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Pennepack Baptist Church, founded by Elias Keach, in 1688, is the oldest surviving Baptist church in the Middle Colonies. In 1805, at the peak of the Second Great Awakening, during the ministry of Samuel Jones, the congregation erected its present (third) building, constructed from fieldstone collected from the surrounding meadows. Straight-backed box pews occupy the main floor. An elegant, high Read more...
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Berryville (formerly Buckmarsh) Baptist Church is at 114 Academy Street. John Gerrard (Garrard, ca. 1720-87), in 1772, constituted the Buckmarsh church. James Ireland (ca. 1745-1806) served the Buckmarsh pastorate from 1786 until his death. Ireland’s remains lie in an unknown grave in the Buckmarsh cemetery. A historical plaque marks the site where Buckmarsh Baptist once stood. The plaque is only Read more...
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On Washington Avenue, stands the Thomas Jefferson Religious Freedom Monument, made from stones sent from churches across the country. It commemorates Jefferson’s Virginia Religious Freedom Statute, promising that “no man shall… suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief.” The Statute became the basis for the religion clause of the First Amendment. copyrighted and used by permission from David Beale, Baptist History Read more...
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The Wheaton College Archaeology Laboratory focuses on Dothan, where Joseph found his brothers (Genesis 37), and where they planned to kill him, until Reuben saved his life, but Judah sold him into slavery to the Ishmeelites who took him to Egypt. Dothan is also where Elisha was based in 2 Kings 6, when the King of Syria tried to find Read more...
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In addition to the artifacts, it features many of the most significant Biblical replicas, including Siloam Inscription – the “completion marker” of Hezekiah’s Tunnel, chiseled into stone underneath Jerusalem where the two teams of diggers met during the Sennacherib siege Mesha Stele – discuses Omri, King of Israel and his relations with Mesha of Moab as recorded in 2 Kings Read more...
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From AsburySeminary.edu: The Livingston Lab houses a collection of authentic archaeological artifacts from Bible lands dating from over 5000 years ago through the St. Augustine period around A.D. 400. The lab contains pieces from the times of Abraham, Moses, Gideon, David and the prophets, more than 10,000 high-resolution images of Bible lands, a library of historic and contemporary maps and Read more...
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From website: ANCIENT ARTIFACTS TSUMA features hundreds of ancient objects from the times of Abraham, Moses, David and Solomon, the Hebrew prophets, John the Baptizer and Jesus. Each artifact is linked to a Bible passage, lending a 3-dimensional, tangible reality to the text. Artifacts from the TSU excavation of biblical Sodom (Tall el-Hammam) are on display for the first time. Read more...
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From Wikipedia: During his 40-year ministry, Peck contributed to the establishment of 900 Baptist churches, saw 600 pastors ordained and 32,000 were added to the Baptist faith. He died in Rock Springs, Illinois, where he was first buried. His body was reinterred at Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis.[8] These other Baptists include: Adiel Sherwood, founder of the Georgia Baptist Convention Jonathan Goble, Read more...
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Although Fanny Crosby spent the majority of her life in Manhattan (growing up at the New York Institution for the Blind, working with the Bowery Rescue Mission, etc.), she did spend the last 11 years of her life in Bridgeport. Using Darlene Neptune’s Fanny Crosby Still Lives as our guide, we took the train into Bridgeport, Connecticut to see if Read more...
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DorseyMoba.org: The David A. Dorsey Museum of Biblical Archaeology was created in 1980 by the generosity of Alan and Muriel Pense and the dedicated work of Dr. David A. Dorsey, Distinguished Professor of Old Testament of Evangelical Seminary. The museum contains nearly 500 archaeological artifacts from the lands of the Bible. The Dorsey Museum is designed to give visitors Read more...
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On March 9, 1736 his brother Charles records setting foot on St Simons Island: “About 3:30 in the afternoon I first set foot on St. Simons Island and immediately my spirits revived.” A memorial garden commemorates his trip. On March 14, 1736 Charles preached under the Wesley Oak: I preached with boldness, on singleness of intention, to about twenty people, Read more...
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Back in Savannah, from May 9, 1736 to November 27, 1737, John would preach in the Court House (this was prior to the ‘separation of church and state’). His parsonage was near where his statue is in downtown Savannah (GPS: 32.079200, -81.088900) The Methodist Church has recorded these monuments into a “Wesley Trail” of sorts, including the first Methodist church Read more...
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The King James Version of the Bible required the authorization of the King to print (hence the name Authorized Version). The King wanted the colonists dependent on England, and so did not give permission to the colonists to print the Bible, thus all Bibles were imported from England. During the Revolution, the British cut off the supply of Bibles. On Read more...
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According to the Ames Historical Museum, Billy Sunday attended Clearview School, a one-room schoolhouse on the northwest corner of South Duff & Airport Road in Washington Township. At the time, Sunday was living with his maternal grandparents, the Cory’s. Featured Image Credit: Clearview School | Ames History Museum. ameshistory.org/content/clearview-school. Read more...
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The Billy Sunday Baseball Field was constructed in the 1930s to serve as a consistent playing location for Nevada’s semi-pro baseball team. The field was originally located on the west side of S14, but was soon relocated to its current location, just east of S14. The Nevada High School baseball team began playing at the field around 1934, which prompted Read more...
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In 1885, a heckler came to Sam Jones‘ meetings. Thomas Ryman (1843-1904) was 42, a Nashville steamboat line owner. He had just moved into a new house, and thought little of this Christian evangelist. But the preaching turned his life around, and he talked to Jones about building a tabernacle for the revival. Seven years and $100,000 later (almost $3,000,000 Read more...
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In 1885, a heckler came to Sam Jones‘ meetings. Thomas Ryman (1843-1904) was 42, a Nashville steamboat line owner. He had just moved into a new house, and thought little of this Christian evangelist. But the preaching turned his life around, and he talked to Jones about building a tabernacle for the revival. Seven years and $100,000 later (almost $3,000,000 Read more...
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Inscription: John Eliot established here in 1651 a village of Christian Indians called Hassanamesit – “at a place of small stones.” It was the home of James the Printer who helped Eliot to print the Indian Bible. Featured Image Credit: Photo: Hassanamesit Marker. www.hmdb.org/PhotoFullSize.asp?PhotoID=156695. Read more...
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A group of separtists sought to worship God as guided by their conscience. Known as the Pilgrims, they left England for the Netherlands, but soon their religious freedoms were threatened again by the king they had left. Would the New World be their destination? It would be a dangeorus voyage – and even more deadly if they arrived! In 1620 Read more...
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Back near the waterfront is the statue of the Pilgrim’s Governor, William Bradford. Bradford was the among the first to sign the Mayflower Compact, the first constitution for self-government. His journal, Of Plymouth Plantation, is the record of the challenges and adventures of this brave band of settlers. Featured Image Credit: NortheastAllie, and NortheastAllie. “The Plymouth Rock in Massachusetts – Read more...