by Tony W. Cartledge | Aug 6, 2007 | Opinion
Campbell University celebrated graduation day for chancellor Norman A. Wiggins Aug. 5 in a two-hour service characterized by admiration, humor, and praise. The program featured hymns typically sung during Campbell’s graduation ceremonies, and more than one...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Aug 5, 2007 | Opinion
Baptist historian Bill Leonard, dean of the divinity school at Wake Forest University, is a prolific writer who has the ability of writing in both an entertaining and thought-provoking fashion. During a Baptist History Celebration in Charleston Aug. 1-3, Leonard...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Aug 4, 2007 | Opinion
Readers who have followed our blog accounts of the Baptist History Celebration in Charleston this week will know that both Bruce Gourley and I have noted that the meeting has incorporated a diversity of Baptists, but with a distinct Calvinist flavor. While former...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Aug 3, 2007 | Opinion
I’ve never been around so many Primitive Baptists as I have been at the Baptist History Celebration being held in Charleston Aug. 1-3.I haven’t been avoiding Primitive Baptists, but there just aren’t many of them around. Come to think of it, prior to...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Aug 2, 2007 | Opinion
Attending a Baptist history conference in Charleston is a bit like learning anatomy in the operating room — the city reeks of history, and First Baptist Church of Charleston is at the heart of it. A plaque embedded in the front wall of the sanctuary building...
