Baptist

Gasconade River Association of the United Baptist Church Record Book, 1847-1885 (C3010)
1 roll of microfilm

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Record book of the Gasconade River Association of the United Baptist Church. Includes minutes and member information.

Goshen Primitive Baptist Church (Wilton, Mo.) Minute Book, 1832-1888 (C4335)
0.2 cubic feet (4 folders)

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A photocopied minute book of the Goshen Primitive Baptist Church, containing the church constitution, meeting minutes, appointments of officers, and information on church members.

Grand Prairie United Baptist Church (Callaway County, Mo.) Minutes, 1843-1868 (C1310)
0.06 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Record book of the church, containing the constitution, covenant, rules of decorum, and minutes of the business meetings.

Grandview Baptist Church (Boone County, Mo.) Records, 1869-2005 (C3049)
1.16 cubic feet (3 folders, 6 oversize volumes, 1 roll of microfilm)

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Record books containing monthly reports of the church business meetings, 1869-1994, and church histories, 1994-2005. This country church faithfully recorded its religious activities, pastors, financial transactions, membership, mission contributions, and social gatherings.

Grant Avenue Baptist Church, Springfield, Missouri Collection, 1929 (R1033)
(1 folder)

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This is the yearbook and directory for 1929 for the Grant Avenue Baptist Church at Springfield in Greene County, Missouri. Included are photographs of the pastor and the church building, lists of officers, the church covenant, and a membership roll. Thomas Houston Wiles served as pastor of the congregation.

Greene County Baptist Association Records, 1929 (R1034)
(1 folder)

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These are the published minutes and proceedings of the 57th annual session of the Greene County Baptist Association, held with the Ash Grove Church at Ash Grove in Greenen County, Missouri, on September 3-5, 1929. C.K. Martin served as moderator of the session.

Greene County Baptist Association Minutes, 1873-1908 (C3012)
1 roll of microfilm

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Minutes of the Greene County Baptist Association. Contains lists of members.

Hebron Baptist Church (Cape Girardeau County, Mo.) Minutes, 1829-1878 (C1311)
0.05 cubic feet (1 volume, 1 folder)

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The records contain minutes of meetings of the church, including official action taken on matters brought before it and the admission and dismissal of members. Also includes a transcription of the record book.

High Street Baptist Church, Springfield, Missouri Collection, 1952 (R1232)
(1 folder)

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This is 'Youth Trail 1952', a yearbook published by the young people of the High Street Baptist Church in Springfield, Greene County, Missouri. Included are photographic portraits, snapshots, and general information about the congregation and its programs.

"History of Mill Creek Church," George B. Smiley, 1927 (C1323)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Excerpt from Smiley's church history, listing early members, ministers, and people ordained from the congregation, and describing the two buildings which housed the church. Also lists the Baptist associations to which the church belonged.

Lebanon Baptist Church Records, 1890-1983 (R0201)
(1 roll of microfilm)

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The Lebanon Baptist Church, Bloomsdale, Missouri Records contain a microfilm copy of the records for the Lebanon Baptist Church located seven miles north of Bloomsdale in Sainte Genevieve County, Missouri. The records include minutes of meetings of the congregation and board of deacons, membership records, a church history, and miscellaneous historical material.

Liberty Association of Free Will Baptists Records, 1971-1978 (R1200)
(1 folder)

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These are five booklets containing the minutes of the annual sessions of the Liberty Association of Free Will Baptist for the years 1971, 1974, 1976, 1977, and 1978. The Association met at the Niangua Youth Camp near Niangua in Webster County, Missouri.

Little Bonne Femme Baptist Church (Boone County, Mo.) Records, 1920-1955 (C3618)
1 roll of microfilm

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Church register, including lists of pastors, clerks, treasurers, deacons and trustees, a chronological register, compilations of statistics, and minutes.

Little Bonne Femme Baptist Church (Boone County, Mo.) Sesquicentennial Program, 1969 (C3126)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Brief history of church and program listing events of sesquicentennial celebration.

Little Zion Primitive Baptist Church (Macon County, Mo.) Records, 1836-1974 (C3640)
0.08 cubic feet (4 folders)

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Record books containing lists of members of the church, the constitution, and the abstract of principles. A synopsis of each meeting of the congregation is also included.

Lone Jack Baptist Church (Lone Jack, Mo.) History, 1880 (C3511)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Synopsis of the history of Lone Jack Baptist Church, 1842-1880, read by Martin Rice at the 38th anniversary of the constitution of the church, October 1880.

Looney's Creek Baptist Church Record Book, 1836-1894 (C3024)
1 roll of microfilm

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Record book of Looney's Creek Baptist Church in Shelbyville, Shelby County. Contains meeting minutes and lists of members.

