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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27YD_red-lick_MS.html
Organized June 23, 1845. Church built , 1846, the cornerstone being laid June 28, 1846. Dedication by the Revs. Zebulon Butler and S. S. Templeton.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27XI_colemans-crossroads_MS.html
On July 4, 1864, a small brigade of Confederate cavalry under the command of Col. Robert C. Wood attacked a Union force composed of the Mississippi Marine Brigade and two regiments of United States Colored Troops on an expedition from Rodne…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20BP_baptist-building_Fayette-MS.html
As the twentieth century's second decade was drawing to a close, explosive growth in the churches and the work of the Mississippi Baptist Convention Board led to the 1919 purchase of the Harding Building on the corner of Capitol and North Presiden…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20A5_the-baptist-record_Fayette-MS.html
One of the many privately-owned Baptist newspapers circulating in Mississippi in the mid-to late-nineteenth century, the Mississippi Baptist Record was founded in 1877 in the Clinton residence of Civil War veteran J.B. Gambrell. In August 1898, th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM208Y_mississippi-baptist-health-systems-inc_Fayette-MS.html
In 1908, two physicians purchased an eight-room frame home on the corner of North State and Manship streets in Jackson, Mississippi, with the vision of converting it into a small hospital. After operating the hospital for two years, the physicians…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM208P_conference-ministries_Fayette-MS.html
The express purpose of Mississippi Baptists' conference ministries program has always been to provide a setting in which God can lead His people to make life-changing spiritual decisions including professions of faith, rededications, and commitmen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM208F_mississippi-fertile-ground-for-leadership-development_Fayette-MS.html
Mississippi has proven over the years to be fertile ground for seeds of faith planted by the state's early Baptists. From those seeds have sprung numerous state, national and international leaders. Among those leaders:Margaret McRae Lackey (1858-1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM204W_william-carey-university_Fayette-MS.html
In 1906, William Carey University began in Hattiesburg as South Mississippi College. Noted educator W.I. Thames served as president. A devastating fire destroyed the college in 1910. W.S.F. Tatum, a Hattiesburg business leader, acquired the proper…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2029_mississippi-college_Fayette-MS.html
Mississippi College, in Clinton, MS, was established as Hampstead Academy in 1826. The name was changed to Mississippi College in 1830. MC became the oldest university in Mississippi and the second oldest Baptist university in the United States. I…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2028_blue-mountain-college_Fayette-MS.html
Blue Mountain College was founded in 1873 as a Christian liberal arts college for women. Significant events at the College since its founding include affiliation with the Mississippi Baptist Convention in 1920; the addition of a ministerial progra…
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