04 - Case Study: Christmas Evans

I can best illustrate the effects of Sandemanianism by the experience of the great Welsh Calvinistic Baptist preacher, Christmas Evans (1766-1838). Along with Daniel Rowland (1711-1790), John Elias (1774-1841) and William Williams of Wern (1781-1840), Christmas Evans has long been regarded as one of the four of the greatest Welsh preachers – which is saying something!Mighty preacher though he was, however, because of Sandemanianism, for some time he lost his personal spirituality, and, consequently, his pulpit power