Jesse L. Sewell was a member of the Baptist church in Overton Count,
TN. When he began to preach, he preached just what he found in the Bible. As a
result, on the first Saturday night in February, 1842, he was turned out of the
Baptist Church for preaching faith, repentance and baptism for the remission of
sin. He was first charged with heresy. But in his defense he said, just charge
me with preaching what I preach and then determine the question of whether that
is heresy. Well, they changed the charge and charged him with preaching faith,
repentance, and baptism for the remission of sin. He was promptly turned out of
the Baptist church.
Sewell’s early life, experiences in the Baptist church, and later years
preaching the truth are thoroughly laid out in this interesting history.
