Eighteen months into the war, Southern Baptist mission work is in the midst of a major transition. Foreign mission efforts have ground almost to a halt, due to lack of funding of and communication with the missionaries. Domestic missions, often focused on efforts to evangelize Indians, have severely declined due to the disruptions of war…
Unlike Southern Baptists, Primitive Baptist churches and associations of the South tend toward silence regarding the war. The Towaliga Primitive Baptist Association of Georgia, however, is an exception. Meeting today, Towaliga Baptists address the national war as well as an escalating inter-denominational conflict with a Southern Baptist association. Concerning the Confederacy, these Primitive Baptists marry…
The American Baptist Missionary Union meets today at the First Baptist Church of Providence, Rhode Island, America’s first Baptist church. Among the reports and subjects discussed are the Union’s far-ranging mission work and funding issues. The war has created competition for churches’ financial resources. Dependent upon voluntary contributions from individuals and congregations, the Society searches…