The Battle of Shiloh occurs near a small log church in western Tennessee. The primary fighting will last until the morrow. The church building, destroyed shortly after the battle, is Shiloh United Methodist Church. Some references indicate that a Baptist congregation also utilizes the building. Indeed, Protestant denominations frequently share buildings in the rural South.…
In this month’s edition of London’s Primitive (Baptist) Church Magazine, English Baptists applaud American President Abraham Lincoln’s commitment to freeing African slaves. “Cheering” Lincoln, the editor of the publication reprints a portion of a recent news story from a secular publication, the Leeds Mercury: The Message of President Lincoln to the Congress, recommending a method…
Some Baptist contributions during the war years take place away from battlefields. Words themselves are powerful, ever more so as the war nears the one year anniversary of the firing upon Fort Sumter. Perhaps the most notable moment this month among Baptists of the North occurs on a Wednesday night at the First Baptist Church…