Andrew Fuller and the Evangelical Renewal of Pastoral Theology

An exploration of the pastoral theology of Andrew Fuller (1754-1815) suggests that evangelical renewal did not only take place alongside the local church - missions itinerancy voluntary societies - but also within the congregation as the central tasks of dissenting pastoral ministry became in the words of one diarist 'very affecting and evangelical'.<br /> <br /> How did evangelicalism transform dissenting and Baptist churches in the eighteenth century? Is there a distinctively congregational expression of evangelicalism? And what contribution has evangelicalism made to pastoral theology? renewal did not only take place alongside the local church - missions itinerancy voluntary societies - but also within the congregation as dissenting pastoral ministry became in the words of one diarist 'very affecting and evangelical'.