Convened in Harrisburg, the Pennsylvania Baptist Convention today passes a unanimous resolution of support for the United States Constitution, liberty for all, and U. S. President Abraham Lincoln‘s Emancipation Proclamation. In so doing, Pennsylvania Baptists join most other Northern Baptist groups in formalizing their support of freedom for African slaves. Resolved, That this Convention, representing…
Meeting in the weeks following U.S. President Abraham Lincoln‘s announcement of a forthcoming Emancipation Proclamation that will free African slaves from the ten southern states yet in rebellion against the United States, Vermont Baptists offer a hearty endorsement of Lincoln’s actions: “Resolved, that the proclamation recently put forth by our Chief Magistrate, looking to the…
Today Confederate Gen. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, beloved of white Southern Baptists (and a Baptist church-goer as a teenager), is promoted to lieutenant general. Thus rewarded for his battlefield daring and bravery, upon Jackson’s shoulders falls ever more the burden of ensuring that the Confederacy emerges victorious over the United States. The general’s exploits are already…