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Richard Baxter (12 November 1615 – 8 December 1691) was an English Nonconformist church leader and theologian from Rowton, Shropshire, who has been described as "the chief of English Protestant Schoolmen".
Richard Baxter was a Puritan minister who influenced 17th-century English Protestantism. Known as a peacemaker who sought unity among the clashing Protestant denominations, he was the centre of nearly every major controversy in England in his fractious age.
Nov 12, 2015 · Baxter’s method of thorough house-to-house visitation, discipleship, catechizing, and pastoral counseling transformed an unconverted town into a vibrant Christian community. Pastors would do well to follow his example of thoroughness and urgency in proclaiming and applying the gospel.
Sep 16, 2022 · Though nearly four hundred years old, Richard Baxter’s ‘The Reformed Pastor’ still rings with power for shepherds who want to teach, lead, and guard the flock well.
Richard Baxter never received a higher commission than that of parish pastor to loom workers in Kidderminster. Still, he was the most prominent English churchman of the 1600s.
He developed his own notion of universal redemption, which offended Calvinists, but retained a form of personal election, which offended Arminians." Richard Baxter was born in 1615, in Rowton, near Shrewsbury, in Shropshire. He was the only son of Beatrice Adeney and Richard Baxter, Sr.
Richard Baxter (1615–1691) was an English Puritan church leader, poet, hymn-writer, theologian, and controversialist. Dean Stanley called him “the chief of English Protestant Schoolmen.”
