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"""Those who tell our stories show us who we are. Frank Rees's biography of the great Baptist preacher, historian, and educator D. Mervyn Himbury provides the most telling insight into who we are as Victorian Baptists and, even more, who we are still called to be. The life story of this exceptional man is a gift to all of us who remain invested in the Australian church and its mission."" --Simon Carey Holt, Senior Minister, Collins Street Baptist Church ""Rees succeeds magnificently in his aim of offering a biography which enables the reader to do theology better. In relating the life and thought of Mervyn Himbury, an exceptional preacher and theological educator, the author tells a good story very well indeed, exploring Baptist tradition in both British and Australian cultures, and exposing the theological roots of a radical religious and political freedom."" --Paul S. Fiddes, University of Oxford ""This is an excellent theological biography of Mervyn Himbury, a Welsh Baptist preacher and teacher who became a pioneering theological college principal in Australia. In his affectionate, readable, and scholarly account, Frank Rees has not only made an important contribution to Australian religious history but provided a model of how such biographies may have a theological relevance far beyond any provincial interests."" --Ken Manley, Whitley College, University of Melbourne (formerly) ""Here is the story of one of the great nonconformist (unusual) Australian Baptist leaders of the past one hundred years. After reading this book, written by the student of his who perhaps knew him best, I am reminded of the personal debt I owe to Mervyn Himbury as well as the debt all Victorian Baptists owe to him whether they knew him or not, whether they liked him or not."" --Alan Marr, former Director of Ministries, Baptist Union of Victoria ""In his finely researched biography, Rees sheds light on a complex character, D. Mervyn Himbury. Rees expertly sketches the diverse forces that shaped Himbury and deals sympathetically but not uncritically with his subject's passions, struggles, and faith. This book is not just for Baptists (that curious breed emerging in tumultuous seventeenth-century Europe) but for anyone who steps into the unknown in response to a persistent 'inner call.'"" --Marita Munro, Whitley College (formerly)"

Those who tell our stories show us who we are. Frank Rees's biography of the great Baptist preacher, historian, and educator D. Mervyn Himbury provides the most telling insight into who we are as Victorian Baptists and, even more, who we are still called to be. The life story of this exceptional man is a gift to all of us who remain invested in the Australian church and its mission. --Simon Carey Holt, Senior Minister, Collins Street Baptist Church Rees succeeds magnificently in his aim of offering a biography which enables the reader to do theology better. In relating the life and thought of Mervyn Himbury, an exceptional preacher and theological educator, the author tells a good story very well indeed, exploring Baptist tradition in both British and Australian cultures, and exposing the theological roots of a radical religious and political freedom. --Paul S. Fiddes, University of Oxford This is an excellent theological biography of Mervyn Himbury, a Welsh Baptist preacher and teacher who became a pioneering theological college principal in Australia. In his affectionate, readable, and scholarly account, Frank Rees has not only made an important contribution to Australian religious history but provided a model of how such biographies may have a theological relevance far beyond any provincial interests. --Ken Manley, Whitley College, University of Melbourne (formerly) Here is the story of one of the great nonconformist (unusual) Australian Baptist leaders of the past one hundred years. After reading this book, written by the student of his who perhaps knew him best, I am reminded of the personal debt I owe to Mervyn Himbury as well as the debt all Victorian Baptists owe to him whether they knew him or not, whether they liked him or not. --Alan Marr, former Director of Ministries, Baptist Union of Victoria In his finely researched biography, Rees sheds light on a complex character, D. Mervyn Himbury. Rees expertly sketches the diverse forces that shaped Himbury and deals sympathetically but not uncritically with his subject's passions, struggles, and faith. This book is not just for Baptists (that curious breed emerging in tumultuous seventeenth-century Europe) but for anyone who steps into the unknown in response to a persistent 'inner call.' --Marita Munro, Whitley College (formerly)

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Frank D. Rees is a Baptist pastor and theological educator in Melbourne, Australia, where he currently serves as the chair of the Academic Board in the University of Divinity. He studied philosophy, theology, and education in Australia, and in Manchester, UK, where he earned his PhD. In 1991 he was appointed professor of systematic theology, and in 2006 the principal, of Whitley College. He is married and has three adult children.

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