British Baptist Theologians No. 8: Brian Haymes

Brian Haymes has been an important figure in Baptist life over the last twenty years. He has been principal of two Baptist colleges and written regularly on Baptist identity.

1986-1994 Principal of Northern Baptist College
1994-2000 Principal of Bristol Baptist College
2000-2005 Minister, Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church

1993 President, Baptist Union of Great Britain

Publications

____ 'The Supernatural is Personal', Baptist Quarterly 26 (January 1975), 2-13

____ 'On Being the Church' in A Call to Mind: Baptist Essays towards a Theology of Commitment edited by Paul S. Fiddes (London: Baptist Union, 1981), 55-67

____ 'A Note on God Acting in History', Baptist Quarterly 30.8 (October 1984)

____ 'Covenant and the Church's Mission' in Bound To Love: The Covenant Basis of Baptist Life and Mission edited by Paul S. Fiddes (London: Baptist Union, 1985), 63-75

____ A Question of Identity: Reflections on Baptist Principles and Practice (Leeds: Yorkshire Baptist Association, 1986)

____ The Concept of the Knowledge of God (Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1988)

____ Looking at the Cross (Christian Education Publications, 1988)

____ Looking at Advent (Christian Education Publications, 1989)

____ Looking at Pentecost (Christian Education Publications, 1991)

____ Looking at Easter and Ascension (Christian Education Publications, 1992)

____ 'Baptism as a Political Act' in Reflections on the Water: Understanding God and the World Through the Baptism of Believers edited by Paul S. Fiddes (Regent's Study Guides 4; Macon: Smyth and Helwys, 1996), 69-84 

____ with Paul S. Fiddes, Richard Kidd and Michael Quicke, Something to Declare: A study of the Declaration of Principle (Whitley, 1996)

____ with Paul S. Fiddes, Richard Kidd and Michael Quicke, On the Way of Trust (Whitley, 1997)

____ (ed.) with Roger Hayden, Bible, History and Ministry: Essays for L.G. Champion on his Ninetieth Birthday (Bristol: Bristol Baptist College, 1997)

____ ‘Christian realism and doing nothing’ in Bible, History and Ministry: Essays for L.G. Champion on his Ninetieth Birthday edited by Brian Haymes and Roger Hayden (Bristol: Bristol Baptist College, 1997)

____ 'Theology and Baptist Identity' in Doing Theology in a Baptist Way edited by Paul S. Fiddes (Oxford: Whitley, 2000), 1-5

____ 'Of Present Grace and Joys Above' in Called to Hope One: Perspectives on the Life to Come edited by John E. Colwell (Paternoster, 20000, 180-90.

____ "Baptist Thought", in Adrian Hastings (ed.), The Oxford Companion to Christian Thought (Oxford University Press, 2000), 61-62.

____ 'Baptism: A Question of Belief or Age?', Perspectives in Religious Studies 27.1 (2000), 121-26.

____ 'The Moral Miracle of Faith' in Anthony R. Cross and Stanley Porter (eds.), Dimensions of Baptism. Biblical and Theological Studies, JSNT Supplement Series 234 (Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2002), 325-32

____ 'Making Too Little and Too Much of Baptism' in Ecumenism and History: Studies in Honour of John H. Y. Briggs edited by Anthony R. Cross (Carlisle: Paternoster, 2002), 175-89

____ 'Towards a Sacramental Understanding of Preaching' in Baptist Sacramentalism Anthony R. Cross and Philip E. Thompson (Carlisle: Paternoster, 2003), 263-70

____ "Baptist Churches", in John Bowden (ed.), Christianity: The Complete Guide (Continuum 2005), 110-14

____ 'On Religious Liberty: re-reading A Short Declaration of Iniquity in London in 2005', The 2007 Baptist Historical Society's Annual Lecture, Baptist Quarterly 42.3 (July 2007)

____ with Anthony Cross and Ruth Gouldbourne, On Being the Church: Revisioning Baptist Identity (Milton Keynes: Paternoster, 2008)

____ 'Thomas Helwys' The mystery of iniquity: is it still relevant in the twenty-first century?' in Exploring Baptist Origins edited by Anthony R. Cross and Nicholas Wood (Oxford: Regent's Park College, 2010)

____ 'The Way of Practical Modesty' in Wisdom, Science and the Scriptures edited by Stephen Finamore and John Weaver (Centre for Baptist History and Heritage, Oxford and Bristol Baptist College, 2012)

____ with Paul S. Fiddes and Richard Kidd, Baptists and the Communion of Saints (Baylor, 2014)

____ 'Still Blessing the Ties that Bind' in For the Sake of the Church: Essays in Honour of Paul S. Fiddes edited by Anthony Clarke (Centre for Baptist History and Heritage; Regent's Park College, 2014)

____ with Kyle Gingerich Hiebert, God After Christendom? (Paternoster, 2015)

____ 'One church, one faith, one Lord: Questions of Baptist Identity' in Baptist Identity into the 21st Century: Essays in Honour of Ken Manley edited by Frank Rees (Melbourne: Whitley, 2016)

____ 'Trinity and Participation: A Brief Introduction to the Theology of Paul S. Fiddes', Perspectives in Religious Studies 44.1 (Spring 2017)

____ 'If I Weren't a Mennonite, I Would Be a Catholic': Alan Kreider's Relations with Roman Catholics', Anabaptism Today 1.1 (2019)

____ with Kyle Gingerich Hiebert, 'Misremembering God', Anabaptism Today 1.2 (2019)

____ with Paul S. Fiddes and Richard Kidd, Communion, Covenant and Creativity (Cascade, 2020)

____ 'First Communion: Reflecting with St Therese of Lisieux' in Baptist Sacramentalism 3 edited by Anthony R. Cross and Philip E. Thompson (Pickwick, 2020)

____ 'Pastoral Prayer' in Re-Membering the Body: The Witness of History, Theology, and the Arts in Honour of Ruth M. B. Gouldbourne edited by Anthony R. Cross and Brian Haymes (Pickwick, 2021)

Comments

[Chris]

I spent a semester in London in autumn 2003 and regularly attended Bloomsbury. Brian Haymes was very hospitable and treated me to lunch on one occasion. At the time I had no idea that he was such a notable figure!

[Pastor John Rose]

Hello!

I am trying to obtain a copy of B.Haymes "A Question of Identity for my studies on Baptist History and Principles.

I have tried potential commercial stockists without success. Can you advise, please?

[Andy Goodliff]

Dear John, it is not longer available. You could read a copy I'm sure in any of the Baptist college libraries. Otherwise I suggest you get hold of his more recent work on Baptist life and church called On Being the Church (Paternoster, 2008), which is only £10 in Paternoster sale: http://www.authenticmedia.co.uk/images/Pat10Sale.pdf