Sons of Confederate Veterans Camp 1524 was honored to have the esteemed Dr. Charles Baker as our guest speaker at the
Dragoon July meeting. Dr. Baker is the current Alabama Division Chaplain and
has served many times in this capacity. He has also been Chaplain In Chief at
the National level and is a Past Alabama Division Commander. He pastors an Independent
Church in the Center Point area of Birmingham and has been at this location
many years.
Dr.
Baker spoke on the recent Southern Baptist Convention’s resolution condemning
the Confederate Battle Flag which asks Baptists to not allow it to be displayed
on Confederate veteran graves in their church controlled cemeteries. Although
not a Southern Baptist, he certainly has opinions on this matter and freely shared them with the camp. Dr. Baker asked how these people, who obviously have no
regard for the true history of the South and this particular flag, could do
such a thing. He emphasized that pastors and delegates should be about telling
the truth and if pastors could not tell the Biblical truth, we should not be in
their church. He reminded everyone that there are churches where the truth is told and we
should seek them out while emphasizing that not all Southern Baptist pastors and
delegates were ignorant of the truth and we should support those who
do support Biblical truths as well as our shared Southern heritage and traditions.
Dr.
Baker cited the history of the major revivals in the Confederate Army and the
fact that these men came home after The War and established churches in their
home area because of their conversions experienced in the Army revivals. This
led to the South being nicknamed the “Bible Belt”. He questioned how the Southern
Baptist delegates could turn their backs on their very founders by condemning
the Battle Flag. Dr. Baker said if he was in a church where the pastor
supported this resolution, he could not stay there under a pastor who did not
acknowledge the truth.
Commander
Waldo and others spent a good bit of time explaining our Dixie Butt fund raiser
and the details for this year. Compatriot
David Gatch is our Fund Raiser Chairman this year and reports that the fundraiser has gotten off to a strong start. The monies raised thru this annual fundraiser are used for all the camp's activities including donations to the Alabama Archives for historic flag conservation, heritage defense and monument preservation, community announcements/advertisements, camp stores for cemetery flag settings and community events/parades, and recognition awards such as the JROTC Hunley awards presented at Prattville and Stanhope Elmore High Schools each spring.
Commander
Waldo was the recipient of the Alabama Division Clement C. Clay Newsletter
award as (past) editor of our Camp Dispatch. Lt. Brigade Commander Bill Myrick
presented the award.
Chaplain
Tom Snowden continues to provide an excellent visual presentation via a
projection screen of camp members and activities before the meeting. This is
reason enough to attend and see this marvelous collection of photos that he has
accumulated. All are encouraged to attend the camp's monthly meetings to enjoy fellowship and educational presentations. The next camp meeting will be August 11 at the Shoney's on Cobbs Ford Rd in Prattville.
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| Dr. Baker |
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| Newsletter Award |
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| Dr. Baker's Column Pertaining to the SBC Proclamation |
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