Pastor Tom Admin January 12, 2021 Baptist History, Heritage and Distinctives “The arrow of the Almighty stuck fast.” Samuel Harriss led the charge for the Separate Baptists in Virginia. He was born, Jan. 12, 1724 but not born again until 1758. He was a nobleman, in that he held several positions of honor. He served as […]
Baptist History, Heritage and Distinctives Thomas Jefferson Fisher – ”This Year Thou Shalt Die”
Pastor Tom Admin January 11, 2021 Baptist History, Heritage and Distinctives Thomas Jefferson Fisher – ”This Year Thou Shalt Die” Thomas Jefferson Fisher was the fourth of thirteen children, born in Mt. Sterling, Montgomery County, Kentucky on April 9, 1812, and born again there in his sixteenth year, after which he joined a Presbyterian church. He […]
Baptist History, Heritage and Distinctives This Day in Baptist History – Oldest Baptist Church in West Virginia
Baptist History, Heritage and DistinctivesThis Day in Baptist History – Oldest Baptist Church in West Virginia Pastor Tom Admin January 10, 2021 Baptist History, Heritage and Distinctives This Day in Baptist History – Oldest Baptist Church in West Virginia There is a marker in the old Baptist section of the Bridgeport Cemetery, which marks the site […]
Baptist History, Heritage and Distinctives This Day in Baptist History – The Independent Meeting
Pastor Tom Admin January 9, 2021 Baptist History, Heritage and Distinctives This Day in Baptist History – The Independent Meeting Mr. John Maydwell, A.M. born at Geddington, and educated at Cambridge, preached in the Church at Kettering, from 1650, till he was ejected, in 1662. After his ejectment, he often preached in his own house, and […]
Baptist History, Heritage and Distinctives This Day in Baptist Church History – ”Little Flock”
Pastor Tom Admin January 8, 2021 Baptist History, Heritage and Distinctives This Day in Baptist Church History – ”Little Flock” “Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom” from St. Luke 12:21 was the first sermon given by Elder Sterling Gresham Jenkins to eleven charter members who founded, […]
Baptist History, Heritage and Distinctives George F. Adams, D. D. – Early Maryland Baptist Minister PART TWO of TWO
Pastor Tom Admin January 7, 2021 Baptist History, Heritage and Distinctives George F. Adams, D. D. – Early Maryland Baptist Minister PART TWO of TWO From 1830 to 1835, he was principal of a ladies’ academy in Falmouth, Va., and assistant pastor with Rev. R. P. Semple of a Church in Fredericksburg. In 1836, he […]
Baptist History, Heritage and Distinctives George F. Adams, D. D. – Early Maryland Baptist Minister PART ONE of TWO
Pastor Tom Admin 5 hours ago Baptist History, Heritage and Distinctives George F. Adams, D. D. – Early Maryland Baptist Minister PART ONE of TWO Dr. Adams has been referred to frequently in these pages, both as a missionary and pastor of several Churches. We think it is necessary to add at this place, a […]
Baptist History, Heritage and Distinctives “Walk in Love, Build in Faith”
Pastor Tom Admin 1 day ago January 5, 2021 Baptist History, Heritage and Distinctives “Walk in Love, Build in Faith” It has been over a century since a small group of believers living in Palmetto, Florida dreamed of having a Baptist Church in their community. Their dreams became a reality when, on January 5, 1892, […]
Baptist History, Heritage and Distinctives William Staughton – “Give it to Them Bush Style”
Pastor Tom Admin January 4, 2021 Baptist History, Heritage and Distinctives William Staughton – “Give it to Them Bush Style” William Staughton was born January 4, 1770 in Coventry, England. He had a brilliant mind and became a published author of poetry when he was but twelve-years old. He was born again early in his […]
Baptist History, Heritage and Distinctives Baptists and the American Civil War (with foot Note from Tom: Lincoln’s War of Northern Aggression)
Pastor Tom Admin 3 days ago January 3, 2021 Baptist History, Heritage and Distinctives Baptists and the American Civil War (with foot Note from Tom: Lincoln’s War of Northern Aggression) 1862 – The New Year brought both peril and promise to Baptists of a divided nation. In the southern Confederacy, some churches, pressured by the […]
Baptist History, Heritage and Distinctives Deacon James H. Hooker – Blameless, Humble, Loving
a comment Pastor Tom Admin 4 days ago January 2, 2021 Baptist History, Heritage and Distinctives Deacon James H. Hooker – Blameless, Humble, Loving Born in Savannah, Ga., January 30th, 1835, Deacon James H. Hooker was baptized into the fellowship of the First African Baptist Church January 2, 1862, by Rev. W.J. Campbell. He was […]
Baptist History, Heritage and Distinctives This Day in Baptist History Past Man forgets, but God never forgets
Pastor Tom Admin 5 days ago January 1, 2021 Baptist History, Heritage and Distinctives This Day in Baptist History Past Man forgets, but God never forgets On January 1, 1871, a number of Baptists residing on the north side of Indianapolis rented a hall over the grocery on the southeast corner of Cherry Street (10th […]