White Baptists of the Confederacy share many of the same war-related convictions as do white southern Christians of other denominations. At a time when southerners are reeling from a string of battlefield setbacks, this week’s North Carolina Biblical Recorder reprints a brief commentary, originally appearing in a Presbyterian paper, regarding differences between South and North:…
The Civil War disrupts educational institutions in Southern Baptist life. As the new school year approaches, Baptist colleges face severe shortages of students, many of whom are now enrolled in the Confederate Army. Yet the educational crisis is present beyond Baptist life. Throughout the South, public and private schools have witnessed an exodus of teachers…
Not all white Baptists of the South are enamored with the war. An anonymous editorial in Georgia Baptist’s Christian Index pleads with pastors to keep war and pulpit separate: “Brethren of the ministry, we earnestly exhort you not to let your minds be diverted from your legitimate business by the excitements of the day. The…