1810 in Canada
#CanadianHistory
An #Anglican minister in Nova Scotia says many of his parishoners "do not consider themselves members of the Church," and that a #Baptist preacher has drawn some away
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=aeu.ark:/13960/t21c35x55&seq=42
pgs. 37–8
See also: Anglicanism in Canada - Missions
https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/anglicanism
The 3 #Christian Tribes currently in the #US:
1. The #Christofascists: Christian Nationalists and #MAGA #Evangelicals
2. The Humble Christians: #Catholics, #Episcopalians, #Unitarians
3. The #Populists: non-MAGA #Baptists, #Methodists, #Presbyterians, #Lutherans, #Mormons.
It follows that the militant klans and tribes will engage in religious gang violence among themselves they are each others' biggest threats to power.
"I'll Fly Away"(#Roud 18437) is a hymn written in 1929 by #AlbertEBrumley and published in 1932 by the Hartford Music company in a collection titled Wonderful Message. Brumley's writing was influenced by the 1924 secular #ballad "#ThePrisonersSong". "#IllFlyAway" has been called the most recorded #gospel song. It is frequently used in worship services by #Baptists, #Pentecostals, #Nazarenes, the #ChurchesOfChrist and many Presbyterians and #Methodists.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJWgpljckbA
"I'll Fly Away"(#Roud 18437) is a hymn written in 1929 by #AlbertEBrumley and published in 1932 by the Hartford Music company in a collection titled Wonderful Message. Brumley's writing was influenced by the 1924 secular #ballad "#ThePrisonersSong". "#IllFlyAway" has been called the most recorded #gospel song. It is frequently used in worship services by #Baptists, #Pentecostals, #Nazarenes, the #ChurchesOfChrist and many Presbyterians and #Methodists.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_GRfzKPie8
Another day, another…Tennessee Baptist Pastor Gets 12 Years For Stealing $300,000 From Food Bank To Pay Hooker, Buy Truck - #religion #Christians #Baptists
Tennessee Baptist Pastor Gets 12 Years For Stealing $300,000 From Food Bank To Pay Hooker, Buy Truck
h/t Joe.My.God
"Black women holding the two highest offices in the [American Baptist Churches USA] denomination shows that American Baptists still read the Bible differently than Southern Baptists.
Yet, even though Southern Baptists are fewer than half of all Baptists in the U.S., you’d never guess that by the news coverage."
#Baptists #evangelicals #SouthernBaptists #bible #women #race
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"Although the Civil War officially ended the issue of slavery, the differences among Christians as represented by the North-South split among Baptists, Methodists, and Presbyterians in the 19th century haven’t gone away. American and Southern Baptists still read the Bible differently."
~ Brian Kaylor
#Baptists #evangelicals #SouthernBaptists #bible
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https://publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/american-baptists-confront-past-and
Volunteer finds Holy Grail of abolitionist-era Baptist documents
https://www.bostonherald.com/2025/07/03/baptist-anti-slavery-scroll/
#ycombinator #anti_slavery_scroll #Baptists #American_Baptists
Associated Press: A volunteer finds the Holy Grail of abolitionist-era Baptist documents in Massachusetts. “The 5-foot-long scroll is a handwritten declaration signed by 116 New England ministers saying they ‘disapprove and abhor the system of American slavery.’”
In 1954, Bill Moyers was in seminary and also pastor of Weir Baptist Church, near Austin, TX. My late father, Jack Partain, succeeded him at Weir (1955-01). My father liked to say that the people at Weir preferred him to Moyers (who was increasingly involved in LBJ politics). #Baptists
New on the British Newspaper archive this week: The Baptists Times https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/baptist-times #nonconformists #baptists #familyhistory #geneadons #genealogy @genealogy @geneadons
Judge adds 30 more charges to sexual abuse case against church leader
Another day, another fundabangelical pastor arrested on child sex assault charges
https://www.kktv.com/2025/03/04/colorado-pastor-arrested-child-sex-assault-charges/
Montana Pastor Used His “Karate Lessons” To Sexually Assault At Least One Child
Steven Anderson
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Anderson_(pastor)
* Am. preacher; founder New Independent Fundamentalist Baptist movement
* pastor, Faithful Word Baptist Church, Tempe AZ
* advocated death penalty for homosexuals
* prayed for deaths of Barack Obama, Caitlyn Jenner
* anti-Semite
* banned f. many countries
Trans woman goes undercover in Spokane hate church
https://persagen.org/docs/sure_foundation_baptist_church.html
#StevenAnderson #Baptists #ChristianRight #fundamentalism
#Christofascism #homophobia #transphobia #transgenocide #HateSpeech
Ex-pastor accused of lewd, indecent acts with minor arrested once more
https://www.courthousenews.com/religious-sex-abuse-ring-leader-in-arizona-gets-50-years/
#ChildAbuse #PervyPastors #CriminalClergy #Baptists #Christian
Baptists – Betterment / Think Tank Breed
https://wgom.org/2024/11/15/baptists-betterment-think-tank-breed/
Baptists are the most ironically named type of Christian.
https://solascripturachristianliberty.blogspot.com/2024/11/baptists-are-most-ironically-named-type.html
#Baptists #Baptist #Anabaptists #LowChurch #SeperationOfChurchAndState
