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"The term Baptist originated with the Anabaptists, who are historically linked to the English Separatist movement of the 16th century. Today, the largest national community of Baptists worldwide is in the United States, with 38.8 million members. The Southern Baptist Convention is the largest Protestant denomination in the United States. Although Baptist churches are located throughout the country, the majority of Baptists live in the southern United...
13) Mourner's bench
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At the First Baptist Church of Maeby, Arkansas, the sins of the child belonged to the parents until the child turned thirteen. Sarah Jones was only eight years old in the summer of 1964, but with her mother Esther Mae on eight prayer lists and flipping around town with the generally mistrusted civil rights organizers, Sarah believed it was time to get baptized and take responsibility for her own sins. That would mean sitting on the mourners bench...
16) Second Sunday
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This story is set in St. Louis in the 1970s. The 100th year anniversary celebration of Gethsemane Missionary Baptist Church is approaching and the pastor has died. How will the church pull itself back together and find a new pastor in time to prepare for the church centennial, let alone survive one more day? It seems as though everyone in the church has an idea about who the new pastor needs to be and what direction he should be going. In the tradition...
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