Baptist History, Heritage and Distinctives The Life of Elder James S. Coleman – Part SIX

Baptist History, Heritage and Distinctives The Life of Elder James S. Coleman – Part SIX

THOMAS E KRESAL ADMIN ·AUGUST 6, 2020

Baptist History, Heritage and Distinctives The Life of Elder James S. Coleman – Part SIX

He organized Hartford Church in 1869, and preached for that church for half time for fifteen years. In 1886 he held a meeting there which resulted in over one hundred conversions. He organized the church in Madisonville, Ky., in 1870, while acting as State Evangelist for the General Association, and he has served that church since that time one year, 1898.In every pastorate he has filled the congregations have steadily increased, and the capacity of the house has frequently limited the number of hearers. These churches have been built up in number and efficiency. The smallest number he ever baptized as a result of a meeting was twelve. The average preacher is generally satisfied if he can baptize so many at any time, but as God does not make all trees or rivers the same size, neither does he make all men great alike. By the grace of God we are all what we are.Dr. Coleman is a doctrinal preacher. He constant1y emphasizes the pecu1iarities of the Baptist faith, and as a result he has baptized, in round numbers, one thousand from other denominations. Those who are opposed, to doctrinal preaching may learn a lesson here. He hardly ever preached a set sermon on Baptist peculiarities; but he has woven it into almost every sermon. A fair sample of his preaching may be seen in the sermon at the close of this sketch on “The Work of Baptists An Urgent Work. “Presented by Thomas E. Kresal from: Pillars of Orthodoxy by Ben Bogard, 1900 pg. 340-41https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3376950285689973&set=gm.1332631230265356&type=3&eid=ARDHjy60qeH6kJ57jTAfVDrp_EI-Zff0o57yxjfNsJgggenCtOUQRqLRsX-xoD76hdZ21XpI47IE2_Hw&ifg=1