Church History Beyond the Trail of
Blood
Introduction to Beyond the Trail of Blood
[JFR]
Part 2 of this work does not attempt to add to, take
away, or correct anything of Dr. Carroll’s work with
the Trail of Blood. Dr. Carroll wrote the Trail of
Blood in the 1930’s and many things have become
very different in this 21st Century.
Here is what Part 2 will endeavor to accomplish:
Since I am a United States citizen and am a member
of a church that can trace its history back to those
churches that began in the early United States—even
though it might be difficult to trace a physical history
back to Rhode Island and the Thirteen Colonies—I
felt that it would be good to take a look at those
churches who left Europe and came to America to
find religious freedom.
I also want to look at some of the modern-day
churches that have come about in the later centuries.
There are many that call themselves churches that do
not have any claim to that title whatsoever. It would
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be impossible to list every single one that is not part
of a larger group. They come and go constantly. We
will consider the main groups of churches that have
sprang up in the latter centuries, the 20th and 21st
centuries.
Let us begin with a short history of Baptist Churches
in the beginnings of the United States.
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