Select Works of J.M. Pendleton (6 vols.)

by James Madison Pendleton

Publishers:

American Baptist Publication Society; Press Baptist Book Concern

and

1 more

, 1853–1891

Overview

The Landmark Movement—marked by the belief in the exclusive validity of Baptist churches and the theory of Baptist succession since apostolic times—brought sharp division amongst Baptists as it sprung up in the antebellum American south. Pastor and professor James Madison Pendleton formed one part of what was called the “Great Triumvirate” of Landmarkism, together with A.C. Dayton and J.R. Graves.

This collection presents Pendleton’s Christian Doctrines, with concise discussions of a number of theological topics, as well as the Church Manual—his guide to the definition, purpose, and activity of a Baptist church. Read the story of his life, personal and professional, in his own words with his memoir, Reminisces of a Long Life. Get a taste for his preaching style with Notes on Sermons, and examine Pendleton’s work on the distinctives of Baptists. Though the “Triumvirate” dissolved after the Civil War, Pendleton’s works offer an interesting window into the thinking behind the Landmark Movement, and into this period of Baptist history.

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Key Features

• Discusses distinctives of Baptist churches, as well as their purpose and definition
• Includes J.M. Pendleton’s memoir
• Presents a window into Baptist history and the thinking behind the Landmark Movement

Product Details

• Title: Select Works of J.M. Pendleton
• Author: James Madison Pendleton
• Volumes: 6
• Pages: 1,526
• Christian Group: Baptist
• Resource Type: Topical
• Topic: Theology; Apologetics

Christian Doctrines: A Compendium of Theology

• Author: J.M. Pendleton
• Publisher: American Baptist Publication Society
• Publication Date: 1878
• Pages: 439

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Baptist pastor and theology professor J.M. Pendleton offers concise treatments of a variety of theological topics in this compendium. Presenting “the chief subjects usually discussed at length in works on systematic theology,” Pendleton’s volume is particularly useful for students. Using accessible language, this volume contains brief discussions on theological topics from the being of God, to sanctification, to heaven and hell.

Church Manual Designed for the Use of Baptist Churches

• Author: J.M. Pendleton
• Publisher: American Baptist Publication Society
• Publication Date: 1867
• Pages: 188

Sample Pages: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7

Landmark Baptist James Madison Pendleton’s Church Manual was designed as a guide for Baptist churches, examining basic questions of what a church is, what it does, and how it operates. Beginning first with the nature and purpose of a church, Pendleton outlines a church’s officers, doctrines, ordinances, government, discipline, and duties. The volume also includes an appendix with even further specific information on business meetings of a church, forms of minutes, marriage ceremonies, and province of associations and councils. With its specific guidelines to what he considers a biblical church, Pendleton’s text also offers interesting insight into the Landmark Movement.

Distinctive Principles of Baptists

• Author: J.M. Pendleton
• Publisher: American Baptist Publication Society
• Publication Date: 1882
• Pages: 241

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In this volume, J.M. Pendleton aims to bring to light the principles which distinguish Baptists from other religious denominations and explain these distinctives. Accordingly, Pendleton focuses his primary attention on the issue of baptism—first denouncing infant baptism, then arguing for the necessity of immersion and for the order of “Christ first, then the church and its ordinances.” The last distinctive Pendleton covers is the belief that biblical churches are congregations of baptized believers that is “independent, under Christ, of the state and of other church, having in itself authority to do whatever a church can of right do.”

Notes of Sermons

• Author: J.M. Pendleton
• Publisher: American Baptist Publication Society
• Publication Date: 1886
• Pages: 240

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Prepared “with a desire that they may be useful to preachers who have not enjoyed the advantages of regular theological education,” these 75 sections of notes correlate to sermons J.M. Pendleton preached while he was pastor in Upland, Pennsylvania. Notes on topics from “The Dimensions of Christ’s Love” to “No Excuse for Sin,” are designed to aid preachers “by way of suggestion as to the analysis of subjects, and the construction of sermons.”

Reminiscences of a Long Life

• Author: J.M. Pendleton
• Publisher: Press Baptist Book Concern
• Publication Date: 1891
• Pages: 234

Sample Pages: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7

Read the story of nineteenth-century Baptist pastor and professor J.M. Pendleton’s life and work, in his own words. Pendleton’s memoir, Reminiscences of a Long Life is an intimate portrait of his personal and professional life, rich with details from a fascinating period in American history. Put together a fuller picture of the man who at one point made up one part of the “Great Triumvirate” of Landmarkism. Read his commentary on his early years in education and ministry, his family (including a son who fought for the confederacy when he himself withdrew to the North due to his Union sympathies), and the various events of his life.

Three Reasons Why I Am a Baptist

• Author: J.M. Pendleton
• Publisher: Moore, Anderson & Company
• Publication Date: 1853
• Pages: 184

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J.M. Pendleton offers a concise case for Baptist beliefs in this work, originally prepared as a discourse for the dedication of a Baptist meeting house. Focusing on core beliefs about baptism and church government, Pendleton highlights these Baptist distinctives: believer’s baptism, full immersion, and congregational church government, and argues for their place in New Testament churches.

About J.M. Pendleton

James Madison Pendleton (1811–1891) was an American Baptist pastor and professor. Pendleton made up one member of the “Great Triumvirate” (along with J.R. Graves and A.C. Dayton) of the Landmark Movement, which sprung up in the 1850s within the Southern Baptist Convention. Born in Virginia, Pendleton was raised in Kentucky, and was educated in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, and ordained there in 1833. He taught school and studied theology privately for several years before he became pastor of First Baptist Church in Bowling Green, Kentucky. In 1857, he became professor of theology at Union University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and became an editor of the Tennessee Baptist. At the start of the Civil War, Pendleton moved to the North where he pastored churches in Ohio and Pennsylvania and was involved in founding Crozer Theological Seminary.