“Devoted to Religion, Morality, Literature and General Intelligence.” Thus reads the tagline of North Carolina Baptists’ newspaper, the Biblical Recorder. In the spirit of that mission, and during a time when many Baptist churches of the South are struggling to keep the door’s open as the war rages on and on, this week’s edition of…
The First Baptist Church of Dandridge, Tennessee, a notable congregation within the state, struggles to navigate the war years. Founded in 1786 (seven years prior to the formation of the town of Dandridge, named after Martha Dandridge Washington, wife of George Washington), the Jefferson County congregation is no stranger to difficult times. In July 1845,…
By proclamation of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, many Baptists and other Christians today (a Friday) gather in their houses of worship to offer special prayer for the Confederacy, a nation now reeling from Union advances in Virginia and the deep South. Davis’s proclamation is as follows: To the People of the Confederate States of America:…