James M. Pendleton is a well-known Baptist preacher and newspaper editor (assistant editor of the Tennessee Baptist) in Tennessee and among many other rural Baptists in portions of the South. He is also the author of an influential book, An Old Landmark Re-Set (Old Landmarks Revisited), published in 1856 and the figurehead volume advocating Landmarkism…
Today the war momentarily fades to the background as Baptists of Muncie, Indiana celebrate a milestone. Founded at the courthouse on September 11, 1859, the First Baptist Church of Muncie met for weekly worship at the courthouse for the following two-plus years. On January 12, 1861, the congregation voted to build a meeting house, and…
The war between South and North has been waging for almost five months. Kentucky is now aligned with the Union, following Confederate incursions in the state a few days earlier, a move that violated the state’s (then) neutrality. Nonetheless, much Confederate sentiment remains within the Bluegrass state during the war. Virginia, likewise, harbors divided loyalties.…