The legacy of Benjamin Randall, founder of Free Will Baptists, is alive and well in Oneonta, New York. In 1856, the town’s Second Free Will Baptist Church was established when some members of the first Free Will congregation “believing that a more central location would foster the growth of church membership … thought it wise…
Tennessee native William B. Bate (1826-1905) prior to war proved himself as a young man. Following his first job as a clerk on a steamboat, he then served in the United States Army (during the Mexican-American war), started a newspaper, served in the Tennessee House or Representatives, practiced law, served as attorney general for the…
Vassar Female College, a Baptist school in New York founded by the generosity of New York Baptist layman Matthew Vassar but not yet formally opened, is mired in controversy. President Milo P. Jewett shares Vassar’s vision, but has been increasingly fearful that Vassar’s nephews, also involved in the college’s affairs, are undermining the founder’s focus…