In tandem with the growing length of the war is the expanding presence of ministers among the soldiers. Ministry within the armies takes place in a number of ways, with chaplaincy as the most traditional of military ministry roles. Whether occupied by active soldiers, former soldiers, or men who have not borne arms in the…
Samuel Boykin, editor of the Georgia Baptist Christian Index, has on more than one occasion criticized Georgia Baptist pastors for not volunteering as army evangelists and missionaries. His criticism has not gone unchallenged. In this week’s North Carolina Baptist Biblical Recorder, an editorial defends the inaction of most Baptist pastors by associating the problem with…
Despite revivals in Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee‘s Army of Northern Virginia, Confederate soldiers camped at Marietta, Georgia seldom hear the Gospel proclaimed. A recent letter from Georgia Baptist army missionary James A. Toole appears in this week’s Georgia Baptist Christian Index. From Marietta, Toole speaks of his work and mentions the lack of preaching…