Reverend William W. Megee Marriage Records, 1968 (R0062)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)

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The Reverend William W. Megee Marriage Records contain a typescript copy of extracts from the marriage records of William W. Megee, a general Baptist circuit rider. The records are of marriages performed by Megee in Ozark County from 1874 to 1920.

Missouri Church Records, 1811-2024 (C0558)
123.3 cubic feet (1424 folders), 3 computer discs

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The Missouri Church Records consist of newsletters, conference proceedings, reports, directories, journals, and other publications of various religious denominations in Missouri including the Methodist, Baptist, Disciples of Christ (Christian), Presbyterian, and Catholic churches.

Missouri Extension Homemakers Association, Inc., Sacred Stones and Stained Glass Windows Project Records, 1977-1980 (C3723)
7.1 cubic feet (334 folders)

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Statewide documentation of local churches by county. Includes cultural arts reports, church histories, floor plans, architectural details, clippings, slides, photographs, and miscellany.

Mount Nebo Baptist Church (Cooper County, Mo.) Records, 1829-1855 (C3037)
1 roll of microfilm

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Records of Mount Nebo Baptist Church. Contains meeting minutes and member lists.

Mount Pleasant Baptist Association Records, 1818-1849 (C1328)
0.2 cubic feet (1 volume)

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The record book of the Mount Pleasant Baptist Association, an organization of churches in central Missouri, containing minutes, rules of decorum and an abstract of principles.

Mount Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church, Wayne County, Missouri Collection, 1977 (R1221)
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This is 'The History of Mt. Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church,' located in the Otter Creek community on State Road V, south of Piedmont in Wayne County, Missouri. The congretation was organized in 1820.

Mount Pleasant United Baptist Church (Hartsburg, Mo.) Records, 1858-1950 (C2990)
2 rolls of microfilm

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Meeting minutes and membership lists dating from organization in 1858 through May 1950 for a Boone County, MO, church. Minutes deal with construction and maintenance of church building, fund raising, member discipline, officers, delegates to the Little Bonne Femme Association of the Southern Baptist Church, and searches for ministers.

Mount Zion Association of Primitive Baptists Annual Session Minutes, 1926 (C0455)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Printed minutes of the 85th annual session of the association held at Bethlehem Church, Cooper County, MO. Includes names of churches and their pastors in the association in addition to minutes of the meeting.

Mount Zion Baptist Church Records, 1829-1853 (R0195)
(1 roll of microfilm)

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The Mount Zion Baptist Church, Washington County, Missouri Records contain a microfilm copy of the Mount Zion Baptist Church established in 1829, northwest of Potosi,
Missouri. The church was renamed Fourche-à-Renault Baptist Church in 1834. Its records include membership rolls and minutes of monthly church business meetings.

Mount Zion Baptist Church (Howard County, Mo.) Records, 1830-1948 (C3036)
1 roll of microfilm

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Records of Mount Zion Baptist Church. Contains meeting minutes, a photograph of the church, and member information.

Mount Zion Regular Baptist Association Record Books, 1842-1908 (C1314)
0.13 cubic feet (2 volumes)

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The records contain minute books including the constitution, abstract of principles, rules of decorum, and minutes of the first through sixty-seventh meetings of the Mount Zion Regular Baptist Association.

"Mt. Olivet Church, A Century Old This Year," A. Loyd Collins, 1944 (C1313)
0.02 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Historical sketch of Mt. Olivet Baptist Church in Henry County, MO.

Lamine River Association of Regular Predestinarian Baptist Records, 1845-1882 (R0284)
0.1 cubic foot (7 folders)

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The Lamine River Association of Regular Predestinarian Baptists Records contain the original and photocopied printed annual meeting minutes of the Lamine River Association, dated from 1845 to 1859 and 1877 to 1882. Known first as the Lamine River Regular Baptists Association, the organization was composed of churches in Bates, Camden, Cooper, Jackson, Johnson, Miller, Morgan, and Pettis counties in Missouri.

New Hope Baptist Church (Audrain County, Mo.) Record Book, 1869-1924 (C3075)
1 roll of microfilm

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The collection contains minutes of the church which is located in Wilson Township. It was organized on Monday, 23 August 1869, and was a member of the Little Bonne Femme Association.

New Hope Baptist Church (Howard County, Mo.) Minutes, 1820-1859 (C1315)
0.1 cubic feet (1 volume)

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The records contain the constitution, principles, rules of decorum, and minutes of meetings of the New Hope Baptist Church, later called the Old School Baptist Church of Christ at New Hope, Howard County, Missouri.

New Hope Old School Baptist Church (Howard County, Mo.) Records, 1820-1859 (C1327)
0.07 cubic feet (1 volume)

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Abstract of principles, minutes of meetings, and membership lists.

