Nothing Better Than This: The Biography of James Huckins, First Baptist Missionary to Texas (Big Bear Books) - Softcover

Eugene W. Baker (author)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1602585806 ISBN 13: 9781602585805

Publisher: Baylor University Press, 2012

Synopsis

James Huckins arrived in Texas in 1839. By April of 1841, he would become the chartering pastor of Houston's First Baptist Church, which has grown from its initial twenty-three founders to an attendance in the thousands. Huckins played a pivotal role not only in the formation of that early church community but in the advancement of the Baptist cause throughout Texas, including the founding of Baylor University. In this volume, Eugene W. Baker tells the story of this underrecognized missionary and the unique impact his simple, gospel-centered life had on the development of a premier institution of Christian higher education.

About this title

About the Author:

Eugene W. Baker was Baylor University historian from 1981 to 1995 and is the author of To Light the Ways of Time and As We Onward Go: Baylor University in the 21st Century .

About this edition

• Publisher: Baylor University Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1602585806
• ISBN 13: 9781602585805
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 175