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Elkin Baptist Association, 100 Years, 1879-1979 THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL THE COLLECTION OF NORTH CAROLINIANA I'KESENTED BY T. Harry- Gatton Endowment Fund C286 E43n UNIVERSJTY OF N.C. AT CHAPEL HILL 00036710773 FOR USE ONLY IN THE NORTH CAROLINA COLLECTION Form No. A-368, Rev. 8/95 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2012 with funding from Institute of Museum and Library Services, under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of Cultural Resources. http://archive.org/details/elkinbaptistassoOOnorm Qlkin Baptist Rssodation Onetiundred Years 1879 - 1979 ELKIN BAPTIST ASSOCIATION — 100 YEARS 1879-1979 Compiled by Mary H. Norman First Edition 1981 COVER DESIGN by Amy Powers Granddaughter of the Reverend Jesse L. Powers a faithful supporter of the association for many years Published By: TARHEEL GRAPHICS, INC. 309 South Main Street Jonesville, North Carolina 28642 (919) 835-5907 ^45^^, ELKIN BAPTIST ASSOCIATION CONVENTION and Organizational Session The Elkin Baptist Association was formed from churches of the Primitive faith that believed in missions and Missionary Baptist Churches from the Brier Creel< Association, along with newly constituted churches to work together in harmony . "in extending the blessed Redeemer's kingdom on earth." Another concern was the wide range of territory covered by the Brier Creek Association split by the Yadkin River which was often flooded at Association time, making it difficult for delegates to attend meetings. The Parent Association, Brier Creek, was organized in 1822 from the Yadkin Association which was formed in 1790 at Eaton's Meeting House and encompassed all of Northwestern North Carolina. 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Aii'f^r /t'/vt CiT- ?L AAA/tAa/,',, r rAf//f e /yy -^ /lu A cA )j CO / oAAAt\ /^i Aco~fl£i-/ L iu>-^ ^ o^,ry t^/ AA>-c AojA~Ar-j},rJc ATlc i-^J/eCf'aiiie' I cAcAi^y'jfci Air ^An:'fn A^7t AAir e/?'^7AAi J/^A cAAAy- ^f'-^'^i A^a^ A/^ AA>-c ly^ i- 1 ^ A' ( c^A Af :' r oy'i:Jr c^ /^cn' i^A//<'c <'^^AA ^y^ r-> A^ Ai A/AAc y } A Ai^ATAA) Ar^^ /y^AAAA /^-f^'A^: ^ /I-,- {'A AAAJ^e tc \ - . j> I /yLC/>?Aef) , Ai' /Af it^AAA}'~ ~ r ' f AAr... J ^ creA A/^ C\'<-AA ci" Ao,,j.^,r//^. Sample page of Convention Minutes prior to organizational meeting in 1879. IV FOREWORD In the mid 1960's, church leaders started preparing for the Centennial observance of the Elkin Baptist Association, by encouraging churches to compile histories of their individual organizations. By 1967, these histories started appearing in Associational Minutes - some each year through 1972. As in many instances, the United States Bicentennial Celebration in 1976, created further interest in compiling a History of the Elkin Baptist Association - 100 Years. Before Mrs. Butrice Luff man's retirement in 1977, as Director of Missions, the task of collecting informational data had been assigned to an individual appointed by the association. Jane McRae, current Missions Director, continued this interest with the request that I (her co-worker at the Northwestern Regional Library) compile the history. After much prayerful consideration I reluctantly accepted the challenge although semi-retired after July 1, 1978. With a limited amount of time to spend on the project until complete retirement on July 1 , 1979, the first year was spent chiefly on collecting material. More than a year was spent on research, writing, rewriting, and personal contacts. Special acknowledgements are made to John R. Woodard and the Baptist Historical Collection at Wake Forest University; to Jessie Cheek for indefinite use of History of North Carolina Baptists, Volume II, by G. W. Paschal; to Thad Darnell for Sunday School Convention Minutes; to Bob Edwards for handwritten CONVENTION documents; to Mrs. Eugene Pettyjohn, Mrs. Mary Gladys Gentry and to Elkin First Baptist Church for indefinite use of Old Minutes; to Anne Adkins, Mrs. T. D. Carter, Mrs. Russell Casey, Mrs. Wayne Phillips, Mrs. Eugene Powers, Mrs. Irene Judd, Mrs. Emily Holloway, Mrs. Hoyland Wall, Mrs. Amos Lyon, Mrs. Butrice Luffman, Mrs. Jane McRae, Mrs. J. W. Shepherd, Mrs. Paul Mounce, and countless others too numerous to mention for bits and pieces of information. Acknowledgements are also made to Paul Gregory and History of Stone l\/lountain Association; to church secretaries Merele Turner, Mount Pleasant; Roberta Groce, Elkin Valley; Peggy Couch, Pleasant Hill; Bobbie Couch, Elkin First Baptist; and to Mrs. Bruce Gregory, Mineral Springs; to church clerks Roger Ray, Friendship; John Nixon, Union Hill; Grace Golliher, Ronda; Barbara Wood, Rock Creek; Mrs. W. J. Watts, Oak Grove; to church treasurers Margaret Cook, East Elkin; Mrs. Jack Lyons, Pleasant Grove; to Boards of Deacons Chairmen Leroy Rogers, Cool Springs; and Elton Lay, Little Elkin; to Evelyn Blackburn, White Plains Historian; and to Mrs. R. C. Harris for the use of her poem. Other sources include Biblical Recorder. Charity & Children, newspaper clippings; Land of Wilkes by Judge John J. Hayes; Lest We Forget by Paul Gregory and Associates; History of Yadkin County by William E. Rutledge, Jr.; Baptist Hospital and Baptist College Brochures. I have tried to the best of my ability to give an accurate, chronological account of the major achievements of the first 100 years of the Elkin Baptist Association. Readers and participants can judge for themselves its impact in the area in promoting Christian principals, in the cause of education, in the development of roads and trans- portation, in the promotion of building beautiful structures for worship and Christian Education, and in developing a missionary concept that encompasses the entire world. Mary H. Norman Table of Contents Page CONVENTION ix MINUTES OF FIRST MEETING - 1879 1 Constitution 4 Rules of Decorum 5 Articles of Faith 5 ORGANIZATION AND NARRATIVE REPORT First Quarter Century 7 Second Quarter Century 17 Third Quarter Century 22 Fourth Quarter Century 26 Committees 38 ASSOCIATIONAL EQUIPMENT 41 CHURCH HISTORIES Bessie's Chapel (withdrew 1974) 44 Center (withdrew 1968) 45 Cool Springs 46 Elkin, East 49 Elkin First Baptist 50 Elkin Valley 52 Friendship 55 Little Elkin 56 Macedonia 58 Mineral Springs 61 Mount Pleasant 63 Oak Grove 65 Pleasant Grove 67 Pleasant Hill 69 Pleasant Home 71 Pleasant Ridge 73 Pleasant View 76 Poplar Springs 77 Rock Creek 79 Ronda 81 Shoaly Branch 83 Union Hill 85 West Elkin 86 White Plains 88 CHURCH WITHDRAWALS 91 VII BENEVOLENCES Baptist Hospital 94 Homes for Aging 96 N. C. Children's Homes 98 Ministers Relief and Annuity 101 EDUCATION 103 PERIODICALS 110 LIBRARIES 113 MUSIC 114 ASSOCIATIONAL MISSIONS 120 Missionaries - Tommy Johnson 123 Mrs. Winfrey (Butrice) Luffman 125 Malvin Swicegood 129 Jane Carroll McRae 132 MISSIONS State, Home and Foreign 134 BROTHERHOOD 145 CHURCH TRAINING BYPU - BTU 147 SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION 152 SUNDAY SCHOOL 156 WOMAN'S MISSIONARY UNION 165 ROSTER OF CHURCHES 173 HISTORICAL DIGEST 174 MINISTERS 177 CENTENNIAL PROGRAM 179 Candid Photos 181 VIII CONVENTION (Copied "verbatim" from hand written Minutes of the meetings that led to the formation of the Elkin Baptist Association.) The Baptist Churches on the North side of the Yadkin River of the Brier Creek Association and some of those of the Primitive Association met on the 28th of June 1879 at Pleasant Home, Wilkes Co. N. C. to consider the propriety of forming a new Association. After prayer-meeting conducted by Rev. W. A. Myers the Convention was organized by appointing John Adams of the Primitive Chairman and Enoch N. Gwyn Clerk of the Brier Creek Association Secretary.
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