The editor of the North Carolina Baptist Biblical Recorder, J. D. Hufham, continually casts about for news of revivals in the Confederate Army. This week an item from the North Carolina Christian Advocate, authored by a Confederate army missionary, is set before the Baptists of the Tar Heel State, raising the argument that the home…
The subject of Christianity in the Confederate army camps is never far from the minds of Southern Baptist newspaper editors and denominational leaders at large. Several articles in this week’s North Carolina Baptist Biblical Recorder address the matter, including the following, entitled “Christ in the Camp”: Grace is not withheld when duty or necessity cuts…
While many Southern Baptist leaders openly advocate for Confederate Baptist army chaplains, not all are convinced that chaplains are needed in the army. A recent letter writer to the Georgia Baptist Christian Index denounced the concept, and this week a rebuttal is offered from an anonymous Confederate Baptist chaplain. I notice in the Index, of…