First blog!

Greetings and welcome to THE CONFEDERATE BAPTIST.  It has long been my dream to resurrect this, my third great grandfather's newspaper, which ran throughout the Civil War, as he was a Baptist Pastor in Columbia, South Carolina during the time.  Below is an example of the front page of his magazine.

His name was J.M.C. Breaker, and he also pastored churches in South Carolina, North Carolina, Missouri, Texas, and California.  The Baptist Encyclopedia gives a great bio of him:

The Baptist Encyclopedia

J. M. C. Breaker

Rev. J. M. C. Breaker was born near Camden, Kershaw District, S. C., July 25, 1824; graduated from Furman Literary and Theological Institution, Fairfield, S. C., June, 1846; ordained to the ministry July 3, 1846; has been pastor of Greenville, Granville, Beaufort, Columbia, Spartansburg, S. C.; Newbern, N. C.; Park Avenue, St. Louis, Liberty and First church, St. Joseph, Mo.; and has been pastor at Houston, Texas, since April, 1877, where he is excelled by no other city minister in ability and influence; for several years was secretary of the South Carolina Baptist State Convention; founded and edited at Columbia, S. C., during the war, a weekly paper called The Confederate Baptist; received the degree of D. D. from Lagrange College, Mo.; is a life-member of the American Baptist Missionary Union, American Baptist Publication Society, and the American Bible Society; has baptized 1520 persons; is author of a prize essay on "Communion," published in 1859, and has contributed a number of articles to the Christian Review and other perioicals [sic].

[From The Baptist Encyclopedia, 1881; rpt. 1988, pp. 131-132. - jrd]

Below is a Picture of my Third-Great Grandfather, Dr. Jacob Manly Cantey Breaker.

Hey, I even look like him a little bit with the same hog jowl cheeks.  At least my ears are smaller and my hair line is not receding!  : )

On this blog you'll find, from time to time, I'll add articles that I've written, as well as articles and links of others that I believe are worthy of your perusal.  We'll also talk a little about the SOUTH, and how great it is to live there, with some of the friendliest people in the world!

We might even delve into some history of the "War of Northern Agression," albiet our motive is not to drudge up bad memories of injustice, nor is it to stir up trouble.  THIS WEBSITE IS NOT DESIGNED IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM TO PROMOTE ANARCHY, SKIN HEAD MOVEMENTS, HATE SPEECH, REVOLUTION, and the such like.  It's sad I have to mention that, but there are many today who see the Southern Flag, and because they don't understand it, they automatically believe it's connected with weirdos, rednecks, skinheads, etc. 

For me it's all about HERITAGE, not HATE!

So I hope you'll enjoy reading this blog.  It's my only desire that it might be informative to you.  Who knows, you just might learn something!  If not, I hope you'll enjoy reading it. 

And feel free to contribute.  I always wanted to make this a printed publication to send out far and wide, but I knew I probably wouldn't ever be able to do that.  So, I made it into a blog instead.  But hey, with your help, we might just make it into a publication eventually.  And how knows, maybe it'll be a good place for people to come and learn about history, truth, and the American way.

If you are a Bible Believer, and want to write an article for this magazine, please do so and send it to me at:

robertbreaker3@hotmail.com

Please keep it under 500 words if possible, as the attention span of people today is not what it used to be.  And make sure it's not an attachment, rather posted or written directly into the email.  Also please include your name.

As an Independent Baptist Minister, it's my desire to reach other Independent Baptists with the truth and help them as much as I can.  For you probably know there is much apostasy out there today, especially in the Independent Baptist Movement.  I guess you could call this blog an Independent Independent Baptist publication.

Sincerely in Christ Jesus,

R. R. Breaker III