In this essay, Jason G. Duesing asks and answers the question, “Why Baptist?” and aims to review how Baptist contributions to the Christian tradition have been both helpful and unhelpful, with a view toward identifying how present and next-generation Baptists should make future contributions.

Jason G. Duesing, “Baptist Contributions to the Christian Tradition,” in Baptists and the Christian Tradition, Matthew Y. Emerson, Christopher W. Morgan, and R. Lucas Stamps, eds. (B&H Academic, 2020).

In this essay, Jason G. Duesing asks and answers the question “Why should Southern Baptists cooperate?” and aims to show that from their beginnings, Baptist churches found they needed other churches to maintain their own doctrinal health and to accomplish the shared mission given to all churches.

Jason G. Duesing, “Cooperation in Baptist Beginnings, 1609-1845” in A Unity of Purpose, Tony Wolfe and W. Madison Grace II, eds. (B&H, 2025).

In this essay, Jason G. Duesing reviews the work of Baptist Theologian, James Leo Garrett, Jr. and his contribution in to the Baptist Tradition that challenges all to think theologically as Baptists.

Jason G. Duesing, “An Assessment of a Magnum Opus: James Leo Garrett, Jr’s ‘Baptist Theology’ As A Gift to 21st Century Baptists,” in SWJT, Fall 2022.