Historic First Baptist Church of Camp Nelson

05/26/2026

05/24/2026

05/24/2026

USCT
“Once let the black man get upon his person the brass letters U.S.; let him get an eagle on his button, and a musket on his shoulder, and bullets in his pocket, and there is no power on the earth or under the earth which can deny that he has earned the right of citizenship in the United States.”- Frederick Douglass

May 22, 1863, the War Department established the Bureau of United States Colored Troops under General Order 143. This order brought all-Black state regiments into federal service in the Civil War. By the end of the Civil War, African American men made up 10% of the entire United States Army.

Though the Bureau ended with the war, African Americans continued to serve in the military. Under the Army Reoganization Act on July 28, 1866,over 500 United States Colored Troops (USCT) directly transferred to one of the six new all-Black regiments. By August 1866, more than 2,500 USCT veterans reenlisted becoming the nation’s first Buffalo Soldiers.

Learn more about Buffalo Soldiers from Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument
IMAGE: Library of Congress

05/17/2026

KEEP DOING WHAT YOU’RE DOING!
EXODUS 1:1-11(12)
8 Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph.
9 And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we:
10 Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land.
11 Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses.
12 But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.
13 And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour:
14 And they made their lives bitter with hard bo***ge, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.

12 But the more THEY AFFLICTED THEM, THE MORE THEY MULTIPLIED AND GREW. AND THEY WERE GRIEVED BECAUSE OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL.

THESIS STATEMENT
We have a mandate by God to be faithful to him.

1. THE DEVINE STRATEGY TO CHRISTIAN LIVING
Exodus 1:12a. BUT THE MORE THEY AFFLICTED THEM

2. THE SPREADING OF CHRISTIANITY
Exodus 1:12b. THE MORE THEY MULTIPLIED AND GREW.

3. THE HATE OF BELIEVERS
Exodus 1:12c. AND THEY WERE GRIEVED BECAUSE OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL.

05/11/2026

GRADITUDE! GRADITUDE! GRADITUDE!

163 YEARS LATER!

WON’T HE DO IT!

05/11/2026

Sermon Title Today
JOCHEBED
A MOTHER OF VISIONARY
Exodus 2:2-9
2 And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.
3 And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink.
4 And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.
5 And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river's side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it.
6 And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews' children.
7 Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee?
8 And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child's mother.
9 And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the woman took the child, and nursed it.

THESIS STATEMENT
Where would we be without visionaries mothers!

1. THE GOD CONSCIOUSNESS FACTOR
Exodus 2:2
2 And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.

2. HAVING A STRATEGY OF INCREASE AND NOT LACK
Exodus 2:3-4
3 And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink.
4 And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.

3. HARVESTING OVER THERE WHILE PLANTING OVER HERE
Exodus 2:5-9
5 And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river's side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it.
6 And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews' children.
7 Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee?
8 And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child's mother.
9 And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the woman took the child, and nursed it.

05/11/2026

A $10,000 reward is being offered as the search for Benjamin Braithewaite continues.

Braithwaite was last seen on April 27 around 9:30 p.m. His family members along with law enforcement are still urgently asking the public for any information that could help locate him.

Braithwaite is 6'5 and 175 lbs.

Anyone with information is urged to contact local authorities immediately.

05/08/2026

The Great Camp Nelson Migration Ancestors!

From April 2nd to July 13th, Nicodemus National Historic Site is hosting “Declaration 1776: The Big Bang of Modern Democracy,” a traveling exhibition from the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.

This exhibit is a part of Nicodemus National Historic Site’s celebration of the nation’s 250th anniversary. The Kansas tour of “Declaration 1776” is presented by Humanities Kansas.
Nicodemus reminds us that the revolutionary spirit of the Declaration of Independence lives on. In 1877, the Nicodemus Town Company formed to allow Black Americans to cultivate the foundational values of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness in their own all-Black town.

Come on down to Nicodemus between now and July 13th to see this fabulous exhibit inside the Township Hall. You won’t want to miss it!
Nicodemus NHS is open Thursday through Monday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Learn more at https://www.nps.gov/nico/index.htm or by contacting a park ranger at (785) 839-4233.