Hand to hand in the trenches

In part #2 Pastor Z. N. Morrell and his family move to Texas just as the Mexican army attacks the Alamo. They are forced to face the many dangers of the pioneer life,  as well as the danger of Mexican invasion and Indian depredations. All while preaching and starting churches on the frontier of Texas.

This week we begin the story of  Z. N. Morrell who was one of the first Baptist preachers in Texas.  Z. N. first arrived in Texas in 1835 while Texas was still part of Mexico and before the famous battle of the Alamo. In part one we discuss some of the reasons Z.N. decided to…

This week we talk to Pastor Jeff Faggert president of the Baptist History Preservation Society in which we discus their work and ministry as well as how he first became interested in Baptist History.

In this episode we discus the unjust religious tax imposed on the Baptists here in America prior to the revolution, as well as the Baptist contribution to the first amendment of the constitution.

This week we tell about Pastor Richard Major who was a Baptist preacher in the American colonies, then we talk about missionary Fred Donnelson who was an Independent Baptist missionary to China at the outbreak of WWII. He was  a close friend of John Birch whose story we told a few months ago. We hope…

This week we will tell of the arrest of Pastor Elisha Paine and also tell a bizarre story about the Roman Catholic persecution of the Baptists in France during the 18oo’s. We want to say again how thankful we are to sister Joy Hardin for the beautiful piano music! Also thanks again (it’s thanksgiving week) for…

This week we discuss the arrest of John Bunyan on November 12th in 1660 and the baptism of Eliakim Marshall in 1786.

This week we will discuss Bro Nikolai Khmara who was arrested in 1963 for holding  Baptist church services in his  home. We then look at the conversion of Elder Isaac Backus who was destined to become one of the most influential Baptist preachers in the American colonies.

This week in baptist history we discuss Elder William Harris who pastored in Virginia in the 1800s, also we discuss “Reformation day” and its meaning to the Baptists, and finally we finish with the story of Pastor Henry Novotny who pastored the baptist church near Prague, Bohemia in the late 1800s. We want to thank…