The Southern Baptist Convention convenes for the second day of their annual meeting, hosted by the Green Street Baptist Church of Augusta, Georgia. The august gentlemen assemble at 9 a.m. and following adoption of the Order of Business, delve into business matters and half an hour in “Devotional Exercises.” The Foreign Mission Board report is…
The bi-annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention assembles today in the Green Street Baptist Church of Augusta, Georgia (a location chosen after the original plan to meet in Columbia, Mississippi was jeopardized by the presence of the United States Army in the state). As in 1845 (the year of the formation of the SBC),…
The Bible Board of the Southern Baptist Convention, founded in 1851 and tasked with printing bibles for Southern Baptist mission agencies, has fallen upon difficult times. Having been headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, the fall of that city in February 1862 and subsequent closing of physical operations has taken a toll on the organization. Despite the…