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Tag Archives: confederate day of fasting and prayer

Baptists and the American Civil War: October 31, 1863

The Bethel Baptist Association of Georgia, a fellowship of churches in the southwestern portion of the state, convenes today at the Americus Baptist Church. As with other Baptist associations meeting this fall, the war is never far from the minds of delegates. Several of the reports and resolutions offered and approved by delegates mention the…

October 31, 2013 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.
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Baptists and the American Civil War: October 3, 1863

As war-time casualties mount North and South, the two warring American nations increasingly make public appeals to God for his blessings in the form of victory over the enemy. This fall season, petitions to God arising from within the Confederate States are typically presented in the context of fasting and prayer and are frequently laced…

October 3, 2013 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

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