Constituting Churches of the Bethel Association 1833-1915
Contributed by Donna Eldridge
Churches Which Have Been and Those Which are Now Members of the Association The constituting churches of the Bethel Association which met at Richland, Georgia November 23, 1833 were as follows: Antioch, Stewart County; Antioch, Randolph County; Bethlehem, Randolph County; Fellowship, Stewart County; Liberty Hill, Early County; Liberty, Stewart County; Mt. Sinai, Randolph County; Mt. Paran, Stewart County; Mt. Zion, Randolph County; Pataula, Randolph County; Richland, Stewart County; Spring Creek, Sumter County; Smyrna, Early County; Poplar Springs, Houston County; Bethlehem, Stewart County ADMITTED IN 1834 County Line, Stewart County Bethel, Sumter County Bethesda, Sumter County Chattahoochee, Randolph County Providence, Sumter County Sardis, Stewart County ADMITTED IN 1835 Bethany, Stewart County Hanahatchee, Stewart County Mt. Zion, Marion County Mt. Olive, Baker County New Bethel, Marion County Poplar Springs, Stewart County Philippi, Marion County Ramah, Marion County Sardis, Marion County Shiloh, Stewart County Shiloh, Randolph County Union, Stewart County ADMITTED IN 1836 Hepzibah, Marion County Americus, Sumter County Slaughter Creek, Stewart County Beulah, Lee County ADMITTED IN 1837 Bethel, Stewart County Ebeneezer, Stewart County Macedonia, Early County Changed to Blakely in 1853 Palmyra, Lee County ADMITTED IN 1838 Mt. Hebron, Lee County Free Providence, Sumter County ADMITTED IN 1839 Rehoboth, Randolph County Mt. Gilead, Randolph County Columbia, Henry County, Ala. Albany, Baker County Abbeville, Henry County, Ala. Notchaway, Baker County Starkville, Lee County Walnut Grove, Randolph County Cowagee, Barbour County, Ala. ADMITTED IN 1840 Benevolence, Randolph County Formerly Paran Friendship, Sumter County Hepsibah, Henry County, Ala Mt. Lebanon, Stewart County Mt. Moriah, Barbour County, Ala Pine Bluff, Baker County ADMITTED IN 1841 Lumpkin, Stewart County Mt. Ararat, Stewart County Gilleonsville, Baker County Hopewell, Lee County ADMITTED IN 1842 Pleasant Plain, Sumter County ADMITTED IN 1843 Liberty Hill, Randolph County Bethel, Randolph County Changed to Springvale 1897 Bethel, Baker County Elim, Stewart County Temples Mill, Randolph County Liberty, Randolph County Bottsford, Sumter County ADMITTED IN 1844 New Hope, Randolph County Changed to Coleman in 1895 Mt. Carmel, Stewart County Enon, Quitman County ADMITTED IN 1845 Ebeneezer, Early County Cool Spring, Randolph County Ft. Gaines, Early County ADMITTED IN 1847 Summer Hill, Stewart County Bethlehem, Randolph County Mt. Enon, Stewart County Cedar Springs, Early County Armageddon, Early County New Salem, Randolph County New Hope, Stewart County Corinth, Randolph County Yatte Abbee, Henry County, Ala Green Olive, Decatur County ADMITTED IN 1848 Rehobeth, Sumter County Flat Creek, Early County New Bethel, Randolph County Antioch, Baker County, 3rd dist. Antioch, Baker County, 10th dist. Mt. Carmel, Baker County Good Hope, Early County ADMITTED IN 1849 Lebanon, Stewart County Friendship, Baker County ADMITTED IN 1850 New Providence, Lee County Blue Springs, Baker County Bethesda, Baker County New Hope, Baker County ADMITTED IN 1851 Union, Baker County Pleasant Grove, Stewart County Georgetown, Randolph County ADMITTED IN 1852 Rock Mount, Randolph County Dry Creek, Baker County Bainbridge, Decatur County Concord, Lee County Mt. Pisgah, Stewart County ADMITTED IN 1853 Brooksville, Randolph County Liberty, Randolph County Blakely, Early County Formerly Macedonia ADMITTED IN 1854 Liberty, Kinchefonee County Cypress Creek, Baker County Milford Creek, Baker County ADMITTED IN 1855 Philadephia, Baker