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Daily Archives: May 13, 2011

Savannah First Baptist Church

Baptists and the American Civil War: May 13, 1861

The Southern Baptist Convention reassembles at First Baptist Church of Savannah, Georgia, opening with the reading of Psalm 23. Delegates at the time did not anticipate how deep would be the “shadow of death” the South would traverse in a few years. Rather, the highlight of the day is the unanimous adoption of the Report…

May 13, 2011 in Archive: This Day in Civil War History.

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