Baptists of Alabama’s Central Baptist Association meet at the Poplar Spring Baptist Church in Coosa County and, like so many other Southern Baptist associations this fall season, address the war and army missions. Soon after assembling, the first resolution is passed. Whereas, a large majority of our churches are in a cold, declining condition, and…
Today the Central Baptist Association of Georgia (Southern Baptist) meets at the First Baptist Church of Christ in Macon. The church is pastored by Ebenezer W. Warren, who preached a fiery pro-slavery sermon on the eve of the war and remains an ardent advocate of African slavery. Warren also holds the position of Chairman of…
This week’s North Carolina Biblical Recorder reports on a discussion of an unusual topic at the recent “Ministers and Deasons’ Meeting” of the state’s Central Baptist Association: extortion. Some white Christians of the Confederacy, in seeking to determine why God has not yet given victory to his chosen nation and instead is allowing the war…