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Article: Down by the Riverside: a Brief History of Baptist Faith.(Book Review)
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- June 22, 2004
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Down by the Riverside: A Brief History of Baptist Faith. By Everett C. Goodwin. Valley Forge: Judson Press, 2002. 144 pp.
"[W]ritten for beginners" who have "little previous knowledge about Baptists" (p. viii), Down by the Riverside has been prepared from the perspective of the American Baptist Churches in the USA and should be read with that in mind. The author has enjoyed a distinguished career as pastor, author, and editor in Connecticut, Rhode Island, Washington, D.C., and now Scarsdale, New York.
This paperback book is brief, non-threatening to a novice. Chapters average only ten pages each, with about 250 words per page. The pages are inviting, ...