First Baptist Church of Minneapolis earned its name by being the first church organized in Minnesota Territory west of the Mississippi River. Ten people from St. Paul and St. Anthony organized the church March 5, 1853. Worship services were held in homes, and Missionary E.W. Cressey, brother of Timothy Cressey, led the fellowship of...
Dear Churches and Pastors of the MBA, The Pillsbury Baptist Bible College Board of Trustees has been working for the past two years to sell the Owatonna campus. Please be in prayer regarding the Owatonna school referendum scheduled for November 8. The referendum will, in part, make it possible for the Owatonna School Board...
The 2012 Men’s Fellowship is September 14-15, and will feature Dr. David Doran of Inter-City Baptist Church and Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary. The 2012 Pastor’s & Wives’ Retreat is April 2-3, and will be hosted by the First Baptist Church of Brainerd. More details on these events will be made available here as things...
First Baptist Church in St. Paul began as Harriet Bishop’s Sunday School. Its name couldn’t be more appropriate because the church has the distinction of being the first Baptist church north of Iowa, from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. The Baptist Home Mission Society appointed Rev. John Parsons to St. Paul February...
According to Mark H. Dunnell, friends of education in Minnesota Territory expressed “hopeful rejoicing” when the foundation and cornerstone of Minnesota Central University (MCU) was laid. Citizens of Hastings as well as Baptists anticipated great things from the university. That joy was brief, however, because the Panic of 1857 hit in August. Dunnell described...
From the beginning, Baptist settlers in Minnesota desired to give their young people a biblical education. Rev. Cressey put feet to that desire in 1854 when he wrote the charter for Minnesota Central University (MCU), the institution that would later become Pillsbury Baptist Bible College. Mark H. Dunnell, who was instrumental in locating the...
