Against the backdrop of the recent Emancipation Proclamation and the angst of the ongoing war, Baptists of the North have not abandoned doctrinal concerns, as illustrated by a series of weekly meetings beginning tonight at the South Baptist Church of New York City. A course of important doctrinal sermons is to be delivered at the…
Among Southern Baptists, the drumbeat continues: extortioners must be shamed into repenting of their sins so that God can unleash his blessings upon the Confederacy and bring the war to an end. Today’s missive comes from Georgia Baptists’ Christian Index. While published this day, the editorial was penned in the midst of the Battle of…
Southern Baptists’ Foreign Mission Board, located in the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia, has been decimated by the war and forced to pull back from its foreign operations. Communication with missionaries on foreign fields is severed, while the ability of the Board to pay missionaries’ salaries has been compromised by both the lack of contact…