The bi-annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention assembles today in the Green Street Baptist Church of Augusta, Georgia (a location chosen after the original plan to meet in Columbia, Mississippi was jeopardized by the presence of the United States Army in the state). As in 1845 (the year of the formation of the SBC),…
North Carolina Baptist Biblical Recorder editor J. D. Hufham offers his current, and rather sober, assessment of the war effort as news of Confederate victory in the Battle of Chancellorsville filters southward. The next few weeks or months will be productive of results of vast moment to the people of this nation. The enemy seem…
Today is the final day of this year’s meeting of the Georgia Baptist Convention. The gathering of white Southern Baptists has thus far focused heavily on task of attending to the spiritual needs of Confederate soldiers, whether through providing Christian literature or supporting (or serving as) army chaplains or missionaries. In addition, delegates have discussed…