In the Baptist churches of the Confederacy, most of which are integrated, tensions between white and black members have steadily grown as the war drags on. For enslaved African Baptists, the church house is the one place where, at least in theory, a semblance of equality of the races is partially realized. This relative degree…
Many Baptist churches throughout the Confederacy hold monthly business meetings this weekend, the first of the month. One of these congregations is the Van Wert Baptist Church in Paulding County, Georgia. Van Wert is the county seat of recently-created Paulding County. The county and town share a common story in terms of their names, the…
Against the backdrop of the war, many Baptist churches in the South hold monthly business meetings this last weekend of the month. Among such congregations is the Greensboro First Baptist Church of Greene County, Georgia. Representative of many Baptist congregations of the Confederacy, Greensboro First in their business session goes through a series of procedures…