The Biblical Recorder

The Biblical Recorder is a news organization owned by the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina (BSCNC).

Although a native Pennsylvanian, Meredith adapted to his adopted region as a slave owner for most of his adult life, a fact he never revealed in his public writing.

In an 1847 proslavery pamphlet drawn from materials published in the Biblical Recorder, Meredith argued "that slaveholding is, per se, wholly inoffensive; that the relation of master and slave is as accordant with the general precepts of the gospel, as that of parent and child, or of husband and wife; and that, therefore, all charges of a criminal nature founded on this relation, and alleged against Southern Christians, are unreasonable and unjust.”[1] He strongly opposed, "Campbellism", which threatened to cause a split in the Baptist movement, supported temperance, and weighed in on the troubled relationship with the Triennial Convention.

Religious periodicals such as the Recorder were of great importance to pastors in furthering their theological education and staying connected to other Baptists.

Meredith often published multi-issue expositions of key doctrines or defenses of traditional evangelical theological convictions, always providing a rigorously orthodox view.

[6] The Biblical Recorder is governed by a board of directors consisting of 20 members elected by the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina.