History Of The Blue Mountain Missionary Baptist Association

Author : Stone Mountain Baptist Association
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780365797340
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (973 download)

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Download or read book History of the Stone Mountain Baptist Association written by Stone Mountain Baptist Association and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-04-21 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from History of the Stone Mountain Baptist Association: 1897-1976 The idea of writing a history of the Stone Mountain Baptist Association was conceived and initiated by Mrs. Mabel Couch, the present Director of Missions of the Stone Mountain Baptist Association. When she arrived on the scene, being an outsider and quite unfamiliar with the activities and policies of the Association, she sought information about this organization that would be useful to her in becoming oriented to the sobering and challenging opportunities which faced her. Finding inadequate written information about the Association, Mrs. Couch envisioned a written history that would not only be useful to the mission worker but would also be interesting and informative to the membership as well as to the many other people whose ancestors or relatives were active in the Association in years gone by. It would also be another desirable activity that would be appropriate in celebrating the rapidly approaching Bi Centennial. The suggestion of writing a history of the Association was presented to the Missions Committee who, in turn, approved and recommended the idea to the Executive Committee. On October 21, 1974, this body authorized this project and authorized the Director of Missions and all general officers to begin collecting materials for such a publication. In 1975 the Association elected Mrs. Margie Blevins, Mrs. Hardin Royall, Mr. Sam Sebastian and Mr. Paul Gregory to serve as members of a Historical Committee whose duties would be to research and record an accurate history of the Association's eighty years of activities. Due to the enormity of the project, the committee was later expanded to include Mrs. Ruth Proffit Gregory, Mrs. Mabel Collins Couch and Mr. Denver Holcomb. At the request of some members of the Association, a thumbnail biographical sketch is shown below and is printed only as informative data: mrs. Margie blevins: A member of Fairplains Baptist Church and a Sunday School teacher for many years; an experienced English instructor at North Wilkes High School; and an editorial specialist on this project. 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.