Josh Pruitt

Assistant Archivist at SEBTS | Fruitland, LU, SEBTS, and Adams State alumnus | SEBTS PhD student

[Malcolm Yarnell @MusingsOnChrist]

It should not be lost on Southern Baptists today, as we seek to defend universal religious liberty, both within our own ranks and without, that early Baptists in America suffered mightily under the tyranny of Christian Nationalism.

[Josh Pruitt @joshspruitt]

@lukeholmes He and Steve Mckinion did a coffee table/photo book in like 2000 for the school’s 50th anniversary. This one came out this past October (full disclosure: another student and I helped him with it)

[Josh Pruitt @joshspruitt]

@lukeholmes Have you read Keith Harper’s history of SEBTS (Building a Great Commission Seminary)?

[Biblical Recorder @biblicalrecord]

Fruitland Baptist Bible College’s board of directors has appointed a search committee to lead the process of recommending the next president of the historic western North Carolina institution. The committee is also accepting nominations for the position.

https://t.co/HgyCmULpqZ

[Josh Pruitt @joshspruitt]

@baptist_news Randall Lolley was the first SEBTS alumnus to be president (his BD and ThM were from SEBTS).

[Josh Pruitt @joshspruitt]

@LondonLyceum It becomes tricky, though, when you look at his theological descendants who failed to hold modernism and fundamentalism in tension and chose to emphasize one over the other.

[Josh Pruitt @joshspruitt]

@LondonLyceum I’m not convinced Mullins himself moved SBs away from traditional orthodoxy. He maintained moderate Calvinism while steering the ship between Fundamentalism and Modernism while retaining fundamental beliefs in a modern age (capitals and lower cases=very intentional there).

[Josh Pruitt @joshspruitt]

@BaptistBlogger Is this the book that briefly mentions George Braswell?

[Josh Pruitt @joshspruitt]

Here’s a behind the scenes look at a new history of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary! SEBTS is, and always has been, different. Find out how!

https://t.co/vR42sPllFe

[Josh Pruitt @joshspruitt]

I’m incredibly thankful to Dr. Harper for having given me and Faith Steele the opportunity to research and cowrite this book! Harper devoted 28 years of his life to SEBTS and devoted his career to uplifting young scholars. This book encapsulates his legacy well.

[Josh Pruitt @joshspruitt]

Just in time for your Christmas list— Keith Harper’s last book, a history of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, is available on Amazon: https://t.co/B8pFDpJhSN

[Kenneth Keathley @ken_keathley]

@WillyRice No Baptist can be a Christian nationalist.

[Josh Pruitt @joshspruitt]

@PastorOnTheFly Who needs the Thames or the Tiber when we have a Sandy Creek?

[Malcolm Yarnell @MusingsOnChrist]

Baptist historian discovers a long-lost scroll subscribed by American Baptist ministers who opposed slavery before the Civil War: “A Resolution and Protest Against Slavery,” signed by 116 New England ministers in Boston and adopted March 2, 1847.

https://t.co/cBaVyQHDSy

[Josh Pruitt @joshspruitt]

@M_Y_Emerson Dr. Harper and I took a research trip to the Southern Baptist Historical Library and Archives in January. Can’t remember what got him on the topic — telling a story, I’m sure — but he spoke very highly of you

[Josh Pruitt @joshspruitt]

@jarsofKlay @jake_stone89 I mentioned this in a separate reply, but this new book by Jacob Hicks might be a good place to start. He deals with both men and contextualizes them within US history.

[Josh Pruitt @joshspruitt]

@jake_stone89 Have you read Jacob Hicks’ new book To Contest With All the Powers of Darkness? It’s part of Keith Harper’s America’s Baptists series. It’s excellent!! First two chapters focus on Backus and a couple on Leland. One of the best baptist studies books I’ve read this year.

[Josh Pruitt @joshspruitt]

@danielsilliman @sometimesalight Howard Dorgan!

[Josh Pruitt @joshspruitt]

@meaganstedman Highly recommend this book. Melody Maxwell has an excellent chapter in it: Southern Baptists Re-Observed: Perspectives on Race, Gender, and Politics (America's Baptists) https://t.co/FQAWvKGq9Z

[Josh Pruitt @joshspruitt]

@MToddFletch @LibertyUDiv @SBTS I went to Fruitland and then did a BS and MA at Liberty while serving in a local church. I finished an MDiv at SEBTS and was recently accepted into the PhD program at SEBTS. Not sure if you’re looking for DMin, PhD, or EdD, but I can’t recommend SEBTS enough.