Bristol College

Abstract

"This article is an attempt to reflect on the history of Bristol College and to ask what it may be saying to us as we face the future. 1. A layman values education Edward Terrill was an educated layman, an elder of his church, who was anxious that Baptist Ministers should be as well educated as their Puritan forefathers. The minister of the Word needs to be well-skilled in Biblical disciplines. Terrill and his contempor51-ries resisted the "charismatic" emphasis of those who claimed that "human learning" is unnecessary, and may be of a hindrance to the inspiration of the Holy Spirit"