Digital Library

Listed below are links to a variety of Baptist digital resources. The list is arranged alphabetically by types of material. Most of the resources are scanned from the originals with some material in typescript form. Books and other resources found in Google Book and the Internet Archive are usually not included on this web page. Users should search those sites for Baptist material.

Annuals - Associational
- Alabama Baptist associations
- Arkansas Baptist Associational annuals
  Early Arkansas Baptist associational annuals up to 1920.
- Primitive Baptist Associations Collection
  Primitive Baptist Association minutes from North Carolina (spanning years 1800-2010) and Virginia (spanning years 1915-1962).
Annuals - National
Annuals - State
Archival Collections
- "Lost" Yale Lectures on Preaching by John A. Broadus, 1889
  In 1889, John A. Broadus delivered the Yale Lectures on Preaching (Lyman Beecher Lectureship on Preaching) at Yale University’s Marquand Hall Chapel. These lectures were unpublished, and for many years they were known as the “Lost Yale Lectures.”
- Primitive Baptist Library and Archives Collection
  Materials loaned to the Archives and Special Collections at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary by the Primitive Baptist Library and Archives for digitization. Includes church records, association minutes, and other items spanning years 1799-2006.
- R.H. Boyd – J.M. Frost and T. B. Bell Correspondence, 1895-1916
  Series of correspondence between Richard Henry Boyd, head of the newly formed National Baptist Publishing Board and two Corresponding Secretaries of the Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, Theodore Percy Bell and James Marion Frost
Biographies
- Baptist History Homepage
  includes typescripts of over 650 Baptists.
- North American Baptist Conference early leaders.
- Southern Baptist Historical Library and Archives
  (selected biographies, typescripts)
Books and Pamphlets
- Baptist Studies Online.
  Primary Source Library. Typescripts of items.
- Baptists in the 19th century writings.
  Founders Online (typescripts)
- Boothe, Charles Octavius. "Cyclopedia of the colored Baptists of Alabama: their leaders and their work."
- Encyclopedia of Southern Baptists
- Free Baptist Cyclopaedia.
- Graves, C. F. "The story of the Negro Baptists of North Carolina, 1620-1955. "
- Primitive Baptist books and pamphlets. Mount Zion Primitive Baptist Church.
- Southern Baptist Convention Handbook
  1921-1933
- Southern Baptist Periodical Index, 1965-1984.
- Starr, Edward. Baptist Bibliography.
College and University Student Newspapers (archived issues)
Historical Papers and Articles
- Baptist World Alliance. Heritage and Identity Commission papers at annual conferences.
- Journal for Baptist Theology and Ministry articles
  (grouped topically).
Informational Sites
- Alliance of Baptists
- American Baptist Churches, USA
- Baptist Bible Fellowship International
- Baptist General Conference
- Baptist General Conference of Canada
- Baptist Union of Western Canada
- Canadian Baptist Ministries
- Canadian Convention of Southern Baptists
- Conservative Baptist of America (CBAmerica)
- Convention of Atlantic Baptist Churches
- Cooperative Baptist Fellowship
- Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches in Canada
- General Association of General Baptists
- General histories of Baptists
  Baptist History website includes a wealth of material, mostly in typescript form, on Baptist history in general and information on certain geographical areas.
- National Association of Free Will Baptists
- National Baptist Convention of America, Inc.
- National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.
- North American Baptist Conference
- Progressive National Baptist Convention
- Seventh Day Baptists
- Southern Baptist Convention
Newspapers
- Alabama Baptist, 1843-1914
- Baptist and Reflector
  (formerly Tennessee Baptists), 1835-1996, 2000-2008
- Baptist Herald (North American Baptist Conference), 1924-1995
- Baptist Messenger
  News journal of Oklahoma Baptists, 1912-present
- Baptist Press news releases, 1948-1996
- Baptist Record, 1877-1955
  Mississippi Baptist newspaper
- Baptist Standard, 1855-2012
  News journal of the Baptist General Convention of Texas
- Baptist World/Baptist Argus, 1897-1919
  The Baptist Argus began publication on October 28, 1897 in Louisville, Kentucky. Under the masthead motto “Watch and Pray,” the Argus published information on Baptist events. Name changed from Baptist Argus to Baptist World in 1909.
- Biblical Recorder, 1833-1971
  North Carolina Baptist newspaper
- California Southern Baptist, 1941-2002
- Free Will Baptist, 1874-1913
- Sabbath Recorder (Seventh Day Baptist General Conference), 1844-2017
Oral History Collections
- Baylor University Oral History transcripts.
- Southern Baptist Convention Historical Commission, SBC Presidents Oral History Collection, 1974-1992
Periodicals
- Baptist Informer, 1946-2014 (scattered)
  The official organ of the General Baptist Convention of North Carolina
- Baptist Magazine, 1809-1829
  Published in London, England
- Baptist magazines and journals
  (19th century) FROM GOOGLE BOOKS.
- Baptist Messenger and Evangelical Treasury, 1854-1868
  British Baptist publication
- Baptist Missionary Magazine of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, 1827-1836
- Baptist Preacher, 1842-1859
  Monthly journal published out of Richmond, Virginia, which usually featured 1-2 sermons from Baptist ministers, mostly from Virginia, but eventually expanded to include sermons of Baptist ministers throughout America, although primarily in the South
- Baptist Quarterly, 1922-1927
  Site includes links to pdf articles included in the Baptist Quarterly, which succeeded and incorporated the Transactions of the Baptist Historical Society in 1922.
- Baptist Reporter and Missionary Intelligencer, 1844-1854
  British Baptist publication
- Commission
  Publication of the Foreign Mission Board, SBC.
- Confederate Baptist, 1862-1865
  The newspaper was read not only by people at home but by soldiers in the Confederate Army.
- Contact Magazine, 1953-2004
  Publication of the National Association of Free Will Baptists
- Foreign Mission Journal, 1874-1916
  Mission journal of the Foreign Mission Board, SBC.
- Free Will Baptist Magazine, 1939-2014
- General Baptist Magazine, 1799-1877
  British Baptist publication
- General Baptist Repository and Missionary Observer, 1802-1840
  British Baptist publication
- Heartbeat of Free Will Baptist Foreign Missions, 1961-2004
- Helping Hand, Woman’s Baptist Missionary Society, 1892-1911.
- Home and Foreign Fields, 1916-1937.
- Home and Foreign Journal, 1868-1874
  Southern Baptist mission journal.
- Home Department Magazine and The Better Home, 1910-1946
  Quarterly publication of the Extension Department of the Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist Convention
- Indian Advocate, 1846-1855
  Monthly periodical published in Louisville, Kentucky, under the patronage of the American Indian Mission Association
- Indian Missionary, 1880-1891
  Monthly publication includes articles in Native American languages and English
- Light Magazine, 1948-2004
  Publication of the Christian Life Commission, now Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, of the Southern Baptist Convention
- Men on Mission
  Quarterly publication of the North Carolina Baptist Men, 1994-2000
- Morning Star
  monthly periodical published from 1842 to 1942 in the Sgaw Karen language by the American Baptist Mission Press in Myanmar (Burma)
- Our Home Field and Home Field, 1906-1916
  Mission journal of the Home Mission Board, SBC.
- Our Mission Fields, 1906-1914; and Royal Service, 1914-1978.
  Woman’s Missionary Union, SBC publications.
- Outlook, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1952-2012
  Quarterly publication of the Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, NC, 1952-2012
- Pacific Journal of Baptist Research, 2005-2015
  Provides an international vehicle for scholarly research and debate in the Baptist tradition, with a special focus on the Pacific region
- Report from the Capital, 1946-1984
  Publication of the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty, formerly the Baptist Joint Committee on Public Affairs
- Signs of the Times
  Monthly Primitive Baptist publication, 1832-2014
- The Faith and Free Press/Southern Baptist Free Press, 1956-1963 (scattered)
  Monthly publication of the Committee for Baptist church autonomy, Inc. in North Carlina,
- Transactions of the Baptist Historical Society, 1908-1921
  British Baptist publication
- Zion's Landmarks
  Primitive Baptist publication, North Carolina, 1869-1877
Photographic Collections
- American Theological Library Association. Cooperative Digital Resources Initiative.
  101 portraits of Baptists notables.
- Baptist church postcards.
- Baptist Image Collection, Atlantic Baptist Archives, Acadia University
- Southern Baptist Historical Library and Archives Photographs
  (selected images)
- Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
  Selected photographs from the seminary photo collection.
Research Reports and Studies
- Lifeway Christian Resources Research.
- North American Mission Board. NAMB Research
Sermons and Addresses (audio version/text)
- Criswell, W. A. Sermons.
  Criswell Sermon Library.
- John Rowan Claypool Sermon Collection, 1962-1981
- R. B. C. Howell Sermons, 1838-1867
- SBC Pastor's Conference Sermons, 1951-1994
- SBC Presidential Addresses
  1853, 1919-1923, 1939, 1951-2018
- Selsus E. Tull Sermons
  Baylor University Libraries Digital Collections.Includes handwritten sermon notes with searchable transcriptions of longtime Baptist minister.
- Southern Baptist Convention Sermons, 1846-2019
- Southern Baptist Forum Sermons and Addresses, 1986-1990
- Spurgeon, Charles Sermons
  Over 200 of Spurgeon’s sermons from his time at New Park Street Church
- Truett, George W. Sermons.
  Baylor Digital Collections.
- Woman's Missionary Union, SBC, Addresses, 1962-1974