The sanctuary of the First Baptist Church of Washington, D.C., has sat vacant for over two years. Constructed in 1833, the building was abandoned when the First Baptist congregation, also known as the Tenth Street Baptist Church, merged with the nearby Fourth Baptist Church in 1859. The empty building is in a choice location and…
According to the Minutes of the 10th session of Georgia’s Oostanaula Baptist Association, not much is said about the war as the messengers gather this weekend at Friendship Church in Floyd County. Probably that’s not particularly true. Lack of reported discussion is rather misleading even if this group of churches does hail from the northwestern…
Today at the Grove Hill Baptist Church in Alabama, in a formal ceremony the flag of the 24th Alabama Infantry (Co. E. Dickinson Guards) is presented to the company. Confederate flag presentation ceremonies held in churches, Baptist and otherwise, are not unusual, as many white southern Christians are patriotic Confederates, while belief in the Confederacy…