EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the third of several articles commemorating the Baptist history in Missouri, written by members of the Missouri Baptist Convention’s Historical Commission. Many Missouri Baptists do not realize how influential our state association was in establishing the current model for the Cooperative Program. In 1845, when the Southern Baptist Convention was formed by withdrawing fellowship from the Baptist Triennial Convention, many states like Missouri had to decide which … [Read more...]
Mo. missionary movement recalled after 200 years
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second of several articles commemorating the Baptist history in Missouri, written by members of the Missouri Baptist Convention’s Historical Commission. JEFFERSON CITY – At the meeting of the Triennial Convention of Baptist on May 17, 1817, Rev. John Mason Peck (1789-1858) and Rev. James E. Welch (1789-1876) were appointed as missionaries to the Missouri Territory or “Western Mission”. They arrived in St. Louis, Missouri in late 1817. Part of the ministry of … [Read more...]
The Baptist missionary movement in Mo. remembered after 200 years
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first of several articles commemorating the Baptist history in Missouri, written by members of the Missouri Baptist Convention’s Historical Commission. JEFFERSON CITY – Upon the purchase in 1803 by the United States, the Louisiana Territory (Missouri) was open to religious and educational freedom. A few Baptist churches were established in southeast Missouri after 1803, there was no organized Baptist missionary effort until 1817. At the meeting of the … [Read more...]