Today in Montgomery, Alabama an “old negro woman” enters one of city’s “principle churches,” walks down the church aisle, and sits down in a seat of her choice. The woman, after all, is now free. Or so she might think. A white church member quickly intercedes, “politely” telling her that the church has “prepared another…
Today the Missouri Baptist General Association convenes, two years following the last meeting, held in 1863. Missouri, while not a part of the Southern Confederacy, was a divided state during the war. The big question at hand is whether or not the state organization will re-affiliate with the Southern Baptist Convention. In an effort to…
Many Baptists were Union prisoners of war at Andersonville Prison Camp in southwest Georgia, some of whom died in captivity due to the harsh conditions of the open-air prison. Among the Baptist survivors is Alfred D. Bennet of Huntingdon, Tennessee, one of many from west Tennessee who served in the Union Army. Bennet is scarred…