"The following day we attended the Sulphur Fork Association. The session was mainly engaged in debating the question of receiving "Alien immersions," that is the immersions of Pedobaptists and Reformers. It was decided that such immersions were invalid and ought not to be received. This is pretty much the general sentiment throughout Kentucky, and growing stronger yearly." S.H. Ford, 1859
(Samuel H. Ford {1819-1905} was one of the greatest scholars among Southern Baptists of the nineteenth century. Besides holding noted pastorates at St. Louis, Memphis, Louisville, and Mobile Bay, he also edited Ford's Christian Repository for over sixty years. The above quote is from The Christian Repository, November, 1859, p. 868. via Google Books. This quote shows what Kentucky Baptists believed about accepting non-Baptist immersions before the Civil War. The term "Reformers" was an antebellum term for the Churches of Christ / Campbellites. A special thanks to Bro. Jim Duvall for pointing this quote out to me. http://www.geocities.com/baptist_documents/index.html )
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Alien Immersions in 1859 Kentucky
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Alien Immersions in 1859 Kentucky
by Ben Stratton on 2009 Jun 11 Thu 4:46 am
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Re: Alien Immersions in 1859 Kentucky
by Rlvaughn on 2009 Jun 19 Fri 1:16 pm
Thanks, Ben. Interesting.
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