Robert Hall, Sr.

Robert Hall, Sr. (1728-1791) was originally from Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He was baptized and joined the congregation at Hexham in 1752, after which he entered the ministry and pastored at Arnesby from 1753 until his death in 1791. He was one of the leaders in the movement against High Calvinism in favor of a more evangelical ministry, which he set forth in his influential work, Help to Zion’s Travellers (1781). See Michael A. G. Haykin, “Robert Hall, Sr. (1728-1791),” ed. Michael A. G. Haykin, in The British Particular Baptists, ed. Michael A. G. Haykin, 5 vols. (Springfield, MO: Particular Baptist Press, 1998-2019), 1:203-211.