Files

Download

Download Full Text (7.7 MB)

Description

The 1943 meeting of the Kings Mountain Baptist Association took place at Shelby First Baptist Church and Double Springs Baptist Church in Shelby, NC. The introductory sermon was delivered by D. F. Putnam. Gardner-Webb College provided the Association with their 1942 operating budget. The report on orphanages stated that 687 children were placed in two Baptist orphanages, the largest annual number to date. They stressed the improtance of continued support for Baptist orphanages. The Foreign Mission Board reports that mission work in Europe and the Far East have ceased due to the war, but opportunities are open in Africa and South America. While positive reports come from missionaries stationed in Free China, the committee reports that "most of our missionaries are home for the duration [of the war], some few are on the fields while soem are detained in concentration camps." The Kings Mountain Baptist Association goes on record in opposition to the Biblical Recorder's endorsement that "the teaching of the Bible" be included in all local school curriculums.

Circa Date

1943, October 22

Location

Shelby First Baptist Church

Keywords

Baptist History, NC Baptists, Free China, Gardner-Webb College, Gardner-Webb University, Baptist orphanages, World War II, World War Two, Second World War, foreign missions, missionaries

Disciplines

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

1943 Minutes of the Kings Mountain Baptist Association
Files over 3MB may be slow to open. For best results, right-click and select "save as..."

Share

COinS