This month the Beaver Baptist Association of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania passes a resolution advocating “the confiscation of Rebel property” and “justice to all inhabitants of the land.” While enslaved Americans yet await freedom, white Baptists North and South live out their freedoms in a variety of ways. Today in Detroit, Michigan future Baptist clergyman, Isaac…
Today is the final day of this year’s meeting of the Georgia Baptist Convention. The gathering of white Southern Baptists has thus far focused heavily on task of attending to the spiritual needs of Confederate soldiers, whether through providing Christian literature or supporting (or serving as) army chaplains or missionaries. In addition, delegates have discussed…
The Bible Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, founded in 1851 and tasked with printing bibles for Southern Baptist mission agencies, has fallen upon difficult times. Having been headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, the fall of that city in February 1862 and subsequent closing of physical operations has taken a toll on the organization. Despite the…