Support of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln‘s Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation from Northern Baptists continues unabated. Today, the New York Baptist Convention unanimously approves a resolution in support of the Lincoln administration. Avoiding Christian nationalistic rhetoric, the statement voices harsh condemnation of the slave-based Confederacy and takes for granted that God wills freedom for all persons. Whereas…
This month the Baptist Convention of Massachusetts joins the chorus of Northern Baptist organizations praising U.S. President Abraham Lincoln for issuing the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, while seeking God’s favor on behalf of the United States in the war with the Southern Confederacy. Resolved, That, in the present terrible national crisis in which we are involved…
Baptists of the North continue celebrating U.S. President Abraham Lincoln‘s decision to emancipate African slaves. The Philadelphia Baptist Association — the oldest Baptist association in America, founded in 1707 — joins in a stream of praises for the president’s actions by writing a letter to the Lincoln administration. Quoting scripture, evidencing patriotism, and claiming the…