Baptists in the North continue to advance, despite the war. This month, the First Baptist Church of St. Paul, Minnesota opens its new Wacouta Street facility. The second church building constructed by the Baptists of St. Paul, the congregation at this time is 13 years old. The still-young St. Paul congregation reflects the geographical growth…
This week’s North Carolina Biblical Recorder publishes a letter from a correspondent in the 1st Regiment of N. C. State Troops, identified as J. H. F. The correspondence echoes what many other Baptists in the Confederate army are saying: the South’s soldiers, by and large, are far from being Christian men. I am alone in…
The Domestic Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention meets today to address war-time mission strategies. Indian missions, previously the main thrust of domestic mission efforts, has faltered because of the war. A new emphasis is needed, and a committee appointed to investigate mission work among Confederate soldiers Board thus suggests Southern Baptists seek a…