Maryland thus far has remained in the Union, and the New York Times declares that the state’s loyalty is now secure. The state’s remaining with the United States is crucial for President Lincoln’s strategy of maintaining the loyalty of the border states in order to slow the momentum of the Confederacy. In Virginia, many Baptist…
With the arrival of war, worship services of many Baptist churches in America are disrupted. Among congregations canceling monthly services (other than in cities and large towns, once-a-month services are common in Baptist life at this time, owing in no small degree to the difficulty of transportation) after the beginning of sectional hostilities is Providence…
Emerging from the annual meeting of the Georgia Baptist Convention in Athens are hints that the war will severely disrupt Southern Baptist life and ministries, and an acknowledgment that Southern Baptists’ mission enterprise is dependent upon the profits of slave labor (illustrated is a common scene in Georgia during the Civil War years). The Committee…