Historia ecclesiastica is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. When I was converted in Stanley Avenue Baptist Church, Hamilton, Ontario, in 1974 and subsequently baptized there and became a member, I wrestled with being a Baptist for a couple of reasons, one of which was the ignorance of my fellow Baptists about history: church history in general, Baptist history in particular, and even the history of the local church of which I was a member.
Just in time for its 1700th anniversary!