Historical Sketch Of The Maryland Baptist Union Association

Author : John A. Bivens
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780364971291
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (712 download)

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Download or read book History of the Union Baptist Association, 1918-1970 (Classic Reprint) written by John A. Bivens and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-19 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from History of the Union Baptist Association, 1918-1970 When the association asked the Historian to prepare a complete history of our Association from 1918 to 1970, little did I realize the amount ofwork in volved in this task. During this time I have had good help from many people, for which I am sincerely grateful. First of all I am grateful to my devoted wife, who has spent many hours in helping me with the history. Iam in debted to the Committee appointed by the Moderator, and composed of Mrs. Martin L. Mcgee, Mrs. L. P. Beck and John Vann Chaney. This Committee was most helpful in getting the history from the various churches. Then, too, I appreciate the response from the pastors and representatives of the churches in sending in the histories and the pictures of the churches. To all who have helped with this work, we are sincerely grateful. When we seek to get the history of the churches Of our Association for a period of fifty years, it is necessary to seek this information from several sources. There are not too many copies available of the history Of our Association prepared by Rev. Joseph A. Bivens, Rev. M. D. L. Preslar and Rev. C. J. Black, which covered the period from 1854 to 1918. We felt that, in order for our readers to understand the histories from the different churches during the period from 1919 to 1970, it is necessary to give something of the history prior to 1919. Therefore we have devoted con siderable attention to this period in the life Ofthe Union Baptist Association. We have tried to be as accurate as we could in writing the history. For our sources of information we have used the history published in 1918; we have also referred to the minutes ofour Association for the years 1919-1970. We are indebted to Miss Mary Lee Baker of Wingate for supplying the minutes which we did not have. Her father, Mr. M. L. Baker, took great delight in saving the minutes during those years and with few exceptions he had them all. Without those minutes many questions that arose would have had to go unanswered. We are also grateful to Mrs. Kathy Grifiin Cole, secretary of the First Baptist Church, Monroe, for her help in typing the histories. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.