Baptists of Alabama’s Central Baptist Association meet at the Poplar Spring Baptist Church in Coosa County and, like so many other Southern Baptist associations this fall season, address the war and army missions. Soon after assembling, the first resolution is passed. Whereas, a large majority of our churches are in a cold, declining condition, and…
Despite revivals in Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee‘s Army of Northern Virginia, Confederate soldiers camped at Marietta, Georgia seldom hear the Gospel proclaimed. A recent letter from Georgia Baptist army missionary James A. Toole appears in this week’s Georgia Baptist Christian Index. From Marietta, Toole speaks of his work and mentions the lack of preaching…
As war-time casualties mount North and South, the two warring American nations increasingly make public appeals to God for his blessings in the form of victory over the enemy. This fall season, petitions to God arising from within the Confederate States are typically presented in the context of fasting and prayer and are frequently laced…