The Baptist General Association of Virginia convenes today in the Confederate capital city of Richmond. Delegates are seated, officers elected and committees formed. One of the appointed committees is tasked with composing an address on the state of the country and the duty of Christians to support the Confederacy. Another committee is tasked with composing…
Today newly-freed former slaves gather in the Baptist Church of Beaufort, South Carolina, a coastal town under Union control and a base of operations for the housing, training and education of freedpersons, many of whom are now serving in the United States military. The story of the gathering of these freepersons in the Baptist Church…
This month the state Baptist Association of Illinois convenes and, following the lead of other state Baptist groups of the North earlier this year, affirms as God’s will freedom for all humans and the righteousness of the war against Southern slavery. In the midst of many dangers and reverses which have overtaken our arms during…