{"id":679,"date":"2019-10-10T15:03:15","date_gmt":"2019-10-10T19:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awarningministry.com\/?p=679"},"modified":"2019-10-10T17:25:52","modified_gmt":"2019-10-10T21:25:52","slug":"baptist-history-heritage-and-distinctives-apostle-to-the-american-indian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awarningministry.com\/index.php\/2019\/10\/10\/baptist-history-heritage-and-distinctives-apostle-to-the-american-indian\/","title":{"rendered":"Baptist History, Heritage and Distinctives \u2013 Apostle to the American Indian"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Thomas E Kresal<\/a> October 9, 2019<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Baptist History, Heritage and Distinctives \u2013 Apostle to the American Indians<\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 09, 1825 \u2013 Rev. Isaac McCoy, one of the \u201cReal McCoy\u2019s\u201d preached the first sermon in English ever delivered in the Chicago area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christiana Polk, the wife of Isaac, was the daughter of Captain E. Polk, a soldier and pioneer. Prior to Christiana\u2019s birth, her mother and three siblings had been captured by the Ottawa Indians and held prisoners for several years before being found and freed by the valiant husband and father.Following her marriage on Oct. 06, 1803 to Mr. Isaac McCoy, the Lord would lead this precious couple to pioneer missionary work among Indians of that tribe. The Isaac\u2019s had 13 children, and they were all raised primarily on the move on the frontier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The children knew the privations of early missionary living but apparently accepted the necessary sacrifices. This is evidenced by the fact that the two oldest sons, after having graduated from Columbian College in Washington, D.C., and the Kentucky Medical College, both died in severe weather in missionary work.Isaac was ordained on Oct. 13, 1810, by his father, Rev. Wm. McCoy. Isaac\u2019s older brother, James McCoy, was an ordained pastor as was his younger brother Rice McCoy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The younger brother is \u201csupposed to have been the first white child born in the North West Territory.Isaac McCoy authored a 600 page book on the History of Baptist Indian Missions<\/em> without a \u201cstudy\u201d or secretarial help in the midst of continual travel. His life and labors were truly the connecting link between barbarism and civilization in this region of the country and over a large portion of the West. For nearly 30 years he was truly the apostle to the Indians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thomas E. Kresal from: This Day in Baptist History I: Cummins\/Thompson, pp. 418-20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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