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Rogers-Banks Family Papers, 1820-1878 (C2339)
0.06 cubic feet (3 folders)
Papers of the Banks and Rogers families of Marion County, Missouri. Record book of Dr. Lynn Stanton Banks, physician and surgeon. Collection includes business and legal papers, Baptist church minutes, and physician records.
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Round Prairie Baptist Church (Bates County, Mo.) Records, 1866-1937 (C1320)
0.13 cubic feet (1 volume)
Articles of faith, minutes of meetings, membership lists, and financial records of the church, founded in 1866 as the Pleasant Gap Baptist Church. The church moved in 1868, and the name was changed at that time.
The volume is indexed.
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Salem Association of Baptists Minutes, 1827-1934 (C1374)
0.1 cubic feet (1 volume)
Printed minutes of meetings of the Association for 1827, 1829-1839, 1841-1860, 1866-1877, 1880, 1881, 1884-1887, 1890, 1892-1894, 1896, 1899, and 1928-1934.
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Salem Association of Baptists Record Book, 1827-1888 (C1321)
0.13 cubic feet (1 volume)
Constitutions, rules of decorum, names of delegates and the churches they represent, membership material, circular letters and corresponding letters, and minutes of meetings.
Salem Baptist Church (Montgomery County, Mo.) Records, 1874-1879 (C3794)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Record book of the Salem Baptist Church founded in 1874, destroyed by fire in 1899, rebuilt in 1900, and renamed New Hope Baptist Church. Contains list of original members, charter, minutes of monthly meetings, and financial reports. Includes information on election of officers, formation of committees, financial affairs, and construction of a church building.
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Sardis-Bethlehem Baptist Church (Henry County, Mo.) Records, 1839-1919 (C1322)
0.11 cubic feet (2 volumes)
Abstract of principles, articles of faith, rules of decorum, membership materials, financial records, minutes of meetings, reports of building committee, and resolution of respect to Brother M.R. Amick. Sardis and Bethlehem churches merged in 1866.
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Southwest Bethel Association of Missionary Baptists Records, 1880-1885 (R0519)
0.01 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Southwest Bethel Association of Missionary Baptists Records are photocopied minutes of three annual meetings of the Southwest Bethel Association of Missionary Baptists, which was composed of churches in Christian, Stone, and Taney counties in Missouri.
"The Spirit of Bethel, 1806-1956," A. Loyd Collins, 1956 (C1299)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Historical pageant written for the 150th anniversary of the founding of the first Baptist church in Missouri, Bethel Baptist Church in Cape Girardeau County. Also a printed program (4 pages).
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Spring River Baptist Association Collection, 1937 (R1214)
(1 folder)
These are the minutes of the 98th annual session of the Spring River Baptist Association, held with the First Baptist Church of Joplin in Jasper county, Missouri, on September 22-23, 1937. B.A. Pugh served as moderator, and C. T. Sanders was clerk of the session.
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Tabernacle Separate Baptist Church (Carroll County, Mo.) Minutes, 1849-1861 (C1324)
0.04 cubic feet (1 volume)
Minutes of meetings and list of original subscribers.
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Turkey Creek Missionary Baptist Church (Polk County, Mo.) Records, 1841-1864, 1990 (C4529)
0.2 cubic feet (3 folders)
One record book including meeting minutes of the church.
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Two River Old School Baptist Association Minutes, 1883-1892 (C0569)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
Minutes of annual meetings of 1883, 1889, and 1892 of the association of Ralls and Shelby Counties, Missouri.
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Union Hill Baptist Church (Holt's Summit, Mo.) History, 1971 (C3277)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
History of the church from its organization in 1843 to 1971, naming deacons and pastors, giving a history of the church buildings, and describing some of the special meetings of the church.
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Union Primitive Baptist Church (Boone County, Mo.) Records, 1887-1984 (C4322)
1.25 cubic feet (35 folders)
Newsletters, books, and record minute books of the Union Primitive Baptist Church Records.
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United Baptist Church, Piedmont, Missouri Collection, no date (R1220)
(1 folder)
This small booklet contains the church covenant, articles of faith, and rules of decorum for the United Baptist Church of Piedmont in Wayne County, Missouri. A schedule of services is on the outside back cover. The congretation was organized on July 12, 1959.
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Unity Baptist Church (Platte County, Mo.) Records, 1840-1909 (C3029)
1 roll of microfilm
Records of Unity Baptist Church. Contains church covenant, articles of faith, rules of decorum, meeting minutes and lists of members.
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Verona Baptist Church (Verona, Mo.) Records, 1869-1921 (C3616)
1 roll of microfilm
Rules of decorum, articles of faith, membership records, and minutes.
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Webster Baptist Association of Missouri Records, 1963-1971 (R1201)
(1 folder)
These booklets contains minutes from the annual sessions of the Webster Baptist Association of Missouri, of which the member congregations were located in Webster County. There are booklets for 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, and 1971.
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Thomas Houston Wiles Records, 1906-1945 (R1234)
(1 volume)
This is a record book kept by the Reverend Thomas Houston Wiles, a Baptist minister or several congregations in Missouri, Colorado, and Kentucky, most notably at Grant Avenue Baptist Church in Springfield in Greene County, Missouri. Included are records of sermons, baptisms, marriages, funerals, and 'conversions and additions' to the membership of his churches.
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Wright County Baptist Association Records, 1931-1948 (R0233)
0.1 cubic foot (1 folder)
The Wright County Baptist Association Records contain the printed reports of the annual sessions of the Wright County Baptist Association. The reports include meeting minutes, statistical information on member churches, and reports on finances, missions, and church-sponsored programs.
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Wyaconda Baptist Association Program, 1944 (C0714)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The collection contains one program of the centennial celebration at the Baptist church in Wyaconda, Missouri.
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Zion Baptist Church (Montgomery County, Mo.) Records, 1841-1953 (C4537)
0.3 cubic feet (4 folders)
Record books of the church, including minutes of meetings and membership records, 1841-1953. Also index of surnames, volumes I-III.
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Zoar Baptist Church Records, 1867-1886 (C0900)
0.02 cubic feet (1 folder)
The records contain minutes of church meetings, including financial reports, dismissal of members for various reasons, such as dancing, drinking, immoral conduct; rules of decorum; articles of faith; church membership; and a church history from 1827-1867.
Zoar Old School Baptist Church (Howard County, Mo.) Records, 1871-1879 (C1326)
0.06 cubic feet (1 volume)
Articles of faith, rules of discipline, acts of the church, minutes of meetings, list of original subscribers, and deaths of members.