The annual Alabama Baptist State Convention, still convened in Marion, makes certain, prior to dismissing, to reaffirm the Confederacy as God’s chosen nation. Having already claimed the Christian high ground, at the previous year’s annual meeting, in defending southern rights (i.e, white supremacy and African slavery), delegates in this session address more directly the righteousness…
Today Jefferson Davis (a Kentucky native, like Abraham Lincoln) is elected as president of the Confederate States of America, following his service to this point as provisional president. The November election is confirmed in February, when electors from the Confederate States – each state having the same numbers of electors as they have members in…
The Bethel Baptist Association in Georgia convenes today for the group’s annual meeting. Representing Southern Baptist churches in the southwestern portion of the state, the association is comprised primarily of rural and small town congregations. Collectively, associational churches have a total of 4,479 members – 2,507 white members and 1,972 “colored” members. The ratio of…