Audiobook Preview: A Sermon from the First Ordained Black Preacher in America (Lemuel Haynes)

February 22, 2023 by: Crossway

A Sermon from Black Puritan Minister Lemuel Haynes

Born in 1753, Lemuel Haynes was an indentured servant who grew to become a dynamic Reformed preacher. Nicknamed “The Black Puritan,” he is credited as being the first African-American ordained for ministry in the United States.

In this preview episode of Selected Sermons, the newest addition to the Crossway Short Classics series, we are pleased to share a short biographical account of Lemuel Haynes's life and a sermon he wrote and delivered on John 3:3 where he explores Jesus’s command to be born again.

Selected Sermons

Selected Sermons

Lemuel Haynes

This addition to the Crossway Short Classics series features 4 rarely published sermons from black Puritan minister Lemuel Haynes, along with his biography and a foreword by Jared C. Wilson.

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