With the arrival of war, worship services of many Baptist churches in America are disrupted. Among congregations canceling monthly services (other than in cities and large towns, once-a-month services are common in Baptist life at this time, owing in no small degree to the difficulty of transportation) after the beginning of sectional hostilities is Providence…
As the month draws to a close, Georgia Baptists meet in Athens for their annual convention. Gathered corporately, delegates issue a statement “on the present political crisis” that declares: “Whereas, the state of Georgia, in the legitimate exercise of her sovereignty, has withdrawn from the Confederacy known as the United States of America; and, for…
Emerging from the annual meeting of the Georgia Baptist Convention in Athens are hints that the war will severely disrupt Southern Baptist life and ministries, and an acknowledgment that Southern Baptists’ mission enterprise is dependent upon the profits of slave labor (illustrated is a common scene in Georgia during the Civil War years). The Committee…