This collection of annual reports from the Alabama Baptist State Convention in 1823 provides insight into the activities and growth of the Baptist church in Alabama during this time period. It includes reports on missions, finances, and membership, as well as speeches and sermons given at the convention. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1877.

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 edition. Excerpt: ...and its practical application has been the test of saving faith. To lead the churches in obedience thereto is today the most stubborn, heart-breaking task to which Christian men are called. For this work of world-wide missions is our task, the universal reign of Messiah our final aim, and his "well done" our coveted reward. Though the churches have moved with lagging steps, and tardy hands have toiled, yet the fields have been sown, and the first fruits gathered give pledge of a harvest so rich that earth and heaven shall yet over-flow with joy. The last report of our Foreign Mission Board begins with a "Joyful note of praise and thanksgiving to God" for the gratifying success attend, 54 ALABAMA BAPTIST STATE CONVENTION ing our labors on both the Home and Foreign fields. God has gone out before us, and the tokens of his might and favor are manifest to every uplifted eye. "Facts are the fingers of Providence." Consider therefore, the definite pointing of the Leading Facts and Figures of their Report In the seven countries, Africa, Argentine, Brazil, China, Italy, Japan and Mexico, where we through our Board are conducting work, we have 380 churches, with 833 out-stations, 30,000 church members, 542 Sunday Schools with 22,000 scholars enrolled. We have also 9,376 students in our mission schools, 420 of whom are in the theological seminaries and training schools, seeking special preparation for Christian work. 5,252 converts have been baptised, the largest number ever reported for a single year. 720 more than the year before. The present force of home-sent missionaries is just 300. This number embraces those under appointment, some of whom have sailed recently for their respective fields of labor. In addition to...

Excerpt from Minutes of the Alabama Baptist State Convention: At Its Fifty-Second Annual Session, Held With Huntsville Baptist Church, Huntsville, Alabama, July 15, 16, 17, 18, 1875 The Committee to nominate the remaining Officers of the Convention was Rev. A. J. Waldrop, E. 0. Gordon, George. D. Norris. The Committee to nominate delegates to the South ern Baptist Convention: M. T. Sumner, J. F. Bruner and T. B. Thames. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.