Among Southern Baptists, the lament over the lack of Baptist chaplains in the Confederate Army continues unabated. Today the Virginia Baptist Religious Herald chimes in. Attention has been called, several times of late, to the fact that a smaller proportion of the chaplains now in service belong to the Baptist than to other denominations. It…
In this week’s Georgia Baptist Christian Index, editor Samuel Boykin discusses at length “The Ministry and the War,” in reaction to secular criticism of Christian pastors in the Confederacy. Some very startling and dangerous sentiments upon this subject have been published recently. Infidelity is becoming bolder as our prospects of success grow brighter. When the…
Confederate Army camp life perplexes Southern Baptists. While lamenting over the evils in the camps, they also relish the possibility of evangelizing the masses of southern men who are housed in cramped, crude quarters far away from home and hearth. Such an environment, some Southern Baptists contend, should make the South’s men more open to…