Baptists and the American Civil War: October 30, 1865

Many Union soldiers and officers are yet serving on active duty. Today Nathan Church from Michigan, of a Baptist family and the son of a Baptist minister, musters out of the service. “Civil War hero Nathan Church, was born on November 22, 1840, the son of LaFayette Church. Until the age of 16, Nathan attended…

Baptists and the American Civil War: November 13, 1863

This month two prominent Michigan Baptists find themselves without a job. Dr. James A. B. (1810-1888) and Mrs. Lucinda Hinesburg Stone (1814-1900), having led the American Baptist affiliated Kalamazoo College through two decades of growth, are forced to step down. The crisis of the Civil war only partially explains the departure of the husband and…

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