Baptist History and Heritage articles from June 2007

Baptist History and Heritage archives from June 2007

Filling in the gaps: lessons from African American Baptist history.(Editorial)
June 22, 2007... The June 2007 meeting of the Baptist History and Heritage Society in Campbellsville, Kentucky, was for me as an excellent introduction to African American Baptist history. In recent days as I have read the papers from the meeting, I...

Baptists and miracles.
June 22, 2007... I believe in miracles! Early in 1994, my Aunt Lona Nelon, a faithful Baptist, telephoned me from Asheville, North Carolina, at my home in Brentwood, Tennessee. She was the aunt who had given me a $20 bill and/or made me a cake every time I...

Baptists and biblical religion.
June 22, 2007... It is impossible to talk about "Baptists" as if they were one monolithic group. It is almost as ludicrous as speaking of "Catholics" as if they were all alike. But if it borders on the absurd to speak of Baptists in terms of sameness, it...

Organizing God's children: the denominational tradition and the problem of black Baptist unity.
June 22, 2007... "Baptists are correctly viewed as a series of voluntary associations in pursuit of the fulfillment of certain missionary goals. But the pursuit of these goals has often been frustrated because Baptists have had difficulty reaching consensus on...

African American Baptist women: making a way out of no way.
June 22, 2007... African American Baptist women, in the life of African American Baptist churches, have always "made a way out of no way." From Reconstruction throughout the twentieth century, they have been the backbone of their respective congregations. ...

"Righteous discontent": Mary Virginia Cook Parrish and black Baptist women.
June 22, 2007... In 2007, the issue of women preaching continues to be a hot topic among black Baptists, especially in the state of Kentucky. Within the past decade, a number of Louisville-area ministers have licensed and ordained women ministers. While...

"What a chasm there is between us": Charlotte Hawkins Brown and White Protestant progressives, 1901-1952.
June 22, 2007... In 1922, Charlotte Hawkins Brown, the founder of the Palmer Memorial Institute near Greensboro, North Carolina, poured out her heart to the white Christian women of America in the pages of the Missionary Review of the World. She expressed...

When Baptists bluff, or believe: winning sermon in the 2007 Baptist heritage preaching contest.
June 22, 2007... As many of you as were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus. And if you belong to...

Caesar Blackwell (1769-1845): the work and times of central Alabama's nineteenth-century slave-evangelist.(Biography)
June 22, 2007... Caesar Blackwell lived as a slave and died as a slave. No one, however, was as influential within the slave population in central Alabama as Caesar. Although he lived and died in slavery, his ownership changed from John B. Blackwell to the...

The challenges, responsibilities and rewards of preserving the John Jasper Legacy.
June 22, 2007... The public's interest in the African American church is growing, and more and more people are interested in the rituals, ceremonies, celebrations, and spiritual climate that resides in the black church. A s a result, churches have...

L. Venchael Booth: crusader for freedom.(Biography)
June 22, 2007... Freedom denied and democracy deferred ignited the passion of L. Venchael Booth to summon "freedom-loving" (1) Baptists fed up with the "loss [of] freedom to worship, participate, and grow in the kingdom work" (2) and to found the Progressive...

The mind, ministry, and mysticism of Howard Thurman.(Biography)
June 22, 2007... Human conflict surpassed the norm and became a vast way of life throughout the course of history. Disputations and discord about race and race relations were paramount in the societal realms of church and education during the nineteenth...

Richard Henry Boyd: shaper of black Baptist identity.(Biography)
June 22, 2007... Born into slavery on March 15, 1843, in Noxubee County, Mississippi, to Indiana Dixon, Richard Henry Boyd was given the name Dick Gray. He was named Dick after his maternal grandfather, Richard, and, as was the common practice of the day, he...

"How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace": the life and ministry of Nelson Smith, Jr.(Biography)
June 22, 2007... Nelson Smith, Jr., was a Baptist leader from the mid-twentieth century to early twenty-first century. As a pastor, teacher, revivalist, and civic and social activist, Smith contributed to African American Baptist life and to the...

The English Baptists of the 20th Century.(Book review)
June 22, 2007... The English Baptists of the 20th Century. By Ian M. Randall. Didcot, Oxfordshire, England: Baptist Historical Society, 2005. 600pp. Ian Randall has given us a long-anticipated volume that brings up to date the history of English Baptists....

The Early English Baptists, 1603-1649.(Book review)
June 22, 2007... The Early English Baptists, 1603-1649. By Stephen Wright. Woodbridge, UK: The Boydell Press, 2006. 278 pp. Historians are constantly revisiting interpretations of the past. At times, traditional readings of events are affirmed; at other...

The Baptist History Collection, CD-ROM-Version 1.0.(Product/service evaluation)
June 22, 2007... The Baptist History Collection, CD-ROM-Version 1.0. Paris, AR: The Baptist Standard Bearer, Inc., 2005. The Baptist Standard Bearer, Inc., located in Paris, Arkansas, and directed by Bill Lee, is devoted to reproducing primary source...

The Baptist River: Essays on Many Tributaries of a Diverse Tradition.(Book review)
June 22, 2007... The Baptist River: Essays on Many Tributaries of a Diverse Tradition. Edited by W. Glenn Jonas, Jr. Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 2006. 284 pp. In his preface to The Baptist River, Glenn Jonas recites the Kierkegaard story in which a...

Recycling the Past or Researching History.(Book review)
June 22, 2007... Recycling the Past or Researching History. Edited by Philip E. Thompson & Anthony R. Cross. Milton Keynes, UK: Paternoster Press, 2005. 331 pp. Recycling the Past or Researching History is a rich collection of fifteen essays dealing with a wide...

A Texas Baptist Power Struggle: The Hayden Controversy.(Book review)
June 22, 2007... A Texas Baptist Power Struggle: The Hayden Controversy. By Joseph E. Early, Jr. Denton: University of North Texas Press, 2005. 172 pp. Historically, religion and controversy have gone together, often producing explosive results. The Hayden...

To God be the Glory: Celebrating 175 Years of First Baptist Church, Greenville, South Carolina, 1831-2006.(Book review)
June 22, 2007... To God be the Glory: Celebrating 175 Years of First Baptist Church, Greenville, South Carolina, 1831-2006. Edited by J. Glen Clayton. ]Greenville: The Church], 2006. 70 pp. Here is a book that virtually demands to be read. It is short and...

Standing on the Rock: A History of Stirling Baptist Church, 1805-2005.(Book review)
June 22, 2007... Standing on the Rock: A History of Stirling Baptist Church, 1805-2005. By Brian R. Talbot. [Stirling, Scotland]: Stirling Baptist Church, 2005. 185 pp. Brian Talbot, senior pastor of Cumbernauld Baptist Church in Cumbernauld, Scotland, and...