A Workman Not Ashamed: Essays in Honor of Albert N. Martin

Al Martin’s ministry has had a profound impact on hundreds of faithful ministers and thousands of people for several decades, such that it is high time that a festschrift—that is, a book of essays reflecting his interests and passions written by friends,— be written in his honor. In addition to a foreword by Joel Beeke and a sermon by the Puritan John Gill (1697–1771), this book includes essays from:

• John Reuther
• Sam Waldron 
• Conrad Mbewe 
• Richard Barcellos 
• Alan Dunn
• Jim Savastio 
• D. Scott Meadows 
• Rob Ventura 
• Michael Haykin
• Jeffrey Riddle
• Scott Aniol
• Jeff Waddington 

Here you will find a book that honors a veteran minister and teacher of the Word by exhorting other ministers to preach the Word, shepherd the flock, do the work of an evangelist, and fulfill the commission placed upon them by the Lord. May God use the contributions of these authors to raise up preachers who fit the words of Francis Wayland (1796–1865): “From the manner in which our ministers have entered upon the work, it is evident that it must have been the prominent object of their lives to convert men to God.”

About the Honoree

Albert N. Martin concluded 46 years of ministry at Trinity Baptist Church in Montville, New Jersey, in June 2008, and he and his second wife Dorothy relocated to Michigan (he lost his first wife Marilyn in 2004 after 48 years of marriage and a six-year battle with cancer). A recognised evangelist, counsellor, pastor and preacher, Al Martin had his first experience of street preaching before the age of eighteen, under the guidance of elders at the Mission Hall he attended. He taught all the courses in Pastoral Theology in the Trinity Ministerial Academy for 20 years until it closed in 1998. In his ‘retirement’, he is now working to put these lectures into permanent DVD format, as well as having several writing projects in the pipeline.