Today’s New York Times publishes an editorial suggesting that the time has come, for the sake of the nation, that the four denominations that split prior to the war, reunite. The four denominations in question are: Old-School Presbyertians New-School Presbyterians Methodists Baptists The article treats the organizations in aggregate, as well as offering some comments…
In Worcester, Massachusetts, a Baptist legacy enables the saving of lives … on earth. The year 1845 witnessed the establishment of the first sectarian medical school in New England. The New England Botanico-Medical College, also known as the Eclectic Medical College, began in temporary quarters until in 1852 a permanent building was erected on Union…
Today the post-war South Carolina constitutional state convention meets at the First Baptist Church of Columbia to form a post-war Provisional Government. The venue is the same as that of the earlier declaration of secession, December 20, 1860. And today’s delegates, all white elites, are just as defiant as were secession delegates in 1860 (many…