Samuel Boykin, editor of Georgia Baptists’ Christian Index, identifies slavery as the main issue between North and South, equates black slavery with God’s purposes and the Christian faith, and calls upon white Southern Baptists to defend slavery and support the Confederacy. In so doing, Boykin voices Christian Nationalism, linking the Confederacy and the Church as…
Samuel Boykin (photo), editor of Georgia Baptists’ Christian Index, expresses the growing Christian Nationalist sentiment among Baptists and other citizens of the South: “We have declared allegiance, and which we look upon as our own of RIGHT – a heritage from the God of nations to a people that knows its rights and liberties, and…
In Washington, D.C., U.S. President Abraham Lincoln ponders his options regarding Fort Sumter, now surrounded by Confederate guns. Knowing that the fate of the nation hinges on how he handles this thorny issue, Lincoln (a former Baptist) asks his Cabinet members for their input: “Assuming it to be possible to now provision Fort Sumter, under…