Other than the first year of the war, the South Carolina coast remained under the control of Union Armies during the great conflict, driving white citizens off the large plantations that marked that part of the state. Tens of thousands of slaves fled to their freedom behind the protection of Union lines, where Northern Christians…
Baptists of the early 19th century joined other Protestant Christians in embracing the modern missions movement. Several colleges of the era were founded in order to train ministers to assist in the reaching of foreign people groups. One such institution was the Maine Literary and Theological Institute, founded in 1813 by Baptists and other Christians.…
Four months following the conclusion of the war, some Baptist churches in the Mid-West that were shuttered during the war are just now reopening. Among those that start afresh this month is the Good Hope Baptist Church of Clinton, Missouri. Founded in 1860, the Baptist congregation, while acquiring land in the form of a gift…