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William
Roscoe Estep (February 12, 1920 –
July 14, 2000) was an American Baptist
historian and professor.
He
was considered at the time to be an
authority on the Anabaptist movement.
Career and lifeEstep was professor of
Church history emeritus at Southwestern
Baptist Theological Seminary from 1954
until his retirement in 1990, however he
continued to teach until 1994. During that
time, he wrote numerous works on subjects
including Baptist and Anabaptist history,
religious liberty and world missions. He
also was involved in several church
organizations including the American
Society of Church History;, the Conference
on Faith and History, Southern Baptist
Historical Society,the Texas Baptist
Historical Society; and the Historical
Committee of the Baptist General
Convention of Texas.
Estep's
most significant contribution was his work
on the Anabaptist movement of the 16th
century and he wrote several books on the
subject. His colleague, James Leo Garrett,
professor of theology at Southwestern
Baptist Theological Seminary said that
"Estep was one of the four leading
American scholars on Anabaptism in the
20th century."
Estep
married Edna Alice, and this union
produced two sons; William Merl Estep and
Martin Andrew Estep; three adughters;
Rhoda Elaine Macdonald, Mary McDowell
Morgan and Lena Jan Gipson. At the time of
his death he had nine grandchildren. He
was preceded in death by his daughter,
Alice Ann Estep, and his son, Martin
Andrew Estep. He died in 2000, at the age
of 80, of pancreatic cancer.
Published
Works:
Why
Baptists?: A study of Baptist faith and
heritage
Renaissance and
Reformation (ISBN 0802800505), 1986
Revolution Within the
Revolution: The First Amendment in
Historical Context, 1612-1789 (ISBN
0802804586), 1990
Whole Gospel Whole
World: The Foreign Mission Board of the
Southern Baptist Convention 1845-1995.
1994
The
Anabaptist Story: An Introduction to
Sixteenth-Century
Anabaptism
(1989)
Anabaptist Beginnings,
1523-1533: A Sourcebook (Bibliotheca
humanistica et reformatorica) (ISBN
9060043375), 1976
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