A.H. Strong (1839-1921)

Major work  

•          Systematic Theology

Importance

•          Most notable Baptist theologian of the 19^th and early 20^th centuries

•          Taught from a reformed Baptist perspective

•          Open to diverse theological opinion

•            Moderate Calvinistic view of election

•          Said inerrancy was an indefensible position

•          Was converted under Charles Finney as a college student

•          Held to theistic evolution

•          Some thought he was on a slippery slope toward liberalism