Sep 30, 2016 | This Sunday in Baptist History
On this day (October 2) 93 years ago, the Canadian Baptist contained an editorial entitled, “The Inspiration and Authority of Scripture.” It reads, “Some fifteen or twenty years ago the question of the inspiration and authority of the Scriptures...
Sep 22, 2016 | This Sunday in Baptist History
Luther Rice died on this day in 1836. His Christian service began on board a ship bound for the mission field of India with Adoniram and Ann Judson. On the long voyage east, the three decided to read the New Testament in Greek, and in the process they discovered that...
Sep 15, 2016 | This Sunday in Baptist History
Jeremiah Moore was one of those Virginia Baptists who was persecuted for his faith. He was assaulted by ungodly mobs, carried before magistrates, and on three occasions, jailed for preaching the Gospel without a license. Despite seeing the sufferings of his Father,...
Sep 8, 2016 | This Sunday in Baptist History
If we knew more the life of the Philippian jailer, we may find that the life of Samuel Cartledge ran parallel to it. Samuel Cartledge was a young constable when he arrested Daniel Marshal. Samuel was born in 1750 nearly Rockingham, North Carolina, the son of a...
Sep 1, 2016 | This Sunday in Baptist History
Jeremiah Dale was born in 1787 in Danvers, Massachusetts. At the age of 18 he was converted to Christ. He immediately began to think about the ministry, but his lack of education prompted him to remain in the wheel-wright trade, intent on being the best Christian and...
Aug 26, 2016 | This Sunday in Baptist History
Anderson Moffett was born on this day in 1773, in Fauquier County, Virginia (pronouced “FAW-ker” or “FAW-key-er”) Anderson was converted to Christ at the age of 17 under the ministry of David Thomas who was ministering through a church in the...
Aug 18, 2016 | This Sunday in Baptist History
On this day in 1773, Nathaniel Saunders, pastor of Mountain Run Baptist Church, and William McClannahan, assistant to John Picket at Carther’s Run Baptist Church were arrested after a warranted was issued. They were charged with “teaching and preaching contrary...
Aug 12, 2016 | This Sunday in Baptist History
I have been privileged to shepherd one of Christ’s blessed flocks for more than twenty-five years. For years my family lived in the church basement, and I worked at a secular job as well as tending to my pastoral responsibilities. My “salary” may be close...
Aug 6, 2016 | This Sunday in Baptist History
Matthew Hillsman was born on this day (August 7th) 1814. His Father had been a soldier in the Revolutionary War and was present at the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown. After the war he moved west and taught school in the village of Cumberland, Tennessee (later...
Jul 29, 2016 | This Sunday in Baptist History
D. L. Mansfield was born in 1797, while his parents were living in the state of Kentucky . He was born again, much later. Through the ministry of a circuit-riding Presbyterian preacher, D.L. came under conviction of his sins, but he attended his first meetings of this...
Jul 21, 2016 | This Sunday in Baptist History
On this day in 1567, when his mother, Mary, was forced to abdicate her throne, James Stewart became the King of Scotland. He was thirteen months old. Mary Queen of Scots was a Roman Catholic, but James was raised in the Scottish Protestant Kirk. When the Queen of...
Jul 15, 2016 | This Sunday in Baptist History
On this day in 1782, the New England Baptist historian, Isaac Backus, was visiting in a home where he was introduced to Richard Lee. There were, at that time, many godly Baptist men preaching Christ, who were encouraged to serve the Lord by their churches, but who...
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....
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 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...
