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The First Baptist Union Superintendents
Bonser,, H.
Bonser,, H.
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"THE Superintendency originated in the fertile brain of Dr. J. H. Shakespeare as part of a comprehensive Scheme of Settlement and Sustentation. The name was not new in Baptist history, but the conception of the office was novel enough to stagger the Denomination. Dr. Shakespeare had a clear idea of the men required for the task, the functions they should perform and even how they should be dressed. For good or ill, he was compelled to compromise, because those Associations which had whole-time secretaries insisted upon the right of nomination and, ultimately, upon the appointment of their own executive officers. The result was an initial Board on which administrative capacity and inspirational ability were well balanced. It was composed of five erstwhile secretaries, four ministers called from pastorates and one who had served as Conti:~ ental Commissioner of the Baptist World Alliance. Space forbids even a thumb-nail sketch of these pioneers, but they have an abiding place in our annals. The first appointments, made in 1915, were as follows"
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1948
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