Andrew Fuller, Adiel Sherwood, and Georgia Baptist Missions

Adiel Sherwood was one of the major leaders among Georgia Baptists during the period between the War of 1812 and the Civil War. He helped introduce Sunday Schools and temperance societies in Georgia. He was one of the leaders in the formation of the Georgia Baptist Convention in 1822. A tireless advocate of theological education, [...]

AN ANNOTATION OF BASIL MANLY, SR.

One of the largely unexplored areas of Andrew Fuller studies is the impact that his theology had upon North American Baptists. There is a good introductory paper by Dr Nettles on the subject that appeared in The Founders Journal 53 (Summer 2003): “Edwards and His Impact on Baptists.” But there is so much more to [...]

JOHN PIPER TO LECTURE ON ANDREW FULLER

This year at the annual Bethlehem Conference for Pastors, which is on “The Holiness of God”, is to be held February 5-7, 2007, and has R.C. Sproul, Thabiti Anyabwile, and William Mckenzie as speakers, John Piper, the host and Pastor for Preaching at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, will give his usual biographical address [...]

ADDING MOSS TO THE ROSE

Gilbert Laws’ biography of Andrew Fuller [Andrew Fuller: Pastor, Theologian, Ropeholder (London: Carey Press, 1942)] is a rarity, possibly because it was published during the war years when paper was scarce. But due to the fact that it is an important document, here is his rendition of the entirety of C.H. Spurgeon’s letter to Andrew [...]

C. H. Spurgeon on Andrew Fuller

It is often said that Spurgeon commented on Fuller by saying something to the extent that “he was the greatest theologian of his century.” Does anyone know where Spurgeon said that (i.e. a bibliographic citation)? It is often said in passing and I am curious as to the context in which Spurgeon made that comment.

Audio Introductions to Andrew Fuller

In light of Steve’s helpful biographical introduction to Fuller’s life and thought, I thought I would point readers to three audio introductions to Fuller. All three are available here. Tom Nettles speaks on “Andrew Fuller and the Doctrines of Grace” and “Andrew Fuller: An Experiential Biography.” Michael Haykin’s has a lecture simply titled “Andrew Fuller.” [...]

Andrew Fuller: A Biographical Summary

The following is a summary of chapter from Theologians of the Baptist Tradition. The numbers listed in parentheses reflect the corresponding page numbers in this volume from which the preceding material originated.

The chapter on Andrew Fuller (1754-1815) in Theologians of the Baptist Tradition was written by the President of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Dr. [...]

Andrew Fuller: A Shamgar

I’m not sure whose idea this blog was, but I look forward to the interaction it will bring. Up until now I have been an occasional blog-reader, but never a blogger. I have been tempted to post before, but never did. This temptation was too strong to pass up. I’d like to test the potentional [...]

"Andrew Fuller the Reader" A Conference at SBTS on August 27-28, 2007

The Andrew Fuller Works Project is pleased to announce a conference on “Andrew Fuller the Reader” to be held at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, August 27-28, 2007.
Speakers include Dr. Russell Moore, Dr. Tom Nettles, Dr. Carl Trueman, Dr. Michael McMullen, Dr. Jeff Jue and Dr. Michael Haykin.
Topics include “The contemporary significance of Andrew Fuller” [...]

Welcome!

Welcome to The Elephant of Kettering. This new blog is dedicated to disseminating the life and thought of Andrew Fuller to a new generation. Fuller, a British Particular Baptist, served as a pastor first in Soham and then in Kettering during the late 18th century and the beginning of the 19th century. He was instrumental [...]