Early Modern · 1656
The Reformed Pastor
Richard Baxter · 1615–1691
What it is
A charge to ministers to catechise every family in the parish personally, house by house, and an unsparing account of the author's own failures at it.
Why it lasted
The classic Protestant book on pastoral ministry, and it describes a method Baxter actually carried out in Kidderminster with visible results.
Where to read it
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