The Bethel Baptist Association of Georgia, a fellowship of churches in the southwestern portion of the state, convenes today at the Americus Baptist Church. As with other Baptist associations meeting this fall, the war is never far from the minds of delegates. Several of the reports and resolutions offered and approved by delegates mention the…
The North Carolina Baptist Convention assembles at the First Baptist Church of Raleigh and passes a resolution on “the State of the Country.” The resolution is lengthy, offering commentary on the United States, Confederate States and the war, but especially dwelling upon the revivals within the Confederate Army. The close of another Conventional year finds…
A North Carolina Baptist minister this week rallies the faithful to their patriotic duties, via a stirring newspaper commentary. At a public meeting in Albermarle county, Virginia, the county in which President Jefferson lived and died, the people passed these resolutions: 1. To pay all their tax in kind. 2. To take another tenth from…