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Newer research by Jill Watts, based on census data, finds evidence for a George Baker Jr. of appropriate age born in an African-American enclave of Rockville, Maryland, called Monkey Run. If this theory is correct, his mother was a former slave named Nancy Baker, who died in May 1897.
Father Divine. American religious leader. Also known as: Father Major Jealous Devine, George Baker. Written by. J. Gordon Melton. Distinguished Professor of American Religious History, Institute for Studies in Religion, Baylor University; Director, Institute for the Study of American Religion, Woodway, Texas.
International Peace Mission movement. The International Peace Mission movement is a religious movement that was founded and led by Father Divine. Father Divine was worshipped by his followers as a God. Thus, the core belief of the International Peace Mission Movement is that everyone is treated equal in the eyes of God.
Divine, Father (George Baker) Raymond Gavins, Duke University, North Carolina; Book: The Cambridge Guide to African American History; Online publication: 05 March 2016; Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316216453.088
25 feb 2008 · Courtesy Temple University Special Collections (SCRC 170) Father Divine, founder of the International Peace Missions Movement, was a religious leader, businessman, and civil rights activist. He was born George Baker in Rockville, Maryland sometime in 1876 to George and Nancy Baker.
views 2,945,844 updated. Father Divine. (1879-1965), ministers, activist, cult leader. Father Divine, a Harlem-based minister, was worshiped as God on earth by members of his "Peace Mission" movement. Although widely derided as a cult "racketeer," Divine fed, sheltered, and helped find work for thousands of poor people during the Depression.
Rockville can claim George Baker, Jr., today known as Father Divine, the son of a former slave and charismatic leader of a spiritual movement. Born in Rockville in 1879, George Baker, Jr., was the son of Nancy Smith, a former slave, and her husband, George Baker, a farm laborer.
