

prbryan@bmats.edu

Philip R. Bryan, Ph.D.
Jacksonville, Texas
December, 1999

Go to Abstract and Acknowledgements.

Go to Chapter I: Introduction".

Go to Chapter II: "Early Landmarkism: Graves, Pendleton, Dayton."

Go to Chapter III: "Later Landmarkism: Ford and Hall."

Go to Chapter IV: "Historical Survey of the Rise of the Associational Baptist Movement".

Go to Chapter V: "Landmark Tenets Reflected in Official Associational Baptist Documents."

Go to Chapter VI: "Landmark Tenets Reflected in Non-Official Associational Baptist Documents."

Go to Chapter VII: "Summary and Conclusion."

Go to Bibliography