Anxieties North and South are high. The moment of truth is mere days to come. The United States and Confederate States, both weary of war, steel for yet another season of bloodshed and anguish. This most uncivil of wars was never expected to last this long. The public is nervous, politicians are wary, and soldier…
While the just-concluded annual meeting of the Georgia Baptist Convention focused primarily on supporting Confederate soldiers through the evangelistic efforts of army chaplains and missionaries, delegates, many of whom were well-to-do pastors of larger churches, made no formal mention of what is arguably the most pressing issue among the soldiery: that of desertion. Baptist churches…
Today, a Monday, the Georgia Baptist Convention reconvenes at Atlanta’s Second Baptist Church for the final day of their annual meeting. Thus far the war, but more specifically Confederate soldiers and their families, have dominated the discourse of the conference. Today proves no different as, following the opening prayer and a reading of Saturday’s minutes,…