New Hope United Baptist Church of Christ (Ripley County, Mo.) Records, 1842-1852 (C1316)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The records contain the constitution of 1843, names of members, and letters of admission and dismissal.

New Providence Baptist Church (Mississippi County, Mo.) Records, 1894-1906 (C0706)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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Records of the monthly meetings of the Baptist Church at Hough Station, Mississippi County, MO, from its organization on 24 November 1894 until December 1906. Includes membership lists, persons accepted into and excluded from church membership, elections to church offices and committees, and pastors called and elected.

New Salem Baptist Church (Boone County, Mo.) Minutes, 1828-1926 (C1317)
0.36 cubic feet (3 volumes)

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Articles of faith, rules of decorum, church covenant, list of deacons ordained by New Salem, list of members, obituaries, life sketch of David Doyle, and short histories of the church written at various times.

Osage River Association of Regular Baptists Records, 1847 (R0285)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)

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The Osage River Association of Regular Baptists Records contain meeting minutes of the Osage River Association from 1847. The Association was composed of Baptist churches in Benton, Camden, Polk, and Webster counties.

Ozark Association of Primitive Baptists Records, 1904-1941 (R0995)
(1 folder)

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These are published minutes of annual sessions of the Ozark Association of Primitive Baptists, which consisted of member congretaitions in Dallas, Greene, Polk, Webster, and Wright Counties in Missouri. Minutes are available for meetigns in 1904, 1906-1910, 1913-1915, 1917-1924, and 1941.

Palmore Chapel Records, 1894-1976 (R0066)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)

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The Palmore Chapel Records contain a typescript of records for the Palmore Chapel in Bollinger County, Missouri. The records include lists of pastors, members, baptisms, marriages, and deaths.

Perche Baptist Church (Boone County, Mo.) Minute Books, 1874-2005 (C3635)
2 rolls of microfilm

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Records of the Perche Church from its founding in 1874 as the Arm of Bethlehem Church. The name was changed in 1880. Minutes of business sessions include periodic lists of members.

Perserverance Baptist Church (Boone County, Mo.) Records, 1895-1941 (C3003)
1 roll of microfilm

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The records of the Perserverance Baptist Church contain monthly meeting minutes (1895-1941) and membership lists (1895-1937) of the Perseverance Baptist Church at Old Lick Fork in Boone County. Records are incomplete.

Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church (Harrison County, Mo.) Records, 1857-1920 (C3059)
1 roll of microfilm

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Records of a church organized in May 1857. Volumes one and two contain church history, covenant, business meeting minutes, and membership lists dating from 1874-1916. Volume three contains Sunday school records for 1894 to 1898.

Prairie Grove Baptist Church (Columbia, Mo.) Records, 1874-1955 (C1318)
6 volumes

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Records include church constitution, articles of faith, rules of decorum, church covenants, registers of officers, church minutes, membership lists, financial statements, and Women's Missionary Society minutes.

Prairie Point Baptist Church (Cooper County, Mo.) Records, 1842-1949 (C3281)
0.04 cubic feet (2 folders)

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The records contain the original church record book of the Prairie Point Baptist Church, dating from 1842 to 1897. Includes the articles of faith, rules of decorum, covenant, monthly business meetings, subscription pledges, and current members. Renamed three times: Pleasant Grove, Ebenezer, and Blackwater Baptist Church. Miscellaneous items from 1913 to 1949.

Princeton Baptist Church (Princeton, Mo.) Contract, 1915 (C0712)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains the building contract for construction of the Baptist Church at Princeton, Missouri, August 18, 1915.

Providence Baptist Church (Madison County, Mo.) Record Book, 1813-1898 (C3021)
1 roll of microfilm

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Record book of Providence Baptist Church. Contains names of newly received members.

Providence Baptist Church (Washington County, Mo.) Record Book, 1831-1894 (C3023)
1 roll of microfilm

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Records of Providence Baptist Church, Washington County, MO. Contains minutes and lists of members.

Religious Culture of St. Louis Senior Seminar Papers, 1980-1982 (S0140)
0.01 cubic foot, 3 folders

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This collection contains eleven papers from History 293 (Spring, 1981), a senior seminar held at the University of Missouri-St. Louis on the religious history of St. Louis.

Richmond Baptist Church (Richmond, Mo.) Program, 1942 (C0713)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)

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The collection contains one program of the centennial celebration and dedicatory service for the new church building, 14 June 1942.

Rocky Fork Primitive Baptist Church (Boone County, Mo.) Minutes, 1821-1921 (C1319)
0.34 cubic feet (3 volumes)

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Articles of faith, rules of decorum, letters of admission and dismission, membership lists, and minutes of church meetings.