Children of Abraham, rev & updated

First published during a resurgence of interest in Reformed theology, Children of Abraham made a major contribution to the re-thinking of the doctrine of the church and baptism around the world. Now revised and updated for the twenty-first century, David Kingdon's classic defence of believer's baptism deals cogently with this vital issue through careful exposition of Scripture and seeks to work out a positive view of children and the family in God's redemptive purpose.

Publisher: Grace Publication
Type: Paperback
ISBN: 9781912154340

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David P. Kingdon was converted in November 1949 at the age of fifteen, and a year later felt God s call to the ministry. After completing his degree he went on to Spurgeon's College to train for the ministry. After three years as an assistant minister in Purley, London (Banstead Road Baptist Church and Old Lodge Lane Baptist Church, 1960-63), he became, at twenty-eight, the principal of the Irish Baptist College in Belfast, Northern Ireland, tasked with drawing up the curriculum, gathering students, and gaining the support of the churches. He served there for twelve years and then went to South Africa as co-pastor of Lynnwood Baptist Church, Pretoria (1974-78), where he had the special responsibility of helping African pastors to gain a better knowledge of the Bible. Returning to the UK because of the failing health of his parents, he pastored Mount Zion English Baptist Church, Cardigan, Wales (1978-84). He then spent some time as Theological Books Editor of Inter-Varsity Press (UK). Prior to his retirement in 1999 he was Managing Editor of the Bryntirion Press of the Evangelical Movement of Wales.

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‘The issues dividing Baptists and Paedobaptists have to do with much more than the quantity of water and how (and when) it is to be applied. They have to do with matters as large as how we put our Bibles together. The best brief treatment of the topic from a Reformed Baptist perspective is this book by David Kingdon, here reprinted in an expanded form. I was struck by its cogency when I first read the material almost fifty years ago, and my estimation of its value has not changed.’ D.A. Carson, Emeritus Professor of New Testament, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School