Eldon G. Ernst, reviewing Baptists Around the World: A Comprehensive Handbook, edited by Albert W. Wardin, Jr., writes:
The format of the work…makes it a reference work as opposed to a global history of Baptists…Quite simply, Wardin has compiled a remarkably comprehensive collection of information on Baptists worldwide. Baptists Around The World is an indispensable resource for church historians in general and historians of the Baptists in particular.
“Book Reviews,” Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, Vol. 41, No. 4, December 1998, Evangelical Theological Society, pp. 783-784
Albert William Wardin Jr. died three years ago. It has now been thirty years since his Baptists Around The World was published by Broadman & Holman (now called B & H Publishing Group, I believe). It is still a must have for the Baptist researcher. As with Goliath’s sword, “There is none like that; give it me.”
Unfortunately, it appears that because of the nature of the book, B & H has not kept it in print. You can find used copies at places like Amazon, AbeBooks, and eBay. On the other hand Baptists Around The World is available to be borrowed at Archive.Org. You just need to create an account.
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