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9/30/2011 - 'Alabama Baptist Beginnings’ To Be Celebrated in Marion by Michael J. Brooks
Photo of Siloam Baptist Church, downtown Marion, 1861.
Perry County is significant in Baptist history, and this history will be highlighted as part of the "Perry County Pathways" emphasis this fall. The Perry County Chamber of Commerce will sponsor the Smithsonian Museum's Main Street Exhibition, known as "Journey Stories," beginning Sept. 29. Marion’s Old Train Depot, host to the exhibit, will be open Tuesday-Saturday from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
"Alabama Baptist Beginnings" will be one of three events offered in conjunction with the Smithsonian event, and exhibits and photographs will be on display in the Bowling Library on the Judson College campus Oct. 10 - Nov. 10.
Southern delegates met at Siloam Baptist Church in Marion in 1844 and adopted the “Alabama Resolutions” that resulted in the separation of southern and northern Baptists in 1845. This was the beginning of the Southern Baptist Convention. The Domestic Mission Board (now the North American Mission Board) of the Southern Baptist Convention held its organizational meeting in 1845 at Siloam. Members of Siloam founded Judson College in 1838 and Howard College (now Samford University) in 1841. “The Alabama Baptist” newspaper was founded in Marion in1843 and was published in the city from 1843 to 1852 and again from 1873 to 1877.
Other planned emphases on the Judson campus include lectures about Native American migration in the middle Alabama region (Oct. 19) and the local Civil Rights movement (Nov. 10).
The National Endowment for the Humanities' state affiliate, The Alabama Humanities Foundation, is a co-sponsor of “Perry County Pathways.” For more information, contact Beth Poole in the Judson Development Office at 334.683.5154.
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