The Southern Baptist Convention reassembles at First Baptist Church of Savannah, Georgia, opening with the reading of Psalm 23. Delegates at the time did not anticipate how deep would be the “shadow of death” the South would traverse in a few years. Rather, the highlight of the day is the unanimous adoption of the Report…
Today is the second day of the bi-annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention held at the First Baptist Church of Savannah, Georgia. The day’s events begin with a reading of Psalm 71 (link), a scriptural passage that invokes God’s wrath against the enemies of righteousness. The passage is applied to the United States and…
Today the Southern Baptist Convention convenes in Savannah, Georgia at the city’s First Baptist Church (pictured). Attendance is down due to the war. Yet much of what takes place follows the same pattern of previous assemblages, since the founding of the SBC in 1845: committees are appointed, reports are read, and a convention president is…