Southern Baptist Beliefs on Marriage | Synonym

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On this day in 1840, Baptist work officially began in Galveston, Texas. On January 30, 1840, the First Baptist Church of Galveston was formed. That Thursday evening, James Huckins, the first missionary to Texas sent by the Baptist Home Mission Society, met with nine charter members. Just days later, regular worship services began. From a small meeting, one of Texas’s early Baptist congregations was born. Follow for daily moments from Baptist history. | Southern Baptist History

This Baptist pastor went to jail over taxes. On February 6 in 1749, Isaac Backus was imprisoned for refusing to pay the tax that supported the state sponsored Congregational church. Backus believed forcing citizens to fund a church violated religious liberty. His resistance helped fuel the growing argument for separating church and state. What seemed like a small protest would later help shape a nation’s understanding of freedom, as Backus took his cause to the Continental Congress and fought fo

As a child, Rosalee Mills Appleby surrendered her life to Christ, and in 1917, at Falls Creek Camp, she fully yielded to God’s call to missions. She prepared faithfully, studying at Oklahoma Baptist University and training for the work ahead. Sent to Brazil, her joy quickly turned to sorrow when her husband died shortly after their arrival. In her grief, Rosalee still chose obedience. She remained on the mission field, serving God through writing, teaching, and evangelism for more than three dec