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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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM201Q_ebenezer-baptist-church_Fayette-MS.html
On May 9, 1806, eleven individuals met together with Rev. Richard Curtis, Jr. and Rev. Thomas Mercer to organize Ebenezer Baptist Church in Amite County. Services have continued there for over 200 years giving the church the distinction of having …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ZT7_organization-of-baptist-churches-in-mississippi_Fayette-MS.html
Messengers from 5 Baptist churches met at the Salem Church in September 1806, to organize the Mississippi Baptist Association. The Union and Pearl River Association were organized in 1820.The first Mississippi Baptist Convention was organized tent…