AJT

[Tim Elston]

I can imagine him asking that question, since he doesn't seem to have been one much for learning from history.

I'm no AJT apologist, but I wonder if you can explain what you mean by this?

I'm referring to how he cut out 1500+ years of church history, between 325 and 1903, and then made mistakes that were often repeated during that period. American church history between 1844 and 1903 is littered with movements like his that turned out to have cultish characteristics and the inevitable foundational weaknesses of organizations built on the charisma of a leader who could not accept institutional discipline.

[DaJudge]

I can imagine him asking that question, since he doesn't seem to have been one much for learning from history.

I'm no AJT apologist, but I wonder if you can explain what you mean by this?

I'm referring to how he cut out 1500+ years of church history, between 325 and 1903, and then made mistakes that were often repeated during that period.

Can't disagree with you there. That always bothered me. I have a good book on AJT called "AJT, Plainfolk Modernist". It talks alot about how influenced AJT was by movements of the 19th century.