Today is Easter Sunday, a religious holiday not recognized by Baptists, who oppose Easter as a worldly holiday with pagan origins. Services in Baptist churches proceed as usual, while Baptist soldiers writing home (as many do on Sundays) to not reference Easter, whereas many other Christian soldiers do. On this Easter Sunday, the New York…
In spite of the growing revivals in portions of the Confederate Army, many Baptists on the home front are increasingly worried about the largely godless life of Confederate soldiers. Two articles in this week’s edition of North Carolina Baptists’ Biblical Recorder do little to sooth such concerns. A soldier, writing to the Confederate Baptist, from…
Baptist leaders and churches of the Confederacy express little to no remorse over church members killing their Northern brethren in the fight to maintain African slavery. Nor do most doubt that slavery is the lot of the black race. Personal immorality of church members serving in the Confederate Army, however, is another matter altogether. The…