Founded in 1638 under the leading of Roger Williams, the First Baptist Church of Providence, Rhode Island was the first Baptist congregation in the New World. In both religious and civic life, the early Baptists of Rhode Island, despite intense opposition from nearby colonial theocracies, chartered a course of freedom of conscience, religious liberty for…
Many Baptist associations of the South meet this month, and the war is a frequent theme interspersed in associational meetings. This weekend, the Rehoboth Baptist Association of Georgia, meeting at the Forsyth Baptist Church in Monroe County, offers insight into the multi-dimensional impact of the great conflict. Missions, a major concern of Southern Baptists, is…
Today the Bethlehem Baptist Association of Alabama convenes at the Brooklyn Church in Conecuh County. A special prayer meeting is held “for our bleeding country, and for the success of our arms.” A resolution concerning the war is passed: “Resolved, That the Bethlehem Baptist Association now in session recommend, especially to the Churches within her…