The ecclesiological influence of T. C. Hammond

T.C. Hammond is not remembered for any groundbreaking theological conclusions or the development of any distinctive school of theological thought. The contribution of his ministry was a timely intellectual voice for Evangelicalism. In the UK his handbook on theology, In Understanding Be Men, played a critical role in the evangelical renaissance of the 1930s and 1940s. In Australia, he aided Moore College in rediscovering the school's evangelical heritage and gave it intellectual depth. On both continents, Hammond's lasting impact was the strong voice that he offered conservative evangelicals and the battles he fought in the name of Evangelicalism against liberal and Roman Catholic opponents. Ecclesiology is a noteworthy doctrine in Hammond's thought, as it was the doctrine of the church that served as the battleground for much of his ministry. The following is an exploration of Hammond's ecclesiology, with concern for how it served as a defence for evangelical Protestantism.