In the Baptist churches of the Confederacy, most of which are integrated, tensions between white and black members have steadily grown as the war drags on. For enslaved African Baptists, the church house is the one place where, at least in theory, a semblance of equality of the races is partially realized. This relative degree…
While Georgia’s Southern Baptist governor, Joseph Brown, is making headlines as the Georgia legislature is in session, some Southern Baptists in the state are talking about this week’s Christian Index editorial by editor Samuel Boykin. Confederate political and religious leaders remain defiant in their defense of slavery and certain that God is on their side.…
Today Georgia Gov. Joseph Brown addresses the state’s General Assembly, convened in the capitol of the state capital, Milledgeville. Brown is a Southern Baptist and, by virtue of his political position, the most prominent Baptist of the state. His speech focuses on the war effort, including the need to convert cotton crops into food crops…