Rushbrooke, J.H.2019-09-252019-09-252016-07-161938http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/154884"It is surprising that the Baptist World Alliance came into existence so late in our history. There are explanations, of course; our churches throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries were comparatively few and poor, subject to manifold disabilities and even at times to persecution."engWith permission of the license/copyright holderAllianceBaptisthistoryvoluntaryfreedom religiousChristian denominationsBaptist, AdventistGlobal Church History and World ChristianityPractical theology and theological educationPractical theologyArticle