Journal of European Baptist Studies, Volume 7, No. 3, 2007

Editorial Board The Revd Keith G Jones MA The Revd Docent Dr Parush R Parushev JUDr Petra Vesela The Revd Dr Ian M Randall The Revd Docent Dr Ivana Noble Lina Andronoviene MTh Tim FT Noble MEd The Revd Dr Peter F Penner Issued three times a year Subscriptions: €14 per year within Europe and the Middle East $20 per year to the USA Individual copies 150 czk Enquiries regarding subscriptions to [email protected] Enquiries regarding articles to [email protected] ISSN 1213-1520 Registration Number: MK CR E 10511 international Baptist Theological Seminary of the European Baptist Federation, o.p.s. Nad Habrovkou 3, Jeneralka, Praha 6, CZ 164 00 Czech Republic ICO: 25741683 Produced by the IBTS Journal Team New IBTS Publications Developed out of recent IBTS Research Conferences, we are delighted to announce two new IBTS publications which explore contemporary issues in baptistic worship and mission by leading Baptist and Mennonite scholars. Here are important resources which ought to be on the library shelves of all seminaries and on the reading list of all those interested in how the contemporary gathering believers’ churches work out their life and mission in our post-modern world. Currents in Baptistic Theology of Worship Today Editors: Keith G Jones and Parush R Parushev 2007, 200 czk + p&p, ISBN 80-87006-05-4 Anabaptism and Mission Editors: Wilbert R Shenk and Peter F Penner 2007, 560 czk + p&p, ISBN 978-3-937896-43-4 To place an order please contact [email protected] Contents 3 Journal of European Baptist Studies Volume seven No. 3 Contents Editorial The Revd Dr Parush R Parushev An understanding of covenanted church: Is there a contemporary relevance? Dr Michael Parsons Theologies of John B. Cobb and Wactaw Hryniewicz: Points of convergence The Revd Dr hab Mirostaw Patalon On Being Called-out Strangers in the Land: Some Reflections on Contemporary Lithuanian Baptist Spirituality Lina Andronoviene Penetration of the Baptists into the Russian Empire in the Nineteenth Century Dr Albert W. Wardin, Jr May 2007 4 5-15 16-24 25-33 34-47 Book Reviews 52-55 4 Journal of European Baptist Studies Editorial Papers presented in this volume are an assorted collection of contributions from different parts of the Baptist world. Essays are representative of integrative baptistic theologising. They present contextual perspectives on a range of issues in Baptist ecclesiology, theology, spirituality and history. Dr Michael Parsons reflects on the covenanted Baptist ecclesiology of the local gathering community which is truly Trinitarian, worship centred and concrete. Taking a lead from historic development of and contemporary thought on Baptist tradition, he explores aspects of relational ecclesiology and calls for further reflections on its relevance in a post¬ modern context. Prof Miroslaw Patalon takes a close look