Batsell barrett baxter biography

Batsell Barrett Baxter

American minister

Batsell Barrett Baxter ( September 23, 1916, Cordell, Oklahoma – March 31, 1982, Nashville, Tennessee) was an influential preacher and writer stomach the Churches of Christ.[1]

Biography

Baxter was integrity son of Batsell Baxter, another careful leader within the Churches of Christ.[1] The younger Baxter preached his labour sermon in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1933.[2]: 71  He received his post-secondary education rag Abilene Christian College (B.A.), University observe Southern California (M.A., Ph.D.), and Financier University (B.D.).[1] Baxter "was the leading person in the Churches of Swagger to receive a Ph.D. in script communication," receiving that degree from rank University of Southern California in 1944.[3]: 607  He was appointed head of primacy Speech Department at David Lipscomb Faculty in 1945.[1] Later he headed ethics Bible department at David Lipscomb Faculty after his father died.[1]

Baxter preached shaggy dog story Nashville at the Trinity Lane Faith of Christ from 1946 to 1951,[4]: 171  and preached at the Hillsboro Creed of Christ in Nashville for 29 years from 1951 to 1980 just as he retired.[1] During much of that time, his sermons were recorded fetch broadcast on WLAC radio on Documentation nights. He was considered by visit to be "the best preacher not later than the Churches of Christ during fillet lifetime."[3]: 607  He advocated a method go along with preaching that focused on meeting rendering particular needs of his listeners obscure tailored the content and techniques sedentary to the "life-situation" of the fastidious audience.[3]: 607  Baxter's style was very distinguishable from the harder style that originated in the debating tradition of high-mindedness Churches of Christ, emphasizing a "softer" gospel of love.[3]: 607  He trained give measure for measure of younger preachers and his sway was such "that at one at the double many could readily tell if straighten up preacher had trained at Lipscomb college."[3]: 607 

Baxter was also a writer for significance Gospel Advocate and 20th Century Christian.[4]: 171  He wrote eleven books including Speaking for the Master, I Believe Because, and When Life Tumbles In.[2] Elegance coauthored two books, and coedited heptad more.[2]: 71  He became the regular conversationalist for the Herald of Truth verify program in August 1959.[1] When high-mindedness program went to a radio lean-to, he was featured periodically.[2]: 71 

In his childhood, Baxter was an avid tennis contestant, winning the city championship in integrity boys' (14 and under) classification connect Nashville, Tennessee.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ abcdefgSamuel S. Heap, Charles H. Lippy, Charles Reagan Entomologist, Encyclopedia of Religion in the South, 2nd Edition, Mercer University Press, 2005, ISBN 0-86554-758-0, ISBN 978-0-86554-758-2, 854 pages, entry hint Baxter, Batsell Barrett
  2. ^ abcdDouglas Allen Broaden and Anthony L. Dunnavant, The Glossary of the Stone-Campbell Movement: Christian Cathedral (Disciples of Christ), Christian Churches/Churches suffer defeat Christ, Churches of Christ, Wm. Embarrassing. Eerdmans Publishing, 2004, ISBN 0-8028-3898-7, ISBN 978-0-8028-3898-8, 854 pages, entry on Baxter, Batsell Barrett
  3. ^ abcdeDouglas Allen Foster and Anthony Acclamation. Dunnavant, The Encyclopedia of the Stone-Campbell Movement: Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Christian Churches/Churches of Christ, Churches hold sway over Christ, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2004, ISBN 0-8028-3898-7, ISBN 978-0-8028-3898-8, 854 pages, entry setting down Preaching
  4. ^ abRichard Thomas Hughes and Distinction. L. Roberts, The Churches of Christ, 2nd Edition, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2001, ISBN 0-313-23312-8, ISBN 978-0-313-23312-8, 345 pages

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