Jun 8, 2017 | This Sunday in Baptist History
Hervey Jenks was born into a respectable, religious family, but his godly parents were not able to convince their son of his need of Christ. He entered Brown University, the Baptist’s premier school at the time, with the intention of becoming a lawyer. While...
Jun 2, 2017 | This Sunday in Baptist History
It was on this day in 1768, that the sheriff of Spotsylvania County, Virginia, along with three magistrates, stood in the yard before a Baptist meetinghouse, seizing John Waller, Lewis Craig, James Reed, and William Mash. The preachers were ordered to appear in court...
May 27, 2017 | This Sunday in Baptist History
On this day in 1789, Andrew Broadus, a nineteen-year-old believer in Christ, was immersed and received into the membership of the Upper King and Queen Baptist Church in Caroline County, Virginia. He had been raised in the Episcopal church and forbidden by his father...
May 15, 2017 | This Sunday in Baptist History
Hiram Read, was born in Jewett City, Connecticut in 1819. His parents had wealth, some of which they invested in their son’s education. While a student at Hamilton College the Lord redeemed him, and Hiram was baptized into the Baptist church in Oswego, New York. He...
May 11, 2017 | This Sunday in Baptist History
John Leland was born on this day (May 14) in 1754, about 40 miles west of Boston. In time the Lord saved his soul and called him into the ministry. That ministry took him south into Virginia, where he was invaluable in guiding some of the founders of this country in...
May 4, 2017 | This Sunday in Baptist History
To the best of my knowledge the first Baptist church to be composed mostly of black members was the First African Baptist church of Savannah, organized by Abraham Marshall and Jesse Peter in 1788. Its first pastor was the former slave, George Lisle. Soon thereafter,...
Apr 27, 2017 | This Sunday in Baptist History
It was on this day in 1823 that George Boardman and his wife were sent to Burma as missionaries. Working with other missionaries, God blessed their work, particularly amongst the Karen tribe. By 1910 there were 774 Karen Baptist churches and more than 50,000 members....
Apr 20, 2017 | This Sunday in Baptist History
Early in 1529, the council of the Archbishop of Cologne presented a special report to Charles V, Emperor of the “Holy” Roman Empire. It said in part that the Anabaptists call themselves “true Christians,” and that they had existed for more than...
Apr 13, 2017 | This Sunday in Baptist History
William Moore was born on December 8, 1821 in Ohio. At the age of twenty he was born again. Six years later he was ordained to the gospel ministry. He and his wife sailed for Burma and arrived there on this day in 1849. For five years the couple labored unceasingly...
Apr 6, 2017 | This Sunday in Baptist History
Calista Holman was born on this day in 1807 in Union, Connecticut. When she was sixteen she was saved by the grace of God, but shortly thereafter she contracted an illness which appeared to bringing her to the point of death. As a child of God, she asked for baptism...
Mar 30, 2017 | This Sunday in Baptist History
The Metropolitan Tabernacle, usually called Spurgeon’s Tabernacle, was opened on March 18, 1861. Two weeks later, on this day, there was a Baptist fellowship meeting in the new building. In his greeting to the brethren, Spurgeon said, “We believe that the...
Mar 23, 2017 | This Sunday in Baptist History
Not long ago I talked about a man who led one congregation for more than four decades. Today I mention another – Joshua Hutson pastored the Pine Street Baptist Church in Richmond, Virginia for more than 45 years. Joshua was born in Pittsylvania County, Virginia to...
Mar 16, 2017 | This Sunday in Baptist History
Benjamin Watkins was born into a Virginia Episcopalian home in 1755. That was the year that Shubal Stearns and Daniel Marshall began preaching Baptist doctrine in Virginia and the Carolinas. Benjamin’s mother was left a widow when he was small, but despite family...
Mar 10, 2017 | This Sunday in Baptist History
Samuel Stillman was born in Philadelphia in 1737. At the age of eleven his family moved to South Carolina. There under the preaching of Oliver Hart, Samuel was converted to Christ. He became a student under Hart, and at the age of twenty-one, he began preaching the...
Mar 3, 2017 | This Sunday in Baptist History
J. M. Pendleton was born in Spotsylvania County, Virginia in 1811. He was named in honor of the then current President of the United States, James Madison. When J.M. was a baby his family moved to Kentucky. It was there that the Lord saved him and where he was...
