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The 1877 meeting of the Kings Mountain Baptist Association took place at Pleasant Hill Church (present day: Pleasant Hill Baptist Church) in Grover, NC. The introductory sermon was delivered by J. H. Yarboro. The Committee on Education addresses associational support for the development of a female college and the continued support for the Shelby Academy, principal J. A. White, the Boiling Springs Academy, and Wake Forest College. A motion was made and resolved to endorse the "efforts of the Board of Trustees of the Kings Mountain Female College, to establish such a college" in Cleveland County.The association considered a motion to build the college in Shelby, NC and to raise $10,000 for building purposes. The Committee on Periodicals recommends the reading of the Foreign Mission Journal. The Report on Missions provides a brief history of Baptists in North Carolina. A copy of the Abstract of Principles, Rules of Decorum, and Constitution of the Kings Mountain Baptist Association are included in the minute book.

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1877, September 21

Location

Pleasant Hill Baptist Church

Keywords

Pleasant Hill Church, Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, Grover, NC, Cleveland County, NC, J. H. Yarboro, NC Baptists, Baptist History, Baptist education, Baptist education of women, female college, women's college, female seminary, Shelby Academy, J. A. White, Boiling Springs Academy, Wake Forest College, Shelby, NC, Baptist periodicals, Foreign Missions Journal, Missions, NC Missions, Baptist missions in North Carolina

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Arts and Humanities | Christian Denominations and Sects | Christianity | History | Religion

1877 Minutes of the Kings Mountain Baptist Association
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