I don't want to sound pendantic, but the English Parliament passed in
the late 17th century and the Virginia House of Burgesses recoginzed the
Act of Toleration. This meant that qualified dissenters -- including
Baptists -- could be free from worshipping in the local Anglican Parish.
But the Act of Toleration did not release the dissenters from their
financial obligations to support the parish -- this was really the major
sticking point -- and they had to hold their services in some fixed
location. The unlicenced dissenters were attempting to circumvent the
law that stated they had to preach at some regular place. Baptists were
not outlawed per se, just the preachers who would not adhere to the
licensing law. This formed a major part of the so-called Baptist
challenge that Rhys Isaac has illuminated for us.
David Kiracofe
David Kiracofe
History Department
MAK 1060
Grand Valley State University
Allendale, MI 49401
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My ancestor, Rawley Pinn, started a Baptist Church in the 1700's, which
still exists today. The name of the Church is Fairmount Baptist, and it
is
in Stapleton Virginia (Nelson County). Church records have been kept
from
the 1700's, when members had to hide from the Anglicans & Episcopalians
to
have service. Rawley Pinn, was listed as Mulatto in the 1783 census, and
was
also a farmer in Amherst County. He was the first pastor and founder of
Fairmount Baptist Church. The Baptist Movement was called the Great
Awakening, and it was actually outlawed by the Anglican Church. In 1768,
the
Anglicans enforced the law against preaching by unlicensed dissenters,
and
about thirty-four Ministers were thrown in jail. I wonder how this
happened
since the point has been made that the Anglicans were not the law.
Anita
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