Richard Baxter adalah seorang pemimpin gereja puritan di Inggris.[1] Baxter lahir di Rowton, Shropshire, sebuah kota di Inggris pada tanggal 12 November 1615. Pendidikan Baxter berawal dari Sekolah Gratis di Dudley sampai tahun 1632. Setelah menyelesaikan studi, Baxter memulai pelayanannya dengan berkotbah. Ketika berumur dua puluh eman tahun Baxter diundang berkotbah di depan umum oleh pendeta George Dance karena melihat talenta yang dimilikinya. Pada tahun 1641 Baxter melayani di Kidderminister. Selama melakukan pelayanan di Kidderminister Baxter memperhatikan masalah pelayanan pastoral dan melakukan perubahan-perubahan. Beberapa dari Baxter dipengaruhi oleh Max Weber seperti yang terdapat pada The Protestant Ethic.[2]
Referensi
- ↑ http://www.theologian.org.uk/churchhistory/baxterianae.html. Diakses pada Kamis 5 Mei 2011.
- ↑ (Inggris) Daniel Patte. The Cambridge Dictionary of Christianity. USA: Cambridge University Press. Hlm. 104-105.
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- Several of Baxter's works at the Christian Classics Ethereal Library
- Self-Denial one of the sermons of Richard Baxter
- Plain Scripture Proof of Infants Church-Membership and Baptism by Richard Baxter (1656)
- Five Disputations of Church-Government, and Worship by Richard Baxter (1659)
- A Saint or a Brute: The Certain Necessity and Excellency of Holiness by Richard Baxter (1662)
- The Life of Faith by Richard Baxter (1670)
- Reliquiæ Baxterianæ: or, Mr. Richard Baxter's Narrative of the Most Memorable Passages of His Life and Times by Richard Baxter (1696)
- An Abridgement of Mr. Baxter's History of His Life and Times: With an Account of the Ministers, &c. who Were Ejected at the Restauration, of King Charles II...and the Continuation of Their History to the Passing of the Bill Against Occasional Conformity, in 1711 by Edmund Calamy (1713)
- The Reformed Pastor; A Discourse on the Pastoral Office by Richard Baxter, ed. Samuel Parker (1808)
- A Christian Directory: Or, A Body of Practical Divinity and Cases of Conscience, Volume I by Richard Baxter (Richard Edwards, 1825)
- A Christian Directory: Or, A Body of Practical Divinity and Cases of Conscience, Volume II by Richard Baxter (Richard Edwards, 1825)
- A Christian Directory: Or, A Body of Practical Divinity and Cases of Conscience, Volume III by Richard Baxter (Richard Edwards, 1825)
- A Christian Directory: Or, A Body of Practical Divinity and Cases of Conscience, Volume IV by Richard Baxter (Richard Edwards, 1825)
- A Christian Directory: Or, A Body of Practical Divinity and Cases of Conscience, Volume V by Richard Baxter (Richard Edwards, 1825)
- The Description, Reasons and Reward of Walking With God: On Genesis V.24 by Richard Baxter (J. Owen, 1825)
- Memoirs of Margaret Baxter: Daughter of Francis Charlton and Wife of Richard Baxter (Richard Edwards, 1826)
- A Call to the Unconverted. To Which Are Added Several Valuable Essays by Richard Baxter, with an Introduction by Thomas Chalmers (1829)
- The Practical Works of the Rev. Richard Baxter, Volume I, ed. William Orme (1830)
- The Practical Works of the Rev. Richard Baxter, Volume II, ed. William Orme (1830)
- The Practical Works of the Rev. Richard Baxter, Volume III, ed. William Orme (1830)
- The Practical Works of the Rev. Richard Baxter, Volume IV, ed. William Orme (1830)
- The Practical Works of the Rev. Richard Baxter, Volume V, ed. William Orme (1830)
- The Practical Works of the Rev. Richard Baxter, Volume VI, ed. William Orme (1830)
- The Practical Works of the Rev. Richard Baxter, Volume VII, ed. William Orme (1830)
- The Practical Works of the Rev. Richard Baxter, Volume X, ed. William Orme (1830)
- The Practical Works of the Rev. Richard Baxter, Volume XI, ed. William Orme (1830)
- The Practical Works of the Rev. Richard Baxter, Volume XII, ed. William Orme (1830)
- The Practical Works of the Rev. Richard Baxter, Volume XIII, ed. William Orme (1830)
- The Practical Works of the Rev. Richard Baxter, Volume XV, ed. William Orme (1830)
- The Practical Works of the Rev. Richard Baxter, Volume XVI, ed. William Orme (1830)
- The Practical Works of the Rev. Richard Baxter, Volume XVII, ed. William Orme (1830)
- The Practical Works of the Rev. Richard Baxter, Volume XVIII, ed. William Orme (1830)
- The Practical Works of the Rev. Richard Baxter, Volume XIX, ed. William Orme (1830)
- The Practical Works of the Rev. Richard Baxter, Volume XXI, ed. William Orme (1830)
- The Practical Works of the Rev. Richard Baxter, Volume XXII, ed. William Orme (1830)
- The Practical Works of the Rev. Richard Baxter, Volume XXIII, ed. William Orme (1830)
- The Life and Times of the Rev. Richard Baxter: With a Critical Examination of His Writings, Volume I by William Orme (1831)
- The Life and Times of the Rev. Richard Baxter: With a Critical Examination of His Writings, Volume II by William Orme (1831)
- Select Practical Writings of Richard Baxter, Volume I, ed. Leonard Bacon (1831)
- Converse with God in Solitude by Richard Baxter (C. Wells, 1833)
- Select Practical Writings of Richard Baxter, Volume II, ed. Leonard Bacon (1835)
- Jesuit Juggling: Forty Popish Frauds Detected and Disclosed by Richard Baxter (Gould, Kendall & Lincoln, 1835)
- "Making Light of Christ and Salvation," "A Call to the Unconverted," "The Last Work of a Believer," and "The Shedding Abroad of God's Love" by Richard Baxter, ed. Thomas W. Jenkyn (1846)
- What We Must Do to Be Saved by Richard Baxter, ed. Alexander Balloch Grosart (1868)
- The Saints' Everlasting Rest; or, A Treatise on the Blessed State of the Saints in their Enjoyment of God in Heaven by Richard Baxter (T. Nelson & Sons, 1872)
- The Life of Rev. Richard Baxter by the American Tract Society (19th century)
- How to Spend the Day with God Diarsipkan 2013-08-08 di Wayback Machine by Richard Baxter (on www.theologynetwork.org Diarsipkan 2013-08-08 di Wayback Machine)
