Timothy Whelan

The Wapping Baptists

History & Biography

“Nathan Sherman’s The Wapping Baptists examines one of London’s most important Baptist congregations between the Restoration and the Glorious Revolution, situating the ministers and the people in a theological, ecclesiastical, and social context that illuminates early Baptist life in London with extraordinary detail. Sherman recreates a church whose dynamic ministers, such as Hercules Collins, shepherded a flock of Londoners from various walks of life, all of whom are brought to life through Sherman’s expansive and in-depth research in ways not previously attempted or achieved in a church history. The Wapping Baptists establishes a standard that will enhance the study of church minute books for years to come.”