The South Carolina Baptist State Convention meeting concludes today in Darlington. Army missions (missionaries and colporters both) have been much on the minds of delegates. A listing of religious tracts produced for Confederate soldiers in the past twelve months offers insights into religious materials that are currently circulating in army camps. TITLE. No. Pages. No.…
As the Battle of Franklin’s Crossing near Fredericksburg takes place only sixty or so miles to the north, the annual gathering of the Baptist General Association of Virginia continues in Richmond, with much emphasis placed on slavery and the war: At 9½ o’clock the association was called to order by the President. The opening religious…
Southern Baptist foreign mission and Indian mission efforts have fallen by the wayside, spiritual casualties of the war. In their place is a now-intense focus on mission work among the Confederacy’s white men serving in the army. Believing they are called of God to save the army in order to save the nation, Baptist leaders…