The essay

 The Question:

Whether we realize it or not, each one of us is influenced even in our faith experience by the lives of others.  Someone has helped shape your own thought as a Baptist.

In an essay of no more than 1200 words, share the following:  "Let Me Tell You About the Person Who Has Most Influenced My Thought as a Baptist and Let Me Tell You Why..."  You can think of a person from the distant past in Baptist history whose life became an inspiration to you and helped shape your thinking as a Baptist -or- you could look to the present day and even close at home and tell about a person whom you personally know who has shaped your thought as a Baptist.