In 1846, one year after Baptists North and South had divided over the issue of African slavery, white and black Baptists in Stonington, Connecticut reached a mutual decision regarding their respective but related future. African members of the First Baptist Church petitioned their white brethren: Beloved Brethren: Believing that the time has come when the…
Union General George B. McClellan, although now on the defensive in the long-running Peninsular Campaign, is yet threatening Richmond, Virgina, the Confederate Capital. His advance to Richmond checked and earlier this month outmanuevered by Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston’s forces during the Battle of Seven Pines (also known as the Battle of Fair Oaks Station),…
Today the war momentarily fades to the background as Baptists of Muncie, Indiana celebrate a milestone. Founded at the courthouse on September 11, 1859, the First Baptist Church of Muncie met for weekly worship at the courthouse for the following two-plus years. On January 12, 1861, the congregation voted to build a meeting house, and…