Today is Easter Sunday, a religious holiday not recognized by Baptists, who oppose Easter as a worldly holiday with pagan origins. Services in Baptist churches proceed as usual, while Baptist soldiers writing home (as many do on Sundays) to not reference Easter, whereas many other Christian soldiers do. On this Easter Sunday, the New York…
In spite of the growing revivals in portions of the Confederate Army, many Baptists on the home front are increasingly worried about the largely godless life of Confederate soldiers. Two articles in this week’s edition of North Carolina Baptists’ Biblical Recorder do little to sooth such concerns. A soldier, writing to the Confederate Baptist, from…
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…