Handbook for Baptists What Every Baptist (New and Longtime) Should Know
As general editor, Bernard M. Spooner began this book by identifying key areas of knowledge and emphasis needed in Baptist churches and began finding experienced and qualified persons to write this brief volume. He has a lifetime of experience in Christian education, including fifteen years as a local church minister and more than two decades as a seminary professor and denominational leader helping pastors, Christian education leaders, and lay leaders. He also served as the first dean of what is now the Cook Graduate School of Leadership of Dallas Baptist University. For the Baptist World Alliance, he has served as chair of a commission that addresses theological education and leadership formation.