This month Augustus Hopkins Strong (3 August 1836 – 29 November 1921) is ordained as the pastor of the First Baptist Church of Haverhill, Massachusetts. Fresh from earning his doctorate in theology, Strong begins a ministerial journey that will lead him to a place of national prominence and esteem in Baptist life as the foremost…
Today, a father and son – both Baptists – enlist in Company B, Thirty-third Illinois Volunteer Infantry. Marching off to war together, Edward T. Durant (born 1819) and son William E. (born 1843) serve the United States in its time of greatest need. Like many other soldiers, they are common folk: Edward is a farmer-turned-carpenter,…
Wrapping up their three-day meeting at the Baptist church in Flagspring, Kentucky’s Campbell County Association of Baptists issues a circular letter to be distributed to member congregations. As voiced in the circular letter, the subject of the war is heavy on the hearts of the delegates as they lament the disunion of the nation. Kentucky’s…