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Has there always been a mourners bench in the missionary baptist church?
Hi Susie,
Thanks for your question. The mourners bench came into being after the Great Awaking in the late 1700s and early 1800s when there was a great revival period in American. Evangelists and preachers would urge people to come to the front of the church to a mourners bench to repent of their sins and also for the lost to come repent and be saved.
It began very popular in Kentucky, Tennessee in what were called the Cane Ridge revivals (camp meeting revivials) in the early 1800's and was used in both Methodist and Baptist Churches.
It was greatly used and made popular by men such as DL Moody, Charles Finney.
Before that period I cannot find any record of a mourners bench being used.
Hope this helps. If you have further questions or comments please write.
Cooper Abrams
http://bible-truth.org
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Cooper P. Abrams III
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Independent Fundamental Baptist missionary and pastor, ThB, MBS. I began pastoring in 1981, and have taught in churches, a Bible college, and a Bible Institute. I have written numerous articles on various subjects from a biblical perspective and many are posted on my web site Bible Truth ( http://www.bible-truth.org ). Bible Truth receives over sixty thousand visits per month. Since 1998 I have answered Bible related questions via e-mail. My answers are straight forward and biblical. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE -----DO NOT ASK A QUESTION AND THEN NOT READ THE ANSWER! ABOUT FOUR IN TEN QUESTIONS ASKED ARE NEVER READ. I FREELY GIVE MY TIME TO GIVE HELPFUL ANSWERS. OFTEN THE ANSWER WILL REQUIRE AS MUCH AS A HOUR OR MORE TO RESEARCH AND THEN TO FORMULATE THE REPLY. IF YOU SEND A QUESTION PLEASE BE THOUGHTFUL ENOUGH TAKE THE TIME TO READ IT. MOST PEOPLE DO...BUT ALL SHOULD. THANKS
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I have been a pastor since 1981 and a Independent Baptist missionary church planter since 1986. I have seen the Lord establish four Bible believing churches in Utah. My web site Bible Truth ( http:\\bible-truth.org ) continues to grow presently over 60,000 visits per month. The materials on the web site are mostly written by myself and contain sermons, Bible commentaries, articles on various biblical subjects.
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ThB and MBS from Piedmont Baptist College, Winston-Salem, NC
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