County Mt. Gilead, Baker County Valley Plains, Dougherty County ADMITTED IN 1856 Bethel, Early County Now Mt. Zion Little Sister, Clay County Hope Well, Calhoun County Morgan, Calhoun County Salem, Calhoun County ADMITTED IN 1857 Preston, Webster County ADMITTED IN 1858 Hopewell, Terrell County Bainbridge, Decatur County Macedonia, Calhoun County ADMITTED IN 1860 Mt. Enon, Mitchell County ADMITTED IN 1861 Mt. Zion, Clay County Zion, Early County Hollimans Creek, Stewart County ADMITTED IN 1862 Friendship, Calhoun County Shady Grove, Stewart County ADMITTED IN 1863 Pleasant Grove, Terrell County ADMITTED IN 1865 Mt. Hebron, Randolph County ADMITTED IN 1866 New Providence, Calhoun County Morgan, Calhoun County Shiloh, Calhoun County ADMITTED IN 1867 Vilulah, Randolph County Elim, Calhoun County ADMITTED IN 1868 Red Bone, Randolph County ADMITTED IN 1869 Bluffton, Clay County New Hope, Early County ADMITTED IN 1870 Damascus, Randolph County Lebanon, Terrell County ADMITTED IN 1872 Dover, Terrell County Wooten, Lee County Thundering Springs, Lee County ADMITTED IN 1873 Leesburg, Lee County ADMITTED IN 1879 Arlington, Calhoun County New China Grove, Mitchell County Camilla, Mitchell County Evergreen, Mitchell County ADMITTED IN 1880 Enterprise, Clay County ADMITTED IN 1884 Midway, Clay County Friendship, Randolph County ADMITTED IN 1885 Beulah, Early County ADMITTED IN 1886 Mt. Vernon, Clay County ADMITTED IN 1888 Shellman, Randolph County Hilton, Early County ADMITTED IN 1889 Colomokee, Early County ADMITTED IN 1890 Leary, Calhoun County Formerly Round Top ADMITTED IN 1891 Cross Roads, Terrell County ADMITTED IN 1892 Herod, Terrell County ADMITTED IN 1893 Pine View, Early County ADMITTED IN 1895 Coleman, Randolph County ADMITTED IN 1897 Springvale, Quitman County Formerly Bethel Mt. Hebron, Miller County Damascus, Early County Hillside, Early County ADMITTED IN 1899 Bethany, Baker County ADMITTED IN 1900 Providence, Early County ADMITTED IN 1901 Morris, Quitman County ADMITTED IN 1902 Antioch, Clay County ADMITTED IN 1903 Edison, Calhoun County ADMITTED IN 1905 Carnegie, Randolph County ADMITTED IN 1909 Pretoria, Dougherty County ADMITTED IN 1911 Sowatchee, Early County Formerly Zion ADMITTED IN 1913 Hillside, Early County ADMITTED IN 1915 Mt. Ararat, Early County Churches now, 1932 belonging to the Bethel Baptist Association with the date of their first Appearance in the Minutes of the Bethel Association, Without Reference as to when they were Constituted. Arlington -- 1879 Bethany -- 1889 Bethel -- 1843 Beulah -- 1883 Blakely -- 1837 Changed from Macedonia 1853 Bluffton -- 1837 Carnegie -- 1905 Coleman -- 1895 Changed from New Hope Colomokee -- 1889 Cuthbert -- 1852 Changed from Mt. Zion Damascus, Early -- 1897 Damascus, Randolph -- 1870 Dover -- 1872 Edison -- 1903 Elim -- 1867 Enon -- 1844 Enterprise -- 1880 Ft. Gaines -- 1845 Georgetown -- 1851 Hillside -- 1897-1913 Hilton -- 1888 Leary -- 1890 Formerly Round Top Midway -- 1884 Milford -- 1854 Morgan -- 1856-1866 Morris -- 1901 Mt. Ararat -- 1915 Mt. Gilead -- 1839 Mt. Hebron -- 1855 Mt. Vernon -- 1886 New Bethel -- 1848 New Hope -- 1859 Pine View -- 1893 Providence -- 1900 Rehoboth -- 1839 Salem -- 1856 Shellman -- 1888 Shiloh -- 1835 Sowhatchee -- 1911 Formerly Zion Springvale -- 1897 Formerly Bethel Vilulah -- 1867 (pages 130 - 133) "History of Bethel Association - Including Centennial Meeting" Centennial meeting held with Baptist church at Edison, Georgia, October 25, 26, 27, 1932 A. L. Miller, Edison, Ga., Moderator. W. H. Joyner, Coleman, Ga., Clerk Complied and Edited by Alexander Lee Miller Moderator of Association 1909 -- 1934
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