Many Union soldiers and officers are yet serving on active duty. Today Nathan Church from Michigan, of a Baptist family and the son of a Baptist minister, musters out of the service. “Civil War hero Nathan Church, was born on November 22, 1840, the son of LaFayette Church. Until the age of 16, Nathan attended…
Six months following the conclusion of the war, many Baptist churches in the South are just now resuming congregational life with some sense of normalcy. Some do not reopen until this month, while others continue adjusting to the realities of freedom for black members. This month the Oak Grove Baptist Church of Arkansas finally reopens…
The California State Convention of the Colored Citizens concludes this day. Many Baptists are among the delegates who at the conclusion of the gathering issue an “Address by the State Convention of Colored Citizens to the People of California,” which reads as follows: “Fellow-Citizens: The Convention of colored citizens, assembled in Sacramento on the 25th,…