Jul 7, 2016 | This Sunday in Baptist History
On March 14, 1773 the Baptist Church in Charleston, S.C. ordained Edmund Botsford, who then became an evangelist and missionary on behalf of that church. During 1773 and 1774 his labors resulted in people’s salvation and many were baptized throughout South Carolina....
Jul 4, 2016 | God's People Are ..., Sunday Evening
In the course of this study we have considered about a dozen historical names and titles. We have looked at the Novatians, Cathari, Dontatists, Montanists, Paulicians, Albigenses, Waldenses and a few others. Other than the “Paulicians” none of these names...
Jul 3, 2016 | Sunday Morning
Jean-Baptiste Karr, was a French writer who lived from nearly the beginning to the end of the 19th century. Jean-Baptiste is credited with the statement: “The more things change, the more they stay the same.” That is true in so many ways it’s almost a...
Jun 30, 2016 | This Sunday in Baptist History
This little history staggers the imagination. The blessing of God in this history is beyond the belief of the unbelieving man. John Clough was born in New York in 1836, but he was raised in the Midwest. While in school in Iowa he was born again, and felt led of the...
Jun 27, 2016 | God's People Are ..., Sunday Evening
Over the last couple of months I have said that I would not be ashamed to be called a “Donatist,” a “Montanist” or an “Albigense.” But something that I haven’t done is stop someone, telling them, “Hey, why don’t you address me...
Jun 26, 2016 | Sunday Morning
In literature, and common speech, there is an helpful tool called a “simile,” and we use it all the time. It is a figure of speech in which one thing is linked to another with words such as “like” or “as.” We might read, “He...
Jun 25, 2016 | Timothy Parrow
Visitors from England! One Sunday morning this month, we were delightfully surprised to find that an elderly couple from England had walked from their rental house to our little church building to attend our Sunday morning church service. They had come from Cambridge,...
Jun 23, 2016 | This Sunday in Baptist History
As you know, the persecution of the saints at Jerusalem, in the day of the Apostles, encouraged the spreading of the gospel into other areas – Samaria, Syria, Joppa, and even Rome. Similarly, the persecution of God’s people in Virginia and North Carolina drove good...
