New York Senator Ira Harris, an active Baptist and close friend of U.S. President (and former Baptist) Abraham Lincoln, today sends a note to Lincoln requesting that the president grant an audience, this day, with Southern Baptist Convention leader Richard Fuller. Harris’ note is as follows: This note will introduce you to the Rev. Dr.…
Even as U.S. President Abraham Lincoln seeks to understand God’s purpose in the war, his present faith journey hearkening back to his Baptist roots, white Baptists of the South join white southerners at large in mocking Lincoln in ways vivid and cruel. The Athens Georgia Southern Watchman newspaper, read by many Baptists of the city…
The sanctuary of the First Baptist Church of Washington, D.C., has sat vacant for over two years. Constructed in 1833, the building was abandoned when the First Baptist congregation, also known as the Tenth Street Baptist Church, merged with the nearby Fourth Baptist Church in 1859. The empty building is in a choice location and…