1 THE ALBERT WARDIN RUSSIAN BAPTISTS AND EVANGELICAL SECTARIANS COLLECTION AR 915 Baptist baptism in Minusinsk, ca. 1907 August, 2013 Southern Baptist Historical Library and Archives Nashville, Tennessee 2 THE ALBERT WARDIN RUSSIAN BAPTISTS AND EVANGELICAL SECTARIANS COLLECTION AR 915 Summary Main Entry: Albert Wardin Russian Baptists and Evangelical Sectarians Collection Date Span: 1855 – 2012. Abstract: Collection of research notes and material related to Baptists and Evangelical Sectarians in Russia and Eastern Europe. The collection includes articles and publications related to early Christian movements in Russia. Collection also contains significant biographical information on evangelical leaders in Eastern Europe, including Russia. Size: 53 linear ft. (121 boxes) Collection #: AR 915 Biographical/Historical Sketch Albert Wardin, Jr. was born March 11, 1928, the first child of Anna and Albert Wardin of Portland, Oregon. He grew up on the family dairy farm in the Portland area. He received his B.A. degree from Willamette University in Salem, Oregon, in 1946, and, a year later, he received his M.A. in history from Stanford. After Stanford, Wardin went to Western Seminary in Portland, where he got the bachelor of divinity degree. He completed his Ph.D. in history at the University of Oregon, writing his dissertation on Baptists in Oregon. Wardin taught at Western Seminary in Portland for a total of eight years. In 1967, he began a long career as history professor at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. He started collecting material on Russian Baptists because of his family connection with Russian Baptists. The family interest collection began in the 1960s and grew to a massive collection. It resulted in Wardin’s publication of a work that reflected decades of research and investigation, Evangelical Sectarians in the Russian Empire and the U.S.S.R.: A bibliographic Guide. Published by the American Theological Association and Scarecrow Press in 1995, it is a mammoth work that is almost beyond description. Much of the material in the collection is cited in the bibliography. Wardin retired from teaching at Belmont University in 1993, but he continues his research and writing, including work on Baptists in Russia and Eastern Europe. During his career, he published at least twelve books and numerous articles on Baptists, many related to Baptists in Russia and Eastern Europe. A short list of those publications follows: 3 Books Baptists around the World. Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 1995. Evangelical Sectarianism in the Russian Empire and the USSR: A Bibliographic Guide. Lanham, MD and London, UK: The American Theological Library Association and The Scarecrow Press, 1995. Gottfried F. Alf: Pioneer of the Baptist Movement in Poland. (Brentwood, TN: Baptist History and Heritage Society, 2003. Gotfryd Fryderyk Alf: Pionier ruchu baptystycznego na ziemiach polskich. Warsaw: Baptist Theological Seminary in Warsaw, 2005. Articles “Continental European Baptists in the Twentieth Century,” Baptist History and Heritage, Vll/4 (October, 1972), 205-224. “Baptist Beginnings on the Continent of Europe,” The Quarterly Review, XXXIV/l (October – December, 1973), pp. 64-72. “Baptist Influences on Mennonite Brethren with an Emphasis on the Practice of Immersion,” Direction, VIII/4 (October, 1979), 33-38. “Jacob J. Wiens: Mission Champion in Freedom and Repression,” Journal of Church and State, XXVII1/3 (Autumn, 1986), 495-514. “The Baptists in Bulgaria,” The Baptist Quarterly, XXXIV/4 (October, 1991), 148-159. “The Disciples of Christ and Ties with Russia.” Discipliana, LII/3 (Fall, 1992), 1, 35-41. “Mennonite Brethren and German Baptists in Russia: Affinities and Dissimilarities,” in Paul Toews, ed., Mennonites and Baptists, A Continuing Conversation (Winnipeg. MB and Hillsboro, KS: Kindred Press, 1993), 97-112, 239-241. “Pentecostal Beginnings among Russians in Finland and Northern Russia, 1911 – 1921,” Fides et Historia, XXVl/2 (Summer, 1994), 50-61. “William Fetler: The Thundering Evangelist,” American Baptist Quarterly, XXV/3 (Fall, 2006, 235-246. “Penetration of the Baptists into the Russian Empire in the Nineteenth Century,” Journal of European Baptist Studies, VIl/3 (2007), 34-47. “How Indigenous Was the Baptist Movement in the Russian Empire?” Journal of European Baptist Studies, IX/2 (January, 2009), 29-37. 4 “August G. A. Liebig: Mission Herald to Six Countries,” Journal of Mennonite Studies, XXVIII (2010). See the Fall, 2010 issue of Tennessee Baptist History for information on Wardin and his writings. Wardin donated the material to the Southern Baptist Historical Library and Archives in 2012 and 2013 and assisted the staff in the organization and identification of material in the collection. Scope and Content Note The Albert Wardin Russian Baptists and Evangelical Sectarians Collection reflects more than 50 years of research and collecting material related to Baptists and Evangelical sectarians in Russia and Eastern Europe. The collection is a composite of research notes, articles, and copies of publications and documents on Baptists and evangelicals in Eastern Europe. The collection is divided into twenty-four topical series to assist researchers. The biographical series includes files on significant figures in Baptist life in Russia and the Soviet Union. While most of the material focuses on Baptists, the collection includes extensive material on Mennonites, Pentecostals, Lutherans, Methodists, and Plymouth Brethren. The collection documents the issue of church and state in Russia under Tsarist rule and during the Soviet period. It also records the impact of Evangelical Christians and Sectarians on Baptists in Eastern Europe. Material is included on the influence and involvement of Germans in Russian Baptist life. The collection includes extensive material on Mennonites and other denominations in Russia and how they interacted with Baptists. The papers include material on the effect of several 19th century movements, including Pashkovism and Pietism. The Pentecostal movement in the 20th century is also reflected in files in the collection. The majority of the collection focuses on Baptists in Russia during the days of the empire and the Soviet period. The story of the Stundists movement is thoroughly documented in the collection. The development of Reform Baptists (Initsiativniki) in the 1960s is also recorded in the material. In the folder listing below, some files include reference numbers to items in Wardin’s Evangelical Sectarians in the Russian Empire and the U.S.S.R.: A bibliographic Guide. The guide provides additional information on the entries. Additional material related to Baptists in Russia and Eastern Europe, donated by Albert Wardin, can be found in the book, microfilm, and serials collection of the SBHLA. Arrangement The collection is divided into 24 series. Files within each series are arranged in alphabetical order by folder title. The items in the oversized series are filed in no particular order. Provenance Donated by Albert W. Wardin, Jr., 2013. 5 Preferred Citation Albert Wardin Russian Baptists and Evangelical Sectarians Collection, Southern Baptist Historical Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee Access Restrictions None Subject Terms Alf, Gottfried Baedecker, Frederick W., 1823 – 1906 Fetler, William, 1883 – 1957 Kargel, Ivan (J. G.), 1849 – 1937 Liebig, August, 1875 – 1944 Pashkov, Vasily Aleksandrovich, 1813 – 1902 Pavlov, Vasiliĭ G. Prokhanov, Ivan S., 1869 – 1935 Radstock, Granville Waldegrave, Baron, 1833 – 1917 Voronaev, J.E. Wiens, Jacob J., 1874 – 1944 All Union Council of Evangelical Christians – Baptists Baptist World Alliance British and Foreign Bible Society Council of Churches of Evangelical Christians – Baptists Council of Prisoners’ Relatives of Evangelical Christians – Baptists in the U.S.S.R. German Baptist Union Mennonite Brethren Church Orthodox Eastern Church Russian Baptist Union Russian Bible Society Russian Missionary Society Salvation Army – Russia Baptists – Estonia Baptists – Germany Baptists – Latvia Baptists – Lithuania Baptists – Russia Baptists – Soviet Union Baptists – Ukraine Christian sects – Russia Christian sects – Soviet Union Church and state – Russia Church and state – Soviet Union Communism and Christianity – Soviet Union 6 Dissenters, Religious – Russia Evangelicalism – Russia Evangelicalism – Soviet Union Lutherans – Russian Mennonites – Russia Mennonites – Soviet Union Methodists – Russia Molokans Oneness doctrine (Pentecostalism) Pashkovism Pentecostalism – Russia Pentecostalism – Soviet Union Pietism – Russia Pietism – Germany Pietism – Baltic States Plymouth Brethren – Russia Russia – Church history Salvation Army – Russia Seventh Day Adventists – Russia Soviet Union – Church history Stundists Related Material Klaupiks, Adolf J. Papers. Southern Baptist Historical Library and Archives. AR 672. Neprash, I. V. Papers. Southern Baptist Historical Library and Archives. AR 342. Neprash, I. V. (Mrs.) Papers. Southern Baptist Historical Library and Archives. AR 341. Pashkov, Vasiliĭ Aleksandrovich. Correspondence. Southern Baptist Historical Library and Archives. MF 7057. Pashkov, Vasiliĭ Aleksandrovich. Papers. Southern Baptist Historical Library and Archives. MFC 115. Russian Evangelical Archives. Southern Baptist Historical Library and Archives. AR 869. Voronaev, Ivan E. Collection. Southern Baptist Historical Library and Archives. AR178. Series List A Baltic Baptists . Series includes information on early Baptists’ work in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.