ltwin,
Jimmy Swaggart is AOG not Southern BaptistSo what does Jimmy Swaggart do, focus the camera on the Blacks and Latinos to make it just looked mixed?
They weren’t the only denomination affected by the Civil War. I beleive the Free Methodists were created around that time for the same reasons. I believe the majority religion at that time in the South was Anglican/Episcopal.
bogeydogg,
There have been talks off and on about changing the name to something other than Southern Baptist.
Not Episcopal. Anglicanism/Episcopalianism has always been a minority religion in the South, mainly constituted of the planter class on the coast. The lower classes and those people further in land preferred Presbyterian and Baptist Churches. Later on, Methodism was popular.
Sadly yes. But we, like other churches, have relegated that time to the history books.
Calgar,
It was a thread rabbit hole. When suggested that Southern Baptist where unique I made the reference to the history of the Pentecostal movement to suggest they are not. It is more a function of society in general and crosses all denominations to some extent.
Peace and blessings to you, LetsTalk,I just like to say thanks to everyone who posted their replies on my topic. All these answers have seemed to fulfill my question. Now I don’t have to wonder about it anymore.
If we go back to the colonial period then Anglicanism was very popular in the South. I dont know what percentage it was (I know the early censuses counted denomination members) but it was high. The Church of England was the state church under British rule. If I recall correctly in some colonies only Church of England preachers were permitted, though this may have been abandoned at some point prior to the revolution.
The Church of England was the official religion, but that doesn’t mean it was the majority. Also, it could be possible that the majority of people were baptized as Anglicans, but the colonists were notorious for not being active church goers. The Anglicans were at a severe disadvantage because there were no bishops in America. Meaning clergy had to come from England or prospective colonial clergy had to travel to England to be ordained. There was always a clergy shortage.
It’s a southern thing.
When I was Episcopal the parish was fully integrated, not “lilly white”.
Let me speak about my former church and people that I know and many that I consider friends. This Episcopal church has less than 5, I think actually 2, black members. Probably 80% of the individual family “bread winners” are involved in the medical or legal fields. Probably around 95% make more than $100K. Other than the black members who I don’t know, I don’t know a single democrat among them. They are all Republican. They don’t give a damn about what is happening at the national church level. Because of many 5th and 6th generation families, there is absolutely NO theological issue that would cause them to give up their church property. Are they typical of most non-major metropolitan Epis. churches? I don’t know, but IMO their political leanings leanings are.
I think you are correct in that the Episcopal (no insult to modern Episcopaians) church attracted the ‘planter class’ i.e. the upper classes, while Baptist, Presbyterian, and Methodist attracted the working poor (the people that actually fought and died in the Civil War). I believe many slaves started the AME churches because they were not allowed in the ‘planter’ churches at the time.
What? Southern Baptist churchs in New York are different?
