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First Baptist Preachers Imprisoned in Virginia
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July 20, 2004
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History of the Baptists in Virginia (p.29-30) The first recorded instance of Baptist preachers imprisoned for their faith in Virginia was in the county of Spotsylvania. John Waller, Lewis Craig, James Childs, and others, were seized on June 4th, 1768. At their trial, the lawyer accused them with these words: "May it please your worships, these men are great disturbers of the peace; they cannot meet a man upon the road, but they must ram a text of Scripture down his throat." May the Lord give us this kind of courage today.
Proverbs 15:29
The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous.