On the West coast, the First Baptist Church of Santa Clara, founded May 14, 1850, has since then longed to build a meeting house. Today, far from the ongoing skirmishes in the vicinity of the Tennessee city of Chattanooga, Santa Clara church members dedicate and celebrate their first facility. “A brick church building was erected…
John A. Broadus, professor at the (temporarily shuttered) Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Greenville, South Carolina is now serving as a chaplain in Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia. Today Broadus makes note of spiritual developments in the army, providing a glimpse into the intricacies of the revival atmosphere that increasingly impacts the…
Today Union raiders create havoc in Wright City, Missouri, a town in a border state evidencing mixed, vocal loyalties. Targeting buildings where Southern sympathizers are known to gather, the militia first strike the Baptist church, torching the meeting house. As the church blazes, the raiders move on to two local businesses, setting fire to a…