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Tag Archives: foreign missions

Map of Virginia 1860s

Baptists and the American Civil War: December 19, 1862

Against the backdrop of the year drawing to a close, readers learn details of Southern Baptist Convention mission efforts in a report from Virginia Baptists’ Religious Herald newspaper that is republished in other Baptist newspapers of the South. Reflecting the currently shuttered status of the Richmond organization, the news contained in the missions report is…

December 19, 2012 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.
Savannah Troops on Parade 1861

Baptists and the American Civil War: May 11, 1861

Today is the second day of the bi-annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention held at the First Baptist Church of Savannah, Georgia. The day’s events begin with a reading of Psalm 71 (link), a scriptural passage that invokes God’s wrath against the enemies of righteousness. The passage is applied to the United States and…

May 11, 2011 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

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