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The Whitley Lecture was first established in 1949 in honour of W.T. Whitley (1861–1947), the Baptist minister and historian. Following a pastorate in Bridlington, during which he also taught at Rawdon College in Yorkshire, Whitley became the first Principal of the Baptist College of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia, in 1891. This institution was later renamed Whitley College in his honour.

Whitley was a key figure in the formation of the Baptist Historical Society in 1908. He edited its journal, which soon gained an international reputation for the quality of its contents – a reputation it still enjoys nearly a century later as the Baptist Quarterly. His A History of British Baptists (London: Charles Griffin, 1923) remains an important source of information and comment for contemporary historians. Altogether he made an important contribution to Baptist life and self-understanding in Britain and Australia, providing a model of how a pastor-scholar might enrich the life and faith of others.

The establishment of the annual lecture in his name is designed as an encouragement to research and writing by Baptist scholars, and to enable the results of this work to be published. The giving of grants, advice and other forms of support by the Lectureship Committee serves the same purpose. The committee consists of representatives of the British Baptist Colleges, the Baptist Union of Great Britain, BMS World Mission, the Baptist Ministers' Fellowship and the Baptist Historical Society. These organizations also provide financial support for its work.

1951

H.H. Rowley, The Unity of the Bible. London: The Carey Kingsgate Press
Ltd., 1953, 1955. Hbk. pp.201.

1952

Laurance Henry Marshall [1882-1953], Rivals of the Christian Faith. W.T. Whitley Lectures for 1952. London: The Carey Kingsgate Press, 1954. Hbk. pp.142. View in PDF format

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1954

Hugh Martin, Puritanism and Richard Baxter. London: SCM Press, 1954.

1958

Ernest A. Payne, The Baptist Union, A Short History. London: Carey Kingsgate Press, 1959. Hbk. pp.317. View in PDF format

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1959

G.R. Beasley-Murray, Baptism in the New Testament.

1960

Douglas Stewart, The Ark of God: Studies in Five Modern Novelists: James Joyce, Aldous Huxley, Graham Greene, Rose Macaulay, Joyce Cary. London: The Carey Kingsgate Press Ltd., 1961. Hbk. pp.158. View in PDF format

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1961

Arthur B. Crabtree [1910- ], The Restored Relationship. A Study in Justification and Reconciliation. The Whitley Lectures for 1961. London: The Carey Kingsgate Press, 1963. Hbk. pp.208. View in PDF format

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1962

J.B. Skemp, The Greeks and the Gospel. London: The Carey Kingsgate Press Ltd., 1964. Hbk. pp.123. pdf [All reasonable efforts have been made to contact the copyright holder of this article without success. If you hold the rights, please contact me]

1963

Stephen F. Winward, The Reformation of our Worship. W.T. Whitley Lectures for 1963. London: Carey Kingsgate Press, 1964. View in PDF format

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