Baptists in Early North Amer-- (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780881468601)

The records of Sandy Creek Baptist Church in North Carolina were destroyed by a fire, leaving a gap in the historical record. Baptists in Early North America--Abbott's Creek, North Carolina, Baptist Church, Volume IX, containing the records of the first church founded by Shubal Stearns and Daniel Marshall after their Separate Baptist movement took off at Sandy Creek, helps to fill this gap. Abbott's Creek, like many churches in the Sandy Creek tradition, experienced significant growth during the Second Great Awakening. This growth was followed by an increase in church discipline, then controversy, and eventually schism over the newly formed convention system among North Carolina Baptists. The church split in 1832 with Abbott's Creek Primitive Baptist Church continuing with the majority of members and Abbott's Creek Missionary Baptist Church forming a new congregation. The records contained in this volume begin in 1783 and continue through 1836.

Author: J. Kristian Pratt
ISBN-10: 0881468606
ISBN-13: 9780881468601
Publisher: Mercer University Press
Language: English
Published: 01/10/2023
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.59lbs
Size: 9.16h x 6.34w x 1.35d