From Booneville, Missouri, the state’s General Association of Baptists, having re-affirmed their ties to the Southern Baptist Convention, formally protests the Test Oath of the new Missouri state constitution, of which ministers are required to sign. The Test Oath is designed to assure the loyalty of Missouri’s citizens to the United States government, much to…
Today the Missouri Baptist General Association convenes, two years following the last meeting, held in 1863. Missouri, while not a part of the Southern Confederacy, was a divided state during the war. The big question at hand is whether or not the state organization will re-affiliate with the Southern Baptist Convention. In an effort to…
Four months following the conclusion of the war, some Baptist churches in the Mid-West that were shuttered during the war are just now reopening. Among those that start afresh this month is the Good Hope Baptist Church of Clinton, Missouri. Founded in 1860, the Baptist congregation, while acquiring land in the form of a gift…