By David Roach
Baptist Press
NASHVILLE — Distribution of nearly 7,000 gospel tracts by a Wyoming church, and an outdoor baptism service in Kentucky were among the ways Southern Baptists celebrated the first total solar eclipse in the continental U.S. since 1979.
The eclipse — whose 70-mile-wide “path of totality” was visible Aug. 21 in 14 states from Oregon to South Carolina — also led some evangelicals to theological reflections on God’s faithfulness, sovereignty, and coming judgment.
In Hendersonville, the local newspaper named First Baptist Church one of the three best places in town to watch the eclipse, said minister of adults Jerry Wooley. The church distributed hot dogs and ice cream to hundreds in its parking lot. [Read more…]