(Media release from Chieftains Museum/Major Ridge Home):
Chieftains Museum/Major Ridge Home is proud to present the 2024 Summer Speaker Series. Lectures will focus on the Protestant missionary groups which featured prominently in the lives of the Ridge family.
The first of these lectures will be Thursday, May 9th at 7PM at Brookes Chapel on the Shorter University campus. This lecture, presented by Rev. Charles Jones of the Southern Baptist Convention, will tell the story of the Tinsawattee Baptist Mission to the Cherokee and the rediscovery of its location in the Dawson Forest WMA. Rev. Jones received a Master of Divinity from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, TX. For over forty years, he has been a minister with the Southern Baptist Convention and served pastorates in Ohio, Virginia, and Georgia. Charles has also been a historical researcher and writer with the Georgia Baptist State Mission Board. He has been a regular contributor and columnist for newspapers and magazines such as Georgia Backroads, The Christian Index, and the Athens Banner Herald. Additionally, Charles has been a researcher for major public television productions such as Finding Your Roots and the Georgia Public Broadcasting and Historic Rural Churches of Georgia co-produced series Saving Grace. His current research focuses on further uncovering the story of the Tinsawattee Baptist Mission as well as elucidating the history of Baptist stewardship, Baptist women and African-American Baptists.
To view the full schedule of lectures, visit the Chieftains Museum website at www.chieftainsmuseum.org/events. Each lecture is free and open to the public.
For more information about the Summer Speaker Series, visit www.chieftainsmuseum.org or call (762) 327-6124.
