Resources on Andrew Fuller: Life-long Advocate for Christian Missions

The Rev. Andrew Fuller was a Particular Baptist who served as the minister of two churches in Northamptonshire, England, but is best known today for his tireless work in promoting Christian Missions. One of his sermons, preached in 1784 (The Nature and Importance of Walking by Faith, with an appendix A Few Persuasives to a General Union in Prayer for the Revival of Religion) is considered instrumental to the foundation of the Baptist Missionary Society in 1792. Another of Fuller’s works, The Gospel Worthy of all Acceptation, deeply influenced William Carey, who became the BMS’s first overseas missionary. Andrew Fuller fulfilled the role of secretary of the BMS from 1792 until his death in 1815.

Resources on Andrew Fuller including his works and several biographies can now be found on the Missiology.org.uk website. Further material can be found on the website of the Andrew Fuller Center for Baptist Studies, located at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and directed by Dr. Michael A.G. Haykin. The Center also publishes The Journal of Andrew Fuller Studies, an open access journal